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Weber mandolins have a pedigree unrivaled in mandolin making. Bruce Weber and his fellow luthiers worked at the Flatiron factory in Montana, which had been bought out by Gibson. Bruce was in charge of production making Flatiron and Gibson mandolins. When Gibson moved mandolin production to Nashville they decided to stay in Montana and set up Weber mandolins. From faithful reproductions of classic instruments to new ideas, from travel mandolin to mandocello the range is unrivalled. Customer service is legendary as is the finish and tone of their instruments.

Each mandolin spends 8 to 12 hours being hand finished after being hand built, the only machinery here is doing the jobs that machines do best, removing excess wood, cutting fretboards and the like. I've never met such a nice and dedicated bunch of folk, watching them work is inspiring. I promise you that they are all as dedicated to fine mandolins as you and me. With Bruce Weber and Verne Brekke (designer of the revolutionary Brekke bridge) at the helm the best of tradition and new ideas combines to produce outstanding instruments. I am delighted to be the only UK dealer for these fine mandolins.

Weber Bitterroot F5 Mandola USED

Almost new Bitterroot F5 dola, the top has been re-finished by Graham due to a workshop accident while having a minor binding repair. See new for details.

£ 2,095.00
Weber Gallatin A5: A style, f hole. Natural

SOLD. Next one due summer 2012. £1295.

Fantastic value A5 from Bruce and his team. The Gallatin mandolins are designed to get a great sounding mandolin at the best possible price. It has no bindings and satin finish, it looks great and is tone bar braced. It has a Weber solid cast tailpiece, Brekke bridge, radiussed Ebony fingerboard with a 1 1/8" nut width, dual action adjustable truss rod, nickel Grover tuners and comes with a deluxe hardshell case.

It has a very punchy f hole sound. Plenty of power and volume for the bluegrass chop with depth and enough resonance to make it a great all-rounder..

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Weber Gallatin A5: A style, f hole. Faded Leather. Wide nut.

SOLD Next one due April 2012.

Fantastic value A5 from Bruce and his team. The Gallatin mandolins are designed to get a great sounding mandolin at the best possible price. It has no bindings and satin finish, it looks great and is tone bar braced. It has a Weber solid cast tailpiece, traditional Brekke bridge, radiussed Ebony fingerboard with a 1 3/16" nut width, dual action adjustable truss rod, nickel Grover tuners and comes with a deluxe hardshell case.

It has a very punchy f hole sound. Plenty of power and volume for the bluegrass chop with depth and enough resonance to make it a great all-rounder..

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Weber Gallatin A4: A style, oval hole natural

SOLD. Next one due April 2012.

With no bindings and a satin finish this Gallatin A looks great. It is an example of a mandolin where every penny has gone into the sound. With a solid hand carved spruce top, solid hand carved maple back and sides, solid cast tailpiece and Brekke bridge it's the least expensive US of A made A style mandolin around. The basic spec of course does not affect the sound, it has a classic A4 sound, solid, well defined bass with warm and rich mids and crisp ringing trebles. With hard case.

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Weber Gallatin Mandola: A style, f hole

This is a lot of mandola for the money - hand graduated and tuned solid spruce top, hand scalloped spruce tone bars, ebony headstock veneer with Weber MoP logo, black bound ebony radiussed fretboard. 17 inch scale with 1 1/4 inch nut width, MoP diamond fret markers, dual action/adjustable truss rod, cast Weber stainless steel tailpiece, nickel Grover tuners, original Brekke bridge and a deluxe hardshell case - and it plays and sounds like a dream. Mandola depth and warmth with a little more clarity than some from the f sound holes. I like it!

£ 1,450.00
Weber Bitterroot A5: A style, f hole

SOLD. Next one due spring 2012.

