76969
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October 7, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson H5 Mandola |
No Virzi, gold hardware.
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| 76971 |
October 7, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson H5 Mandola |
"Made in U.S.A." stamped on back of peghead, no Virzi.
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76972
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October 7, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson H5 Mandola |
Virzi removed.
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| 76979 |
October 13, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson K5 Mandocello |
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76981
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October 13, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson K5 Mandocello |
Photographs courtesy of the Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra |
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| 76983 |
February 13, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson L5 Guitar |
Birch back, maple sides, 1930s replacement neck; Virzi #10220 Lloyd Loar 2/13/24 |
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| 76984 |
October 13, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson K5 Mandocello |
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| 77392 |
December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson L5 Guitar |
Silver plated hardware, birch back, Virzi.
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| 77398 |
December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson L5 Guitar |
Virzi
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| 77401 |
December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson L5 Guitar |
Virzi, back appears to be birch. listed on ebay Nov 2006 |
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77404
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December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson L5 Guitar |
Silver plated hardware, birch back, Virzi.
From Nino Fazio |
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77405
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December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson L5 Guitar |
Silver plated hardware, birch back, Virzi.
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| 79640 |
December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Repaired by Gibson and shipped 2/12/36.
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79641
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December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Virzi removed.
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79719
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December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
No Virzi. Hardware is unusual for an F5 of this period (non-pearl buttons, rounded end instead of arrow-end tuner plates, worm over gear), b... |
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79756
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December 1, 1924 signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
EC-, signed and dated by Lloyd Loar on Dec. 1, 1924, triple top-bound body, headstock and tortoise plastic pickguard, triple side-bound neck... |
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79824
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Fern, silver hardware, peculiar date, serial number appears to be altered, but likely factory.
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79833
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1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Labels defaced, bears all attributes of a 12/1/24. New tuners, F4 style tailpiece, exceptionally clean, no threads in pickguard hole. Magni... |
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79834
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1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Typical of era except outfitted with gold hardware. Significant crack under pickguard in upper bout area.
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79835
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December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Mint, stamp no. 11985.
Both labels had fallen out, revealing the stamp number and pencilled serial below |
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| 79836 |
December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Virzi removed.
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79837
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December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
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80190
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December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
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 la... |
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80191
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December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
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80192
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December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson L5 Guitar |
Refinished by Gibson in the '50's.
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| 80203 |
December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson L5 Guitar |
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| 80262 |
December 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson L5 Guitar |
Some controversy exists regarding date, could be Dec. 21, 1924.
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| 80263 |
December 21, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson L5 Guitar |
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80264
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December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson L5 Guitar |
no virzi. Double dots at 12th & 17th frets. Closed-style inlay for "The gibson" |
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| 80411 |
December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson L5 Guitar |
Lloyd Loar 12/1/1924 |
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| 80416 |
December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Last Loar signed instrument recorded.
DB: flowerpot, silver hardware. Pictured in Tone Poems II liner notes
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| 80570 |
1925 Gibson L5 Guitar |
Lloyd Loar signature label believed to be a reproduction. Dec 1 1924 on it.. |
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| 80585 |
Gibson L5 Guitar |
From Max McCullough |
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80782
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1925 Gibson F5 Mandolin |
No signature label, flower-pot, identical in all respects to a Loar mandolin, gold hardware, stamp no. 11985
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| 81000 |
Gibson L5 Guitar |
Information from David McLaughlin |
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| 81172 |
Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Fern. |
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| 81176 |
Gibson F5 Mandolin |
gold hardware |
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| 81248 |
Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Fern. |
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81250
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Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Gold, ivoroid bound, flowerpot. Supposed to be approximately January 4th 1925 by Julius Bellson
at one time, thie was Charlie Derringt... |
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81251
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1925 Gibson F5 Mandolin |
January 1925, EXC, Master Model label, no signature label (missed getting a Loar label by one or two weeks but is identical in every respect... |
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| 81266 |
Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Flowerpot, all ivoroid binding, gold hdw. |
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81268
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1925 Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Flowerpot, no virzi |
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81273
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1925 Gibson L5 Guitar |
Originally owned by Stanley Richards, purchased new at the Gibson Factory when he toured there in 1925 or 26, He once played in a Band out o... |
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81290
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Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Flowerpot, gold hardware, Master Model
Originally known as "Aubery Haynie's unsigned '25", well known for it's cannon-like tone. Initi... |
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| 81339 |
1925 Gibson L5 Guitar |
1925 Gibson L-5 EXC Its low serial number of # 81339 puts it very early in 1925 and we have seen L-5's with higher serial numbers and... |
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81408
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Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Fern, refinished circa '30's. An historical instrument in that it likely appears on more recordings than any mandolin except Bill Monroe's,... |
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| 81409 |
Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Fern |
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| 81468 |
Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Fern, block inlay starting at 3rd fret |
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| 81489 |
Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Fern, late '24 type finish.
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| 81626 |
Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Fern, new neck, refinished blond |
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