Eastman F-Style Mandolin - The mandolin sound hole is the determining factor for setting the tone of your mandolin. F-Holes mandolins are known for a tight treble attack and a percussive chop ideal for loud ensemble settings.
- Great for bluegrass music
- Tuning G, D, A, E (low to high)
- Excellent volume
- Neck Material: Maple
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Fingerboard Radius: 12"
- Nut: 1 3/32"
- Scale Length: 13 7/8"
- Body Dimensions: 26 11/16" x 10" x 1 7/8"
- Body Top: Solid Spruce
- Body Back/Sides: Solid Maple or Mahogany
Eastman A-Style Mandolin - The A-Style mandolin has simplicity of design without sacrificing quality and tone. Often referred to as a teardrop mandolin, it offers the benefit of a fine mandolin without the extra cost of the F-style.
- Also called The Teardrop Mandolin
- Tuning G, D, A, E (low to high)
- Great for folk music
- Neck Material: Maple
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Fingerboard Radius: 12"
- Nut: 1 3/32"
- Scale Length: 13 7/8"
- Body Dimensions: 26 11/16" x 10" x 1 7/8"
- Body Top: Solid Spruce
- Body Back/Sides: Solid Maple or Mahogany
Eastman Oval Sound Hole Mandolin - Oval sound hole mandolins possess a throaty and vocal tonal characteristic that is wonderfully compatible with mandolin orchestras, Celtic and folk music. These mandolins produce a perceived ambient reverb, due to the oval sound hole opening lying directly below the strings.
- Great for Celtic/folk music
- Tuning G, D, A, E (low to high)
- Available in F & A Styles
- Neck Material: Maple
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Fingerboard Radius: 12"
- Nut: 1 3/32"
- Scale Length: 13 7/8"
- Body Dimensions: 26 11/16" x 10" x 1 7/8"
- Body Top: Solid Spruce
- Body Back/Sides: Solid Maple or Mahogany
Eastman Octave Mandolin - The octave mandolin has four pairs of strings tuned in fifths, G, D, A, E (low to high), an octave below a mandolin. Larger than the mandola, but smaller than the mandocello, its construction is similar to other instruments in the mandolin family. Usually the strings are all unison pairs, but the lower two may sometimes be strung as octave pairs with the higher-pitched octave string on top so that it is hit before the thicker lower-pitched string.
- Eastman Model MDO305
- Tuning G, D, A, E (low to high)
- One octave below a standard mandolin
- Neck Material: Maple
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Fingerboard Radius: 12"
- Nut: 1 3/8"
- Scale Length: 21"
- Body Dimensions: 12" x 15 5/8" x 1 27/32"
- Body Top: Solid Spruce
- Body Back/Sides: Solid Maple
Eastman Mandola - The mandola, commonly used in folk music, is the tenor instrument of the mandolin family. Its eight strings are in four pairs, with the strings in each pair being tuned in unison. Overall tuning is in fifths like a mandolin, but beginning on bass C. The mandola can be described as being to the mandolin what the viola is to the violin.
- Eastman Models MDA315 & MDA815
- MDA315 Top Binding
- MDA815 Top, Back, Fingerboard, Headstock
- Neck Material: Maple
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Fingerboard Radius: 12"
- Nut: 1 11/32"
- Scale Length: 16"
- Body Dimensions: 29" x 11 1/2" x 2 1/8"
- Body Top: Solid Spruce
- Body Back/Sides: Solid Highly Flamed Maple
Eastman Mandocello - The mandocello is the baritone instrument of the mandolin family. Its eight strings are in four pairs, with the strings in each pair being tuned in unison. Overall tuning is in fifths like a mandolin, but beginning on bass C (C2). The mandocello can be described as being to the mandolin what the cello is to the violin.
- Eastman Models MDC804 & MDC805
- MDC804 Archtop Jazz w/ Oval Hole
- MDC805 Archtop Jazz w/ F-Holes
- Neck Material: Maple
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Fingerboard Radius: 12"
- Nut: 1 3/4"
- Scale Length: 25"
- Body Dimensions: 40 31/32" x 16" x 3 1/4"
- Body Top: Solid Spruce
- Body Back/Sides: Solid Highly Flamed Maple