Re: Looking for an inexpensive F style mandolin...
Rover RM-75 appears to get a lot of Cafe support. New it's between $400 and $450 generally w/case. Hand-carved solid spruce top, solid maple back and sides, decent if not sparkly appointments. Here's the Mandolin Store's listing, with sound clips.
Don't know the nut width, and can't find specs that detailed on-line. Were you to find a used RM-75, it would probably be right in your price range.
Absolute necessity of selling the Mid-Mo? Those are great instruments in their own right, and will have a different sound and feel from the Rover or other carved-top instruments. Talk to Santa; maybe he'll let you keep the M-1.
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