F-style Mandolin Kentucky Mandolin

Kentucky KM-858 F-Style Mandolin Gold Top

March 09, 2018

New for 2018 I am excited to announce an all new Kentucky KM-858 F-style Mandolin. These start with Spruce and Maple harvested from high in the Swiss Alps. Spruce this special was just screaming to be turned into a Gold-Top Mandolin!.

The KM-858 is part of the artist series of Kentucky Mandolins and the latest addition to their F-style lineup.

Kentucky KM-858 F-Style mandolin

Solid German spruce carved top gives you clean articulation and a crisp, bright tone
Select solid flamed Alpine maple back and sides provide extra punch
Slim select Alpine one-piece maple neck for comfortable, easy action
Premium radiused ebony fingerboard gives extra durability and striking good looks
Metallic gold top for lasting beauty and luster

The traditional F-model mandolin as we know it today was introduced by Loar in the early 1920’s and represents the epitome of design and function. For Kentucky, the new KM-858 Gold Top Artist F-model Mandolin represents our own achievements when it comes to high-quality, professional level instruments specifically designed to meet the demands…and budgets…of players at every level. By using the finest naturally dry-aged Alpine tone woods – a Kentucky Exclusive – and topping it off with a beautiful, sparkling Gold lacquer top finish, the KM-858 really is a gem in the line and will put the Midas Touch on your tone!

Kentucky KM-858 gold top mandolin

Specs:

Back and Side Material	Solid Flamed Alpine Maple
Binding	IV/B/IV Multi Binding
Body Style	F-Model
Bridge Material	Polished Ebony with Adjustment Wheels
Fingerboard Binding	Ivoroid
Fingerboard Inlay	M-O-P Dots
Fingerboard Material	Ebony
Finish	Metallic Gold Top
Neck / Body Joint	Traditional Dovetail
Neck Material	One-piece Select Flamed Solid Apline 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	Rose of Sharon/Logo Script
Peghead Overlay	Black ABS
Pickguard	Multi-Ply B-W-B
Plating	Gold-plated / Pattern and Etched Logo
Scale Length	13 7/8 in. (354mm)
Soundhole Shape	Traditional F-Hole
Tailpiece	1920s-style Stamped Brass / Press-fit Cover
Top	Solid German Spruce
Top Purfling	Multi-Ply IV-B-IV Top and Back / single IV
Truss Rod	Traditional Two-Way Adjustable
Tuning Machines	Standard 4-On-A-Plate/Removable Grained Ivoroid Buttons

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