i've seen several mansfields over the years. a friend of mine had a jumbo that was a poormans guils jumbo--a great beater. i bought a small body guitar, like a guld f 20 or maybe f30 for fifty bucks and busked with it untill i got an old yamaha i liked better then soldthe mansfiekd to a kid on saltspring island. it had a great soud as well.

another friend had a mandfield f5 mandolin copy. it was destroyed in a house fire , unfortunately. again a great beater. i recall him twangingintothe night on wreck beach in vancouver way back when.

so ithink most of the mansfields were superior mid range nstrments, amost equal tothe best yamahas, better than some