Kentucky KM-855

Description

Mandolin players looking for their step-up instrument would be advised to put Kentucky's KM-855 through its paces - these beautiful F-styles are some of the best production instruments currently being built today. Combining a solid German spruce top with a flamed alpine maple neck, back, and sides, this instrument boasts clear, thumpy, and powerful low mids perfect for filling out the backbeat in a bluegrass stringband. As always, Kentucky's set up and attention to detail are immaculate, with low action, a comfortable neck, and a radiused ebony fingerboard for a more modern feel than the ultra-traditional Loar copies flooding the market. Kentucky shoot this one in a lovely full-gloss amberburst finish, which sets off nicely against the instrument's abalone and mother-of-pearl inlay work and its cream binding. It's an ideal mandolin for any musician who's ready to get serious about their bluegrass picking and wants a premium instrument without the accompanying multi-thousand dollar price tag. The Kentucky KM-855 comes with a Kentucky NuHyde soft-shell case.