The hand-carved LM-520 F-model mandolin is the response to players requests for a value priced mandolin with more stripped down appointments yet a similar sound to the best-selling The Loar LM-600 mandolin. The 520 is carefully assembled in the same hand-carved workshop that gave birth to the LM-400 and 700 and have similar hand-carved fully graduated spruce tops. The maple neck has a comfortable rounded V profile finished with a rosewood fretboard. The compensated adjustable ebony bridge and high quality vintage-style Grover tuning machines insure that these mandolins have great intonation and stay in tune no matter how hard they are played. Perfect for players who want a high-quality great-sounding hand-carved mandolin but don t need all of the bells and whistles these minimally appointed instruments deliver the high-end tone chop and projection the music community has come to expect from The Loar. Case sold separately.