Epiphone MM-30

I sent back a more expensive mandolin by a different manufacturer as I thought the quality was poor. I choose this as it looked better from the pictures even though it was considerably cheaper, and also Epiphone have a reputation to uphold. I was not disappointed. The build quality and attention to detail is excellent. The sound is good for such a cheap instrument. It's ideal for my purposes. I reckon you'd need to pay 400 to 500 or more to match the quality of this particular mandolin.