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Fact #35383

When:

14091943

Short story:

Gibson sound engineer and master luthier Lloyd Loar dies aged 57 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Loar is famed for his F5 model mandolin, L5 guitar, H5 mandola, K5 mandocello, and A5 mandolin, and he was also one of the first people to design an electric pickup for acoustic instruments.