Kentucky Mandolin KM-1500

The new master model KM-1500 from Kentucky uses the finest, most highly figured Michigan maple combined with the whitest, most fine-grained Adirondack spruce. These solid woods are meticulously hand carved and graduated — just as were the fabled originals of the early ’20s — to achieve the finest tone quality and volume possible in a new instrument. The delicately shaded Cremona sunburst finish is as close to the originals as you will ever see. The elegantly gold-plated and engraved tuning machines and tailpiece are in perfect harmony with the understated elegance of the finish and workmanship. Perhaps the crowning touch of elegance on the new KM-1500 is a vine inlay of abalone pearl, carefully inlaid in just below the white pearl Kentucky logo.

FEATURES:

• Solid handcarved Adirondack spruce top provides superior note clarity and volume to spare
• Solid carved flamed Michigan maple back and sides ensure extra punch
• Slim flamed maple neck for comfortable, easy action
• Premium ebony fingerboard gives extra durability and striking good looks
• Vintage sunburst lacquer finish showcases beauty and luster

SPECIFICATIONS:
Back and Side Material: Solid Flamed Michigan Maple
Binding: Ivoroid
Body Style: F-Model
Bridge Material: Polished Ebony with Adjustment Wheels
Fingerboard Binding: Ivoroid
Fingerboard Inlay: M-O-P Dots
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Finish: Sunburst High Gloss Nitro Cellulose Lacquer
Neck/Body Joint: Dovetail
Neck Material: One-piece Flamed Michigan Maple
Note: Accepts Loop-end Strings Only
Number of Frets Clear: 15
Number of Frets Total: 29
Nut Material: Pearl
Nut Width: 1 1/8 in.
Peghead Inlay: Abalone and M-O-P Vine / Logo Script
Peghead Overlay: Black Composition
Pickguard: Tortoise (Optional)
Plating: Gold-plated/Logo Hand Engraved
Scale Length: 13 7/8 in. (354mm)
Soundhole Shape: Traditional F-Hole
Tailpiece: 1920s-style Stamped Brass / Press-fit Cover
Top: Premium Solid Adirondack Spruce
Top Purfling: Multi-ply W-B-W / Top and Back Inlay
Truss Rod: Vintage Single Adjusting
Tuning Machines: Deluxe Gotoh™ 4-on-a-plate / Removable Genuine Pearl Buttons