A-Style Dean Mandolins

With roots going all the way back to the earliest lutes that appeared around 3000 BC, it's safe to say that mandolins belong to a very long-lived family of instruments. For its own part, the mandolin as we know it dates from as far back as the 1700s, but it was the early 20th century that gave us the modern F and A-style models. Since then, they've been picked up by a wide variety of luthiers, each of which has been eager to put its own spin on the classic instrument. The Dean A-style mandolins in this section are a great example, showing off Dean's devotion to classic materials with a touch of modern design in the form of pickups that make them as ready to plug in as they are to pick up and play.

To get your feet wet in the lineup, there's no better place to start than with the Dean Tennessee AE "A" Style Acoustic-Electric Mandolin. All dressed up in a vintage sunburst finish, this model is affordable on any budget and makes a great starter instrument or "daily driver" to keep at your side everywhere you go. It uses a single-coil pickup to produce its plugged-in tones, complete with onboard volume and tone controls so you can fine-tune the output. Though maybe you'd prefer a piezo pickup instead? If that's the case, check out the Dean Tennessee Acoustic-Electric Mandolin in classic black. A Dean TC30 pickup is at your service here with an onboard preamp, and at the other end, this instrument sports some vintage-style Mando tuners for a traditional look and feel.

Every luthier has their specialty, and if there's one thing that these Dean A-style mandolins prove, it's that Dean's specialty is delivering incredible instruments at surprising price tags. It wouldn't be a stretch to say that every musician has the means to own one of these mandolins - and isn't that how it should be? Music shouldn't be about who has the deepest pockets; it should be about free expression. And with what Dean has to offer, expressing yourself is an accessible thing to do!