The Loar LM-310F-BRB Honey Creek F-Style Mandolin
$ 499.99
The Loar Honey Creek F-style mandolin with a hand-carved solid spruce top and maple back and sides, voiced for authentic 1920s bark and bluegrass chop.
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At a Glance
- Body Type
- F-Style
- Top Material
- Hand-Carved Solid Spruce
- Back & Side Material
- Maple
- Bracing
- Longitudinal Tone Bars
- Neck Material
- Maple
- Neck Profile
- Thin "V"
- Fretboard Material
- Padauk
- Nut Material & Width
- Bone, 1-1/8"
- Scale Length
- 13-29/32"
- Bridge
- Compensated Adjustable Ebony
- Tuning Machines
- Nickel with Pearl Buttons
- Finish
- Satin Brownburst
- Frets
- 20 [retailer-sourced]
- Nut Width (alt figure)
- 28.60 mm [retailer-sourced, WebSearch summary — roughly consistent with 1-1/8"]
- Fretboard Material (retailer note)
- Some retailers list 'Rosewood' fretboard — official page states Padauk; official source preferred
- Strings
- D'Addario EJ74 installed [retailer-sourced]
The Loar LM-310F-BRB Honey Creek delivers the crisp, authentic bark of a 1920s F-style mandolin with the projection modern players need. A hand-carved solid spruce top paired with maple back and sides gives it a resonant, woody voice that cuts through a bluegrass jam and sweetens up for tremolo lines.
The maple neck carries a thin “V” profile and a padauk fretboard with a bone nut, while nickel tuners with pearl buttons and a compensated adjustable ebony bridge keep it playing in tune. It is finished in a satin brownburst that shows off the carved top’s vintage character.
- Hand-carved solid spruce top
- Maple back and sides
- F-style body with longitudinal tone bars
- Maple neck, thin “V” profile, padauk fretboard
- Bone nut, compensated adjustable ebony bridge
- Nickel tuners with pearl buttons
- Satin brownburst finish
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