Kentucky Mandolin

For the last 25 years Kentucky has been a world leader in mandolins from the most affordable student models on up to the finest professional artist instruments. All are made of select woods and produce a rich, powerful tone sought after by discriminating players. Kentucky mandolins continue to be today's best value in handmade professional quality instruments.

Kentucky KM-140S Standard A-model Solid Top Mandolin Traditional Sunburst

The Kentucky KM-140S mandolin is a high quality mandolin that sounds and plays like mandolins that cost hundreds more. Kentucky mandolins are one of the best selling mandolins in the world. Perfect for bluegrass, country or any style of music. A Kentucky Mandolin offers dependability, great sound, good looks and affordability.

The KM-140S mandolin is one of America's favorite mandolins! The KM140S offers a value so extraordinary it has made it a best-seller.
This traditionally designed A model mandolin offers a big, sweet tone quality with a fast, easy playing action unheard of in this price range.
Easy tuning is assured by the genuine deluxe tuning machines and accurately placed frets.
An excellent choice for any musician!

	Maple back and sides
	Maple neck with 12th fret neck joint
	Bound rosewood fretboard
	Adjustable compensated rosewood bridge
	High gloss sunburst finish
	Classic mother of pearl Kentucky script inlay
	Inlaid mother of pearl dot position markers
	Improved neck design for better action and tone
	Rich, full, responsive voice

Kentucky KM-160 Series Standard A-model Mandolin Traditional Sunburst

Kentucky KM-160 Series A-model mandolins are meticulously hand-crafted from the finest materials. You get the finest possible mandolin for players of every level. The Kentucky KM-160 mandolin offers big, sweet tone and fast, easy playing action. The Kentucky KM-160 has a solid, hand-carved and graduated spruce top for the best tone and volume and solid, hand-carved flamed maple back and sides. Quick and accurate tuning is assured by the Kentucky mandolin's Gotoh tuners. The "Snakehead" rosewood peghead overlay is garnished with inlaid "Kentucky" script in pearl. Other features include an elevated 20-fret fingerboard, F-Style sound holes, and a 1-piece maple neck with dovetail neck/body joint at the 12th fret. Since their introduction in the mid-1970s Kentucky Mandolins have set a new value standard for A-model mandolins.

	Carved Solid Spruce Top
	Solid Maple Sides and Back
	Rosewood Fingerboard 12-Fret Neck
	Rosewood Fretboard
	Multi-Ply Body Binding
	Inlaid Mother-of-Pearl Dots
	Adjustable Compensated Rosewood Bridge
	Traditional Sunburst Finish
	Rich, Full, Responsive Voice
	F-Holes

Kentucky KM-350S Artist A-model Mandolin Traditional Sunburst

The Kentucky KM-350S A-model mandolin is meticulously hand-crafted from the finest materials to produce the finest possible instrument for players of every level. The KM-350S Artist A-model offers a big, sweet tone and fast, easy playing action. The KM-350S has a solid carved spruce top for the best tone and volume and solid maple back and sides. Other features include a bound, rosewood fingerboard with distinctive fingerboard extension design, F-Style sound holes, and a one-piece maple neck with dovetail neck/body joint at the 15th fret. The result is a sweet, powerful tone with volume to spare. With the KM-350S mandolin's big carrying tone and countless other professional features, its sure to be a future classic.The great Lloyd A. Loar designed the Classic mandolins of the 1920's mandolins that set the standard for everything else that has followed. Saga designed it's KM-300 series of Kentucky mandolins to incorporate many of the important features found in the most expensive custom instruments. Every mandolin in this series features the traditional "snake-head" design of Loar-era instruments and an adjustable truss rod. The 22-fret bound rosewood fingerboard is just like the vintage original as is the adjustable, compensated rosewood bridge which ensures perfect intonation.

	Solid spruce top with traditional high-gloss nitro-cellulose sunburst finish
	Solid maple back and sides
	A-5 style body
	Maple neck with 15th-fret neck joint
	Extended 29-fret bound stained rosewood fingerboard
	Traditional snakehead peghead shape
	Classic mother-of-pearl peghead inlays
	High-quality, deluxe tuning machines
	Nickel-plated hardware
	Adjustable truss rod
	Adjustable compensated rosewood bridge
	Multi-ply binding on top and back
	Shop-adjusted

Kentucky KM-855 Artist F-Model Mandolin Vintage Amberburst

The Kentucky KM-855 Artist F-model mandolin is hand-carved and graduated from the finest mountain spruce and northern maple for the best tonal characteristics. The KM-855 has a radiused ebony fingerboard for comfortable easy play and "Bella Voce" Mother-of-Pearl fingerboard and peghead inlays. The KM-855 also features a vintage-style ebony bridge with small adjustment wheels, gold-plated hardware and high-quality Gotoh tuners.The Kentucky KM-855 is a particularly fine sample of just how select materials and real manufacturing know-how are joined together to create instruments that have a look and playability that are second only to their tone! Kentucky mandolins continue to be today's best value in hand-made professional quality instruments that can be afforded by all.

	Solid, hand-carved and graduated select spruce top
	Solid, hand-carved select highly flamed maple back and sides
	Vintage high-gloss Nitrocellulose lacquer amberburst finish
	One piece maple neck with dovetail neck/body joint at 15th fret
	Radiused fingerboard with modern extension over the body
	Bound ebony neck with "Bella Voce" fingerboard and matching peghead overlay
	Vintage-style bridge with small adjustment wheels
	Traditional 2-screw truss rod cover plate
	Bone nut
	Highly polished nickel silver frets
	High-quality gld-plated Gotoh tuners with engraved plate and removable buttons

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