If you're looking for a new mandolin I can heartily recommend Marshall Stapleton.
I wanted something that looked a bit different, with a good powerful sound, fingerboard on the wider side, built-in pickup, up-facing soundport and several other picky requirements. And that's exactly what Marshall built me, and for a very reasonable price given the evident quality.
(More pics in my Flickr album)
Check him out!
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