Kentucky KM-256 Artist A-Style Mandolin All-Solid Vintage Brown Nitrocellulose Finish
Product Code: KM-256
Our Price: $595.00
Description
In 1922, mandolin designs began to change, as did the musical tastes of
the time. The greatest Acoustic Engineer of the day began to develop
designs that incorporated F-shaped sound holes instead of the Oval-hole
designs that ultimately tightened-up the airy, woody nature of the
traditional A-shape and accentuated the treble frequencies, often
lacking in previous Oval-hole designs. All combined, these instruments
offered the musician better balance and greater volume to meet the
ever-changing musical styles to come.
Available in three
traditional finish options—vintage amber, warm brown, and a beautiful
three-tone sunburst—the Kentucky KM-250 Artist A-model Mandolin Series
offers professional quality instruments that are still affordably
priced. All materials are hand-carved, with the tops and backs
meticulously arched and graduated to achieve the correct balance of
strength and lightweight rigidity for optimal tone.
Kentucky KM-256 A-Model Mandolin Features:
- Solid, handcarved and graduated spruce top
- Solid, handcarved and graduated maple back & sides
- Authentic, vintage 1920s-style body outline
- F-shaped soundhole
- One-piece maple neck with dovetail neck/body joint at the 14th fret
- Rosewood fingerboard with mother-of-pearl dot position markers, bound in white ABS
- Vintage-correct raised pickguard of laminated Black/White/Black ABS with beveled edge and vintage style attachment hardware
- Bone nut
- Snakehead rosewood peghead overlay with lovely, vintage Wreath white pearl peghead inlay and pearl Kentuckyscript
- Vintage-style, adjustable rosewood bridge with small adjustment wheels
- Traditional 2-screw black
- ABS truss-rod cover plate
- 13 7/8” (352.40mm) scale length
- 22 highly-polished nickel silver frets
- Nickel-plated tailpiece with coverplate and leather insert
- High-quality tuning machines with white buttons
- High-gloss nitrocellulose finish
- 1 Year Warranty