KM-508 Artist A-Model Mandolin - Gold Top

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KM-508 Artist A-Model Mandolin - Gold Top

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Traditional design with a '50s look.

The new Kentucky KM-508 Gold Top Artist A-model Mandolin combines traditional design with a classy 1950’s look; creating one exceptional instrument that sparkles and shines in the hands of any player.

Only the highest quality hand-selected, and naturally dry-aged European spruce and maple are used to construct each instrument to provide plenty of power, volume and playability to assure that the KM-508 not only has the right look, but also a sound that’s worth its weight in gold.

Features

Solid carved German spruce top gives you clean articulation and a crisp, bright tone
Solid carved flamed maple back and sides for extra punch
Slim maple neck for comfortable, easy action
Radiused premium ebony fingerboard gives extra durability and striking good looks
Metallic gold top for vintage beauty and appeal

Great tone and Kentucky mandolins go hand in hand. Order today.

KM-508 Artist A-Model Mandolin - Gold Top Specifications:

Back and Side Material: Solid Flamed Alpine Maple
Binding: Ivoroid
Body Style: A-Model
Bridge Material: Polished Ebony with Adjustment Wheels
Fingerboard Binding: White ABS
Fingerboard Inlay: M-O-P Dots
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Finish: Metallic Gold Top
Neck / Body Joint: Dovetail
Neck Material: One-piece Alpine Maple
Note: Accepts Loop-end Strings Only
Number of Frets Clear: 15
Number of Frets Total: 22
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1 1/8 in.
Peghead Inlay: Mountain Rose peghead inlay in red pearl, abalone and mother-of-pearl with Kentucky logo in pearl
Peghead Overlay: Black ABS
Pickguard: Black/White/Black ABS with beveled edge
Plating: Gold-plated / Pattern and Logo Stamped
Scale Length: 13 7/8 in. (354mm)
Soundhole Shape: Traditional F-Hole
Tailpiece: 1920s-style Stamped Brass / Press-fit Cover
Top: Select Solid German Spruce
Top Purfling: Multi-ply W-B-W / Top and Back Inlay
Truss Rod: Vintage Single Adjusting
Tuning Machines: Standard Gotoh 4-on-a-plate / Removable Pearloid Buttons

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