Models
Every model, most significant first.
12 models
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The Loar LM-520
Hand-carved F-style mandolin model
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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Kentucky KM-1000
Master Model F-style mandolin
China
The Kentucky KM-1000 is Kentucky's Master Model F-style mandolin, introduced in the late 1970s to revive classic 1920s tone and appointments. It features a carved solid Adirondack spruce top, flamed maple back, sides, and neck, an ebony fingerboard with 29-fret extension, and engraved silver-plated hardware in a 1920s sunburst finish.
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Eastman MD315
F-style mandolin
Mandolin · China
An Eastman F-style mandolin with solid spruce top and solid maple back and sides.
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Recording King RAM-3
Dirty 30s A-style mandolin
Mandolin · China
The Recording King RAM-3 Dirty 30s is an A-style mandolin with a solid spruce top, tone-bar bracing, and maple back and sides, designed as an affordable instrument for songwriters and folk players.
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Weber Bitterroot
Sitka/maple F-style mandolin
Mandolin · United States
The Weber Bitterroot is a traditional F-style mandolin with f-holes, a hand-graduated solid Sitka spruce top with tone-bar bracing, a maple neck, an ebony fingerboard, ivoroid binding, a 14-inch scale, and a cast Weber tailpiece.
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The Loar LM-700
Hand-carved F-style mandolin
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.
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Kentucky KM-150
Solid-wood A-style mandolin
Mandolin · China
The Kentucky KM-150 is an all-solid A-style mandolin with a hand-carved and graduated solid German spruce top and solid Alpine maple back and sides, built to period-correct vintage specifications at an entry price.
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Kentucky KM-950
Master-grade A-style mandolin
Mandolin · China
The Kentucky KM-950 Master A-model has a hand-carved and graduated solid spruce top, hand-carved figured maple back, sides, and neck, a compound-radius ebony fingerboard, and a scooped fingerboard extension for aggressive rhythm chopping.
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Gibson F-5
F-style mandolin model
United States
The Gibson F-5 is the archetypal F-style mandolin, introduced in 1922 and refined under acoustic engineer Lloyd Loar. It pairs a carved solid spruce top with figured maple back and sides, violin-style f-holes, a longer neck with fifteen frets clear of the body, and the scrolled body that became the reference design for bluegrass mandolins.
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Eastman MD815
Adirondack/maple F-style mandolin
Mandolin · China
The Eastman MD815 is an F-style (F-hole) mandolin with a solid Adirondack spruce top and solid highly flamed maple back and sides, an ebony 12-inch-radius fingerboard with pearl dots, gloss finish, Gotoh tuners, and an Eastman cast-aluminum tailpiece.
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Eastman MD515
Gloss-finish F-style mandolin
Mandolin · China
An Eastman F-style mandolin with gloss finish, solid spruce top, and solid maple back and sides.
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Collings MT
A-style mandolin model
United States
The Collings MT is the satin-finish A-style mandolin built by Collings in Austin, Texas. It features a carved Engelmann spruce top with figured maple back and sides, a maple neck, ebony fingerboard, and adjustable ebony bridge, delivering a clear, focused tone in a cleanly appointed instrument.