75689
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February 18, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Circa '27 finish.
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75690
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February 18, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Virzi removed, new fingerboard, top regraduated, new tone bars, approximate first appearance of very dark finish, very worn. Mike Marshall.... |
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75691
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1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Virzi.
Photos by D. William Halsey |
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75692
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February 18, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Very dark finish.
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75693
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February 18, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Virzi removed, fine sound.
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75694
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February 18, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
EC+, signed and dated by Lloyd Loar 2/18/24, flowerpot headstock, triple bound top, neck, headstock and pickguard, Virzi No. 10152, all orig... |
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75695
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February 18, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Mint.
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75696
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February 18, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Virzi removed.
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75697
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February 18, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Virzi, oversprayed, new fingerboard. "Walter K. Bauer
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75698
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February 18, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Virzi removed, inlaid tuners, Monteleone bridge.
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75699
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February 18, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Virzi removed. 3 piece neck (dark stripe down the middle and slightly V-shaped profile)
5 screws in tuner plates instead of the more ... |
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75700
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February 18, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Picture from Carmel Music, Brian Aldridge |
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75701
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February 18, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
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February 18, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
From Elderly Instruments:
VG-EC, signed and dated by Lloyd Loar on Feb 18, 1924, triple-bound body and tortoise plastic pickguard, triple s... |
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75703
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February 18, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Virzi removed.
Images by Steve Swan http://www.steveswanguitars.com/ |
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75704
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February 18, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Virzi, dark finish, side bound peghead
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75706
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February 18, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Triple bound on sides.
Gold Hardware |
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75707
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February 18, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
second appearance of white celluloid triple binding on face of peghead (first is 75554) |
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75709
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February 18, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
The "Rybka" mandolin, Virzi removed.
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75812
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Virzi.
DB: Earlier "closed style" Gibson logo with bushing from A string inside "G". Refret & possible binding reglued on extension. V... |
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
flowerpot. |
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Tuning plates have 5 screws on one side, 3 on the other.
73724 on underside of pickguard
Notches in tailpiece cover (mandocello like) |
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75845
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Virzi removed.
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75846
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
This superb mandolin is in entirely excellent and phenomenally original condition. Housed in its original hard shell case it is a cockle-w... |
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Oversprayed, new tuners.
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75848
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Virzi removed, highly figured wood, unusually light and reddish finish for period.
Additional pictures submitted of a red instrument i... |
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| 75850 |
March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Refinished
E-MC, signed and dated by Lloyd Loar 3/31/24, flowerpot headstock, triple bound top, headstock and pickguard, Virzi No. 10012 ... |
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
The "H.F. Torro" mandolin, Virzi removed, several rhinestones inlayed in peghead.
From the owner:
Most people know of this mandol... |
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Peghead re-drilled for '30's hardware.
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Lacquer overspray, virzi, gold hardware |
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Virzi. |
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75947
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Diamond-shaped badge on back of peghead reads "Miles Music Store" Knoxville, TN.
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75948
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Virzi |
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
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75950
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Virzi removed, tuners replaced with waverlies
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September 18, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
virzi removed, probably refinished by Gibson
From anonymous:
This instrument was purchased new in 1924-25 by a man named Adolf, w... |
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| 76223 |
Gibson F2 Mandolin |
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1924 Gibson F2 Mandolin |
Nice clean truss rod F2 with red silk case |
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| 76232 |
Gibson F2 Mandolin |
Virzi #10043 |
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76546
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Fern, original gold hardware.
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76547
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
"The Schultz Loar". Fern, virzi. Jack Schultz, the grandson of Charles Carter (the original buyer) found out what they'd had in the closet a... |
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76549
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Fern, near mint, silver hardware, likely the consumate Loar mandolin. Regardless of personal preferences, this is the mandolin that the F5... |
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76550
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Fern Loar, very nice condition.
Appeared on the Antiques Roadshow, presented by Fred Oster of Vintage Instruments in Philadelphia, PA.
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76551
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March 24, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Fern, virzi |
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76552
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Fern, Virzi removed.
Dating from March 31, 1924 and signed by the master himself, this Gibson F-5 Fern was built in Lloyd Loar's final... |
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76553
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Fern.
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76554
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March 24, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Fern, silver hardware. Featured on cover of "Pickin" magazine June 1976. Gibson Virzi ribbon that appears in photos would originally have co... |
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March 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Fern, circa '28 finish, gold hardware.
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76587
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1924 Gibson F4 Mandolin |
Loar-type case. Case re-covered some time in the 60s or 70s with brown material.
Photographs from Scott Houston |
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