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I am LL nut and purist and spent many (20+) years studying construction and evrything even remotely connected to LL and found out that most of the tuning theories that you can find in books or online...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I16YOPmmZbs

Just saw this on Frank Solivans instagram.

https://instagram.com/p/7q_zcFo4aP/

Sounds exciting!

As some of you will know, for the past several years I have been working on a book about the history of mandolins called The Mandolin - a history. It is just about ready for the printers and to pay...

Well this is getting into some real geek territory but though DuPont did not attempt to patent nitrocellulose lacquer until 1921, nitro and other similar lacquers had been produced for years by...

I had a question I had wanted to ask Steve for a while and I am so thankful that he took the time to answer it as thoroughly as he did. I believe he has studied this subject and provides as much...

Received this email from Christie at Carter Vintage Guitars, thought worth sharing.

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Our April 12th Loar F-5 celebrated its 91st birthday today with friends and family and a glass...

A quick search of the Mandolin Archives illustrates the facts. These are only the known and verified totals listed.

http://www.mandolinarchive.com/signature_dates.html

Today is an appropriate day to reflect on a bit of "Lore of the Loar"

Today being March 31st marks the last large batch of F5 mandolins and commemorates their 90th birthday. We have some Loars...

In 1921 Lloyd Loar gave a speech at the Guild of Banjoists, Mandolinists and Guitarists Convention in Los Angeles, California. His topic was "Gibson Selling Points From Science." The entire speech...

Like so many of Gibson's now world-famous innovations, the "Cremona Brown" sunburst finish used on the Master-Model instruments from 1922 forwards was the invention of an obscure employee.

Turns...

Yep, John, that's almost all of it. The only other thing it (i.e., the Virzi-thingy) did was raise the frequency of the third air mode, or "sideways sloshing mode" from about 1.0-1.1 kHz to about...

Here is the real-deal oval lock on a genuine Loar case. Neither key is original. The one on the right works. It has a second tab that's unnecessary and doesn't actually go into the lock. The one on...