Summary
Signed by Lloyd Loar December 1, 1924 manufacture date (traditional estimates)
1926 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Mandolin, Style F5
Serial 80190
Factory order number unknown
The instrument has a Virzi tone producer, but the serial number is unknown
Description
The most contrasting finish ever applied to a Loar mandolin, black with a light spot on top and back, Virzi.
for years this was the last signed Loar mando listed. A couple more.. slightly later have turned up. Owned by Bobby Osborne
DB - virzi was removed, then put back in.
Categories
Categories this instrument is a member of
- Played by a well-known musician
- Virzi
Source
From Darryl Wolfe.
Darryl Wolfe's F5 Journal is the authoritative work on the subject of Loar-signed and later Gibson mandolins
