Kentucky KM-156 Standard A-Model Mandolin

KM-156

Kentucky's KM-150 series combines great tone and playability with period-correct vintage styling and specifications in an affordable A-style mandolin. The KM-156 is notable for its rich, transparent brown high-gloss finish, which recalls famous mandolins of the prewar era. This carefully applied, ultra thin nitrocellulose lacquer finish is exactly the same finish that was used on most prewar originals, and it promotes optimum sound as well as looking beautiful and vintage correct.

Collections: Accessories, All Instruments, All Mandolins, Kentucky Mandolins

Category: A Style, Instrument, Kentucky, Mandolin

Type: Mandolin

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The neck and body are joined by a modified dovetail joint in the traditional style, which guarantees the greatest strength as well as optimum sound transmission. Genuine solid Alpine spruce–meticulously hand-carved and graduated–is used for the top while the back, sides, and neck are of select solid maple. This is why Kentucky 150 series mandolins outperform everything in their price range and some costlier makes as well! Perfectly shaped arching, the finest woods, and the skills of our luthiers make the KM-156 a world-beater in every respect!

Solid carved Alpine spruce top gives you clean articulation and a crisp, bright tone
Solid carved maple back and sides for extra punch
Slim maple neck for comfortable, easy action
Choice East Indian rosewood fingerboard offers beauty as well as durability
High-gloss, transparent brown nitrocellulose lacquer finish ensuresoptimum tone as well as physical beauty

Back and Side Material	Solid Maple
Binding	Ivoroid
Body Style	A-Model
Fingerboard Binding	White ABS
Fingerboard Inlay	M-O-P Dots
Fingerboard Material	Indian Rosewood
Finish	Transparent Brown
Neck / Body Joint	Modified Dovetail
Neck Material	Maple
Number of Frets Clear	12
Number of Frets Total	21
Nut Material	Bone
Nut Width	1 1/8"
Peghead Inlay	M-O-P Logo Script
Peghead Overlay	Black
Pickguard	B/W/B Laminated ABS
Scale Length	13 7/8" (354mm)
Soundhole Shape	Traditional F-hole
Top	Solid Alpine Spruce
Top Purfling	Multi-ply W/B/W
Truss Rod	Traditional 2-way