Beautiful A5 Bitterroot with flame maple back and sides, spruce top, radiussed ebony fretboard and Brekke bridge, tone bar braced, 1 1/8" nut width, cast Weber stainless steel tailpiece, nickel Grover tuners, dual action adjustable truss rod and custom hard case. The Bitterroot is our best selling F5 and this gem sounds just as good for quite a lot less, lacking what the Americans call a thousand dollar strap hanger but nothing else, it has huge volume and clarity making it a bluegrass monster, but with depth and subtlety too for other styles, a great sounding and looking mandolin at a great price.

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Weber Gallatin F5: F style, f hole, faded leather

SOLD. Next one due Feb 2012. £1650.

I first played a Gallatin in the States in the mid nineteen nineties and remember it still. This is an example of where every cent has gone into the sound. With no bindings, faded leather finish and satin varnish it looks great.

With a solid hand carved spruce top, solid hand carved maple back and sides, solid cast tailpiece and Brekke bridge it's the least expensive US of A hand-made F5 around. The basic spec of course does not affect the sound, this is a bluegrass cannon, bark and bite a plenty, volume to challenge those b*njos but with enough complexity to make a great all-rounder. With custom hardshell case.

£ 1,650.00
Weber Gallatin F5: F style, f hole. Natural

The Gallatin is the cheapest hand made in the USA F5 around. I first played a Gallatin in the States in the mid nineteen nineties and remember it still. This is an example of where every cent has gone into the sound. With no bindings, natural finish and satin varnish its a beauty.

It has a solid hand carved spruce top, solid hand carved maple back and sides, Brekke bridge, and a solid cast tailpiece. The basic spec does not affect the sound, this is a bluegrass cannon, chop, bark and volume to be heard against the ban*os but with the depth of tone to make it a great all-rounder. With custom hardshell case.

£ 1,650.00
Weber Bitterroot Mandola: A style, oval hole

Beautiful oval hole mandola with hand graduated and tuned solid spruce top, maple peghead veneer, tapered A shape headstock, ebony peghead with MOP 'Weber' script and clover, black bound ebony radiused fingerboard, 17 inch scale length, 1 ¼ inch nut width, MOP large diamonds fretboard inlays, dual action/adjustable truss rod, ivoroid bound top, buckskin satin finish, cast Weber stainless steel tailpiece, nickel Grover tuners, original Brekke bridge and a deluxe hardshell case.

All that and a fantastic rich and deep sound, a stunning mandola from Bruce and his small team.

£ 1,695.00
Weber Tamarak Mandocello

It's hard to get a good sounding mandocello without spending a whole load of cash! Here is the answer, you won't get more low C for this much anywhere else. Deep 'n low is the cello sound and the Tamarack has it in bucket loads. It has a twenty four and three quarters inch scale, one and nine sixteenths inch nut width, solid spruce top, solid maple back and sides, ebony fretboard and compensated saddle, a solid cast tailpiece and a custom hard case.

£ 1,695.00
Weber Gallatin octave mandolin: A style, f hole SOLD

Sold, next one due Feb 2012.

Fantastic f hole octave in spruce and mahogany with a 20" scale. None of the wishy-washy bass you get on many octave mandolins here. As well as a solid, tight and well defined bass you get great definition and projection an the way up, sweet mids and clear trebles.

With custom Weber hard case.

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Weber Yellowstone A4: A style, oval hole, honey/tortoise

Absolutely gorgeous Yellowstone A4 in the beautiful honey and tortoise finish with a hand graduated and tuned solid spruce top, flamed maple back and sides, ebony veneered tapered A headstock, tortoiseshell/ivoroid bound with ebony and black/ivoroid side accent lines, tortoise bound soundhole, MOP "The Weber" Script and MOP white and gold flower pot inlay, tortoise bound ebony radiussed fingerboard with a 1 1/8 inch nut width, MOP buds fret markers, dual action/adjustable bridge, tortoise bound body with black/ivoroid side accent lines, cast Weber nickel tailpiece, nickel Grover tuners, traditional Brekke bridge and deluxe hardshell case.

It has rich and resonant basses with great sustain, warm complex mids and clear ringing trebles. A fantastic mandolin for folk and old time music with a wonderful deep low and and enough volume to be heard.

