SPECS: A-style mandolin with solid, carved Sitka spruce top, solid flamed-maple back and sides, solid maple neck, ebony fingerboard. Walsh, subscribe to The Advancing Mandolinist and/or Bluegrass Mandolin Jam Favorites on Peghead Nation. Whether you’re a beginner looking for a great first instrument, or an experienced player looking for a solid, road-worthy A-style mandolin to add to your collection, the Kentucky KM-505 Artist A-Model should be on your short list.
While the trebles are sweet and relatively mellow, they still manage to cut through when playing with an accompanying guitarist. Bound snakehead rosewood peg head overlay with inlaid script in pearl and La spade in abalone and pearl, -Bone nut, High-gloss sunburst lacquer finish imparts. Walsh plays the instrument in the video above, with deep lows and long sustain, particularly on the G and D courses. FOR SALE Kentucky KM 805 for Parts or RepairI bought this intending to. Overall, the KM-505’s tone is rich and round, as you can hear when Peghead Nation mandolin instructor Joe K. KENTUCKY KM 805 Mandolin With Broken Neck for Parts or Repair Not Working - 210.00. Visually, the KM-505 has a cool vintage vibe, with Kentucky’s “mountain rose” inlay on the peghead, a black-and-white layered pickguard, 1920s-era tailpiece design, and a classy “amberburst” finish. And with an adjustable bridge and two-way adjustable truss rod, the KM-505 can be easily set up to any player’s preferred specs. The neck has a standard 1⅛-inch nut width and a rounded D-shape profile that is super comfortable to play. When it comes to tone and playability, the KM-150 also excels. It has a solid, carved Sitka spruce top solid, carved flamed-maple back and sides and a solid maple neck with an ebony fretboard. 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 amazingly affordable price. 1980's year vintage Kentucky KM-300E solid Body 5-string,quality made in the mid-1980's in Japan.This Mandolin is sold.Gold Tone makes a 5-string electric mandolin now which is excellent.Here is a link to the Gold Tone 5-string electric.Gold Tone 5-string Electric Mandolin Comes with a great hard form fit case. My luthier tells me that hes seen these mandolins before, but rarely. The Kentucky KM-505 Artist A-Model is at the high end of the company’s Artist series, with a price of $795 list and about $520 retail. This summer, I bought an Espana, a wide-necked Finnish mandolin built in the 1960s, in part because of its wide neck (1 1/4' at the nut, 1 3/4' at the other end), for about 400 CDN.
With Kentucky’s Standard series for entry-level mandolins, the mid-priced Artist series, and the high-end Master models, they cover a lot of ground in the mandolin market. Like other Saga-built instruments, Kentucky mandolins have become a go-to recommendation for folks looking for high-quality, playable instruments at reasonable prices. Kentucky mandolins are built by Saga Music, which also builds Blueridge guitars, Regal resonator guitars, Cremona violin-family instruments, and other popular brands.