1922 – Lloyd Loar F5 Mandolin

Travis Tackett writes for the Bluegrass Journal about Danny Roberts’ 1922 F5 Loar Mandolin.

Danny Roberts of The Grascals fame finally possesses what the mandolin world considers the Holy Grail, a Gibson F5 made by or under the supervision of Lloyd Loar.

But the prized instrument didn’t simply fall into Roberts’ very capable picking hands. In fact, its odyssey and Roberts’ quest to own the Loar make for adventurous tales.

For those living outside the mandolin realm, Lloyd Allayre Loar was a Gibson sound engineer and master luthier in the early part of the 20th century. He is most famous for his refinements of the F5 model mandolin, but also known for his work on other Gibson products, including the L5 guitar, H5 mandola, K5 mandocello and A5 mandolin.
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