With a wealth of professional features designed into this best selling A-model mandolin, the KM-150S is sure to please any player, at any level. Kentucky KM-200S Carved solid spruce top, carved solid mahogany back and sides, Long F-5 scale maple neck with adjustable truss rod, slim mahogany neck with bound rosewood fretboard and inlaid mother-of-pearl dot markers, classic mother-of-pearl script Kentucky and peghead inlay, adjustable compensated polished rosewood bridge, nickel-plated hardware. Kentucky KM150S All Solid A Style Mandolin - Bluegrass Instruments.
Kentucky KM-160S Solid spruce top, mahogany back and sides, mahogany neck with 14th fret neck/body joint, multi-ply body binding, adjustable compensated rosewood bridge, traditional sunburst finish, improved neck design for better action and tone, rich full responsive voice. 1980s Kentucky KM-400 E electric mandolin, semi-hollow body with asymetrical cutaway. Kentucky KM-160 Spruce top, mahogany back and sides, mahogany neck with 14th fret neck/body joint, multy-ply body binding, Adjustable compensated rosewood bridge, traditional sunburst finish, improved neck design for better action and tone, rich full responsive voice. Kentucky KM-150S Solid spruce top, Solid maple back and sides, maple neck with 12th fret neck/body joint, adjustable truss rod, multy-ply body binding, Adjustable compensated rosewood bridge, traditional sunburst finish, classic mother-of-pearl Kentucky peghead script inlay, improved neck design for better action and tone, rich full responsive voice. Kentucky KM-140S Solid Spruce top, maple back and sides, maple neck with 12th fret neck/body joint, adjustable truss rod, multy-ply body binding, Adjustable compensated rosewood bridge, traditional sunburst finish, improved neck design for better action and tone, rich full responsive voice. Kentucky KM-150 mandolins made from mid 2012 on are superior to KM-160 mandolins of any year. This is the same year that the KM-150 was redesigned. The last of the KM-160 mandolins would have been made around 2012. Kentucky KM-140 Spruce top, maple back and sides, maple neck with 12th fret neck/body joint, multy-ply body binding, Adjustable compensated rosewood bridge, traditional sunburst finish, improved neck design for better action and tone, rich full responsive voice. The KM-150 mandolin is still a current production model. All-solid tone wood construction means that the Kentucky KM-150 mandolin will just get better and better right along with you. I have the KM 200S that I bought in '88 or '89. An all-solid value from Kentucky Americas favorite mandolin. Take a trip back to the early 20s on the Kentucky time machine…it is surprisingly affordable.Here's the current Kentucky lineup.
Kentucky KM-150 Standard A-Model All-Solid Mandolin Traditional Sunburst.
Deluxe 14:1 reverse tuners, prewar style ebony bridge and side-striped w/b/w ivoroid body binding all reek vintage. Kentucky mandolins continue to be today's best value in handmade professional quality instruments. Only the finest American spruce and maple is hand-carved and graduated for the tops and backs. Try to find regular photos of each model in the wild, not just the promotional pictures to get a better idea of what they really look like. Kentucky Master Models are again being constructed to the same standard of quality. The only difference is the finish color, I have the 156 (brown) which I think looks better per my personal taste, but others may prefer the 150 (sunburst).
The KM-1000 Kentucky Master Model Mandolin was introduced in the late 1970s in response to players’ and collectors’ requests for a mandolin that duplicated the best vintage instruments in every point of tone, appearance and finish.