GAL Instrument Plan #26: 1923 signed Lloyd Loar F-5 Gibson Mandolin

1989
AL#18 p.30   BRB2 p.235            
Ted Davis                                                                                           

▪ A full-scale instrument plan. See the GAL website for a low-rez preview. The article also offers a plan of the Virzi Tone Producer, a map of top and back thickness, and a page of recommendations for building new F-5s to original Gibson specs.

This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.