The Loar LM-549-BKM Contemporary F-Style Mandolin
$ 699.99
The Loar’s Contemporary F-style mandolin in satin black over a vintage burgundy back, all-solid with a hand-carved spruce top and figured maple back and sides for authentic bluegrass chop.
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At a Glance
- Body Type
- F-Style (Contemporary Series)
- Top Material
- Hand-Carved Solid Spruce
- Back & Side Material
- Hand-Carved Solid Figured Maple
- Bracing
- Longitudinal Tone Bars
- Neck Material
- Figured Maple
- Neck Profile
- Rounded V, flat-radius fingerboard
- Fretboard Material
- Padauk
- Nut
- Bone, 1-1/8"
- Scale Length
- 13-29/32"
- Bridge
- Ebony, adjustable
- Tuning Machines
- Nickel with Ivory Buttons
- Binding
- Ivoroid
- Truss Rod
- Two-way adjustable
- Number of Frets
- 20
- Headstock Inlay
- None
- Finish
- Black Semi-Gloss (black top, vintage burgundy back and sides)
The Loar LM-549-BKM brings the Contemporary series look to a bluegrass F-style: a satin black top over a vintage burgundy back and sides, trimmed in ivoroid binding. Under the modern finish it is a genuine all-solid instrument, with a hand-carved solid spruce top and hand-carved figured maple back and sides voiced for the crisp bark and chop that F-style players want.
The figured maple neck carries a rounded V profile and a flat-radius padauk fretboard with a bone nut, while nickel tuners with ivory buttons and an adjustable ebony bridge keep it playing in tune. A stealthy, all-solid F-style at a working-player price.
- All-solid: hand-carved spruce top, hand-carved figured maple back and sides
- F-style body with longitudinal tone bars
- Satin black top over a vintage burgundy back and sides, ivoroid binding
- Figured maple neck, rounded V profile, flat-radius padauk fretboard
- Bone nut, adjustable ebony bridge, two-way truss rod
- Nickel tuners with ivory buttons
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