£ 1,995.00
Weber Yellowstone A5: A style, f hole, honey/tortoise

SOLD next one due spring 2012.

A beautiful Yellowstone A5 in the honey and tortoise finish. It features a solid spruce top, gorgeous flamed maple back and sides, tone bar bracing, ebony radiussed fretboard and bound top, back, fretboard and headstock. It has a one and one eighth nut width, dual action adjustable truss rod and gloss finish.

This is a remarkable Bluegrass mandolin (if the Bluegrass police don't catch you without the scroll...) with a loud and clear chop and fantastic projection but also great for any other style of playing with warmth and depth and great response from a gentler touch.

With hardshell case.

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Weber Yellowstone A5: A style, f hole, trad sunburst

A beautiful Yellowstone A5 in the traditional sunburst finish. It features a solid spruce top, gorgeous flamed maple back and sides, tone bar bracing, ebony radiussed fretboard and bound top, back, fretboard and headstock. It has a one and one eighth nut width, dual action adjustable truss rod and gloss finish. This is a fantastic Bluegrass mandolin (if the Bluegrass police don't catch you without the scroll...) but also great for any other style of playing. With hardshell case.

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£ 1,995.00
Weber Gallatin mandocello: A style, f hole

The deep rumble with a little extra definition form the f holes. This is a fantastic value carved top and back ( 'bluegrass' ) mandocello.

Hand graduated and tuned solid spruce top, hand scalloped spruce tone bars braced, mahogany back and sides, MOP 'Weber' script peghead inlay, black bound ebony radiused fretboard, 24 ¾ inches scale length, 1 5/8 inch nut width, MOP large diamonds fretboard inlay, dual action/adjustable truss rod, cast Weber stainless steel tailpiece, nickel Grover tuners, original Brekke bridge and a deluxe hardshell case.

£ 1,995.00
Weber Bitterroot F4: Fstyle, oval hole

A beautiful Bitterroot F4 for those that like their scroll with an oval soundhole. It has a hand carved solid spruce top, solid flamed maple back and sides and a satin finish. It features a radiussed and bound ebony fretboard, Grover tuners, solid/cast tailpiece and the amazing ebony Brekke bridge that allows action adjustments under full string tension!

It has a very deep and resonant sound with warm basses, rich, sonorous mids and sweet trebles. Fantastic for old time, folk and many other styles. With a Weber hardshell case.

£ 2,150.00
Weber Bitterroot F5: F style, f hole

Another gorgeous Bitterroot F5 with solid spruce top, solid flamed maple back and sides, all hand carved in Montana US of A and tone bar braced with a matte finish. It features a radiussed and bound ebony fretboard, Grover tuners, solid/cast tailpiece and the amazing ebony Brekke bridge that enables action adjustments while under full string tension! It has a very open sound, deep and warm basses, rich, vibrant mids and sweet, clean trebles. Great chop and cut for bluegrass with depth and resonance for other styles. I think this is about the best value F5 that I regularly have in stock. With a Weber hardshell case.

£ 2,150.00
Weber Yellowstone Mandola: A style, oval hole, honey/tortoise

SOLD.

Dola heaven! This beauty growls and groans along with the best of the subterranean mandolas. I have never understood how a good mandola can sound like this, giving the impression of an instrument much deeper than it actually is. Fantastic for melody, rhythm and adding a new voice to the mix, solo or in a group.

Its in the beautiful honey and tortoise finish with a hand graduated and tuned solid spruce top, flamed maple back and sides, ebony veneered tapered A headstock, tortoiseshell/ivoroid bound with black/ivoroid side accent lines, MOP "The Weber" Script and MOP white and gold flower pot inlay, tortoise bound soundhole, tortoise bound ebony radiussed fingerboard with a 17 inch scale and a 1 1/4 inch nut width, MOP buds fret markers, dual action/adjustable bridge, tortoise bound body with black/ivoroid side accent lines, cast Weber nickel tailpiece, nickel Grover tuners, traditional Brekke bridge and deluxe hardshell case.

