Kentucky KM-508 Gold Top Mandolin
Another new Kentucky for 2018. The Gold Top KM-508 model.
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 it’s weight in GOLD!
- 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
- High-gloss amberburst finish for traditional beauty and luster
We will follow up with a review of the Kentucky KM-508 Mandolin very soon!
Specs:
| 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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