Maker

Kentucky Mandolins

Saga Musical Instruments mandolin brand

Kentucky Mandolins is a Saga Musical Instruments mandolin brand with A-style and F-style mandolin-family instruments.

Models

  • Kentucky KM-1000

    China

    The Kentucky KM-1000 is Kentucky's Master Model F-style mandolin, introduced in the late 1970s to revive classic 1920s tone and appointments. It features a carved solid Adirondack spruce top, flamed maple back, sides, and neck, an ebony fingerboard with 29-fret extension, and engraved silver-plated hardware in a 1920s sunburst finish.

  • Kentucky KM-950

    Mandolin · China

    The Kentucky KM-950 Master A-model has a hand-carved and graduated solid spruce top, hand-carved figured maple back, sides, and neck, a compound-radius ebony fingerboard, and a scooped fingerboard extension for aggressive rhythm chopping.

  • Kentucky KM-150

    Mandolin · China

    The Kentucky KM-150 is an all-solid A-style mandolin with a hand-carved and graduated solid German spruce top and solid Alpine maple back and sides, built to period-correct vintage specifications at an entry price.

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Categories

  • Mandolins

    Mandolins, mandolas, octave mandolins, mandocellos, makers, and related model families.

Representative model

  • Kentucky KM-1000

    China

    The Kentucky KM-1000 is Kentucky's Master Model F-style mandolin, introduced in the late 1970s to revive classic 1920s tone and appointments. It features a carved solid Adirondack spruce top, flamed maple back, sides, and neck, an ebony fingerboard with 29-fret extension, and engraved silver-plated hardware in a 1920s sunburst finish.