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Weber Bitterroot mandola: F style, f hole

Beautiful seventeen inch scale F style, f hole mandola (tuned CGDA) from Bruce Weber. It has a hand graduated and tuned solid spruce top, solid maple back and sides, tone bar bracing, solid/cast Weber tailpiece, bound radiussed ebony fretboard, Brekke bridge (adjustable under tension), dual action adjustable truss rod and a custom hard shell case. The sound is sublime, rich, warm and deep, lots of mandola magic. If you haven't heard a good mandola you should, they sound a lot deeper than they are, it's a mystery I haven't solved but that is the magic of a great mandola.

£ 2,595.00
Weber Yellowstone Octave Mandolin: A style, oval hole

A beautiful octave mandolin from the Weber team. In the gorgeous traditional sunburst finish with ebony radiussed fretboard, ebony trad Brekke bridge, it has a 22" scale and 1 15/32" nut width. It's a dream to play with incredible deep and warm basses, rich and sweet mids and clear/well defined trebles. With hard case.

£ 2,595.00
Weber Bitterroot F5 Custom: F style, f hole

Lots of upgrades on this stunning Bitterroot F5, back binding, gloss finish and Bret's amazing antique tobacco sunburst finish, WOW! This is a really punchy bluegrass monster, chop chords rattle the windows (as they've knocked down those frying pan players on the way). On top o' the chop it has a deep, woody bass and sweet, rich mids, great for 'grassers and the versatility for many other styles too. With deluxe rectangular hardshell case.

£ 2,650.00
Weber Bitterroot F5 Octave Mandolin: F style, f hole

SOLD. Next one due April 2012. £2895.

A beautiful F5 style octave mandolin with hand graduated spruce top and solid mahogany back and sides. It as a 22" scale length and 1 3/8" nut with a traditional Brekke bridge giving excellent playability. The top is bound, the fretboard is radiussed and bound ebony and it has a solid/cast stainless steel tailpiece, dual action truss rod, Grover tuners, Celtic knot and 'Weber' headstock design and a custom hard case.

It is tone bar braced so there is non of that floppiness common to octave mandolins, it has power and great definition with plenty of character and depth of tone.

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Weber Bighorn: Two point, f hole

A beautiful two point from Bruce and the gang. I has a hand graduated and tuned solid spruce top, tone bars, MoP ‘The Weber’ and shield inlay, 1 1/8” nut width, dual action truss rod, translucent walnut finish, Weber cast gold tailpiece, gold Grover tuners, traditional Brekke bridge and a custom deluxe case.

That’s quite a spec’ and it has a sound to match. Bark and bite and plenty of volume for those who can play bluegrass without a strap hanger and plenty more in the complexity and warmth departments for those playing different styles - this is a very versatile mandolin.

£ 2,795.00
Weber Bitterroot Mandocello: Fstyle, oval hole

Fantastic K4 style mandocello, it rocks your socks! Only the best 'cellos pull of the low C an this one pulls it of in fine style, its deep 'n low and loud and growling.. wonderful. Solid hand graduated spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides, twenty three and three quarters inches scale length, one and five eights inches nut width, dual action adjustable truss rod, solid/cast tailpiece, ebony bound and radiussed fretboard, Brekke bridge, tone bar braced, Weber Logo and Celtic torch headstock and a custom hard shell case.

£ 3,250.00
Weber Yellowstone F5: F style, f hole, honey/tortoise

Bluegrass heaven!!! Bruce's Yellowstone in spruce and beautiful flamed maple with tone bar bracing. It's got bark and chop, it's a hoss, b*njos beware. Weber tone bar braced F5's are very highly regarded in the US of A by the bluegrass folk, this one is a very fine example. As well as the superlatives already deployed it has plenty of volume a powerful mid range and good sustain giving versatility for those playing a variety of styles. It comes with Weber's superb hardshell case.

