LOAR LM-520-VS - HAND CARVED F MODEL MANDOLIN - GLOSS VINTAGE SUNBURST - SOLID SPRUCE TOP - SOLID MAPLE B/S - PERFORMER MANDOLIN - MAPLE NECK WITH THIN "V" PROFILE - TRADITIONAL MANDOLIN TONE AND CHOP - The LM-520 is carefully assembled in the same hand-carved workshop that gave birth to the industry-leading LM-700-VS, and has a similar hand-carved, fully graduated spruce top. The solid maple back is also hand-carved, and the solid maple sides complete the all-solid package. The maple neck has a comfortable rounded "V" profile finished with a padauk fretboard. The compensated adjustable ebony bridge and high quality vintage-style Grover tuning machines insure that these mandolins have great intonation.