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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.