i have owned a couple of mansfields over the years. they were great beaters. among the best sounding and best build of middle range japanese guitars, but they weren't too common so few know of them. they weren't designed to challenge the high end market but they werer as good as many yamahas and i'm a yamaha fan.

the good thing is they were usually cheap second hand so easy to resell when you'r done with them.

a buddy in vancouver had a mansfield mandolin as well that was very nice, sadly it was lost in a house fire.

so fifty bucks for a mansfield seems good to me