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6 models

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Prucha F5

    Eight-string F-style bluegrass mandolin model

    Mandolin · Czech Republic

    The Prucha F5 is a carved-body F-style mandolin with edge binding, handcrafted in the Czech Republic by the Prucha workshop. Musicians praise its smooth feel and clean sound. Available in standard, T, and premium configurations, starting at EUR 3,010.

  • 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.

  • 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.