Maker
The Loar
Vintage-style mandolin and archtop brand
The Loar is a fretted-instrument brand from distributor The Music Link, named for Gibson acoustic engineer Lloyd Loar. It offers hand-carved F-style and A-style mandolins, archtop and small-body acoustic guitars, and resonator instruments inspired by 1920s and 1930s designs, built in a workshop the company operates in China.
Models
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The Loar LM-520
China
The Loar LM-520 is a hand-carved F-style mandolin with a graduated solid spruce top and solid maple back, sides, and neck. It carries violin-style f-holes, an adjustable ebony bridge, and vintage Grover tuners, offering classic 1920s F-model tone and appointments at an accessible price.
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The Loar LM-700
Mandolin · China
The Loar LM-700 Supreme is a hand-carved F-style mandolin with an AAA spruce top and AAA flamed maple back and sides, a one-piece maple neck, a bound ebony fretboard, and abalone/mother-of-pearl headstock inlay, styled after Golden Age instruments.
Categories
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Mandolins
Mandolins, mandolas, octave mandolins, mandocellos, makers, and related model families.
Representative model
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The Loar LM-520
China
The Loar LM-520 is a hand-carved F-style mandolin with a graduated solid spruce top and solid maple back, sides, and neck. It carries violin-style f-holes, an adjustable ebony bridge, and vintage Grover tuners, offering classic 1920s F-model tone and appointments at an accessible price.