£ 3,295.00
Weber Black Ice F5: F style, f hole

A bit of Weber and TAMCO (The Acoustic Music Co) history here. Brett – the amazing finish genius at Weber - first asked me if he could try out a black finish he had seen on an electric guitar on one of my mandolins – knowing that I love to try out new ideas. The result was the Black Beauty that can still be seen in my ‘Previously Sold’ pages. After that I had a Weber Elite F5 in stock that I loved so much I wanted one.. but being an A style aficionado rather than F style I worked with Brett and Bruce Weber to create the black Custom Elite A that I still have in stock.

Sometime later Bruce and Brett created the wonderful Black Ice. It’s a stunning mandolin and has sound to match, the kind of sound that I like, full and deep with rich and complex resonance and the power for worrying those ban*os with a loud and clear chop.

It features a hand graduated and tuned solid spruce top, hand scalloped spruce tone bars, flame maple back and sides, ivory bound peghead veneer, MoP ‘The Weber’ script with shield inlay, dual action/adjustable truss rod, Grover tuners, traditional Brekke bridge and a custom deluxe hardshell case.

£ 3,495.00
Weber Yellowstone Mandocello: F style, oval hole

Awesome! This is finest mandocello I have played. Stan Jay famously described the mandocello sound as being like a deep growl from the jungle. This one is coming from somewhere much deeper, the very bowls of the earth. But unlike some cellos it doesn’t lack clarity and definition, it has it all, and it looks incredible. A mandocello for the connoisseur.

It features a hand graduated and tuned solid spruce top, flamed maple back and sides, ivoroid bound ebony with black/ivoroid side accent lines headstock veneer, ‘The Weber’ script and MoP white and gold headstock inlay, ebony fretboard and traditional Brekke bridge. It has a 24 3/4” scale length and 1 5/8”nut width, dual action adjustable truss rod, cast Weber tailpiece, Grover tuners and a deluxe hard case.

£ 3,995.00
Weber Fern F5: F style, f hole

A superlative F5 in sound and looks from Bruce Weber. I described the Summit F200S as 'having it all' as a bluegrass mandolin so how do they compare? I'd say that if you were going for out and out b*njo killing and playing fast and hard most of the time the Summit has it, this Weber has more in the way of rich tone and subtlety. Lovely dark bass and warm middles with clear trebles but still plenty of cut. But then again different people hear it differently, come and have a listen for yourself.

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£ 4,650.00
Weber Custom Elite A

Inspired by previous Elite F5s and the famous Weber 'Black Beauty' I worked with Bruce (on the cosmetics only) to produce this awesome mandolin. Going by past reactions it won't be to everybody's taste but it does it for me.. in big way.

I asked Bruce to get the sound as close as possible to the last Elite F5 I sold, he has achieved that and more. It is one of those mandolins that has everything, resonance and clarity, strong bass and sweet/clear trebles, it is responsive to the lightest touch or the heaviest pick. To use yet again one of my tired old cliches it sounds as good as it looks (assuming you like the looks).

£ 5,995.00
Weber Custom Elite F5 SOLD

This is our second Weber Elite, it is just as amazing as the first. Engelmann Spruce top, one piece spectacularly flamed maple back and sides, abbreviated fingerboard extension, tortoise/white/black body, fretboard and headstock binding, bound F holes, gold hardware. It is one of the most amazing looking and sounding mandolins I've ever seen or heard. Hand rubbed true spirit varnish with custom faded tobacco sunburst finish by Brett Byers. The Elite series has been lauded by people with many decades in the mandolin world more than myself as the equal of any contemporary mandolin made by the so called big five (Gilchrist, Nugget, Monteleone, Dudenbostel and Heiden). It resonates as you handle it without playing a note, always a good sign. It responds equally well to the lightest touch or the thickest pick of the loudest player, it chops and barks and sings sweetly when asked. It has incredible power with a remarkable depth and a very rich tone. It has that low end 'woof' of the very best f hole mandolins. Playability and response are amazing, it's as loud as any mandolin I've ever heard but often this is at the expense of subtlety and richness of tone, this is one of those very rare mandolins that has it all! With custom rectangular case.

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