Re: A-type oval hole mandolin for $500?
pheff took the words out of my mouth. Consider a Flatiron 1N-type flattop, Mid Missouri/Big Muddy-type flattop, or something of that ilk. They sound great, they hold their value, you'll likely never outgrow it (i.e., even if you buy another, you'll want to keep it) and are pretty true to history (often modeled after the army-navy mandolin of WWI).
Nothing against an arch-top Eastman, Kentucky, "The Loar," etc. They are typically hybrid versions of an f-hole mandolin with an oval-hole substitute. Not quite an oval-hole, if you use Gibson as the oval-hole standard. (I do.)
Teens Gibsons can be had for under a grand.
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