The Kentucky KM-150 mandolin is the best value available in an all-solid, traditionally designed, A-style instrument that beautifully combines period-correct vintage specifications with an amazing price. When it comes to tone and playability, the KM-150 also excels. To achieve the best tone and volume possible, select solid spruce – meticulously handcarved and graduated – is used for the top, while select solid maple is used for the back and sides. A solid maple neck with rosewood fingerboard and traditional snakehead shaped peghead is attached to the body by a modified dovetail neck-body joint not only adds to the authentic look, but also has a comfortable shape that is easy to play, and offers a lifetime of serviceability. Top everything off with a set of accurate, open-geared tuners, an adjustable rosewood bridge and tuning will be easy, accurate and with perfect intonation every time. No other instrument in its class even comes close in tone, value and dependability.
Specs:
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Back and Side Material
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Solid Alpine Maple
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Binding
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Ivoroid
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Body Style
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A-Model
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Bridge Material
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Polished Santos Rosewood with Adjustment Wheels
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Fingerboard Binding
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White ABS
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Fingerboard Inlay
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M-O-P Dots
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Fingerboard Material
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Santos Rosewood
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Finish
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Sunburst High Gloss
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Neck / Body Joint
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Dovetail
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Neck Material
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One-piece Alpine Maple
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Note
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Accepts Loop-end Strings Only
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Number of Frets Clear
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12
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Number of Frets Total
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21
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Nut Material
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Bone
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Nut Width
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1 1/8 in.
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Peghead Inlay
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M-O-P Logo Script
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Peghead Overlay
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Black Paint
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Pickguard
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Black Multi-ply
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Plating
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Nickel-plated / Pattern and Logo Stamped
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Scale Length
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13 7/8 in. (354mm)
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Soundhole Shape
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Traditional F-Hole
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Tailpiece
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1920s-style Stamped Brass / Press-fit Cover
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Top
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Solid German Spruce
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Top Purfling
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Multi-ply W-B-W / Top and Back Inlay
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Truss Rod
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Vintage Single Adjusting
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Tuning Machines
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Deluxe 4-on-a-plate / White ABS Buttons
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