When it comes to great mandolins, Kentucky leads the way at every price point. The newly redesigned KM-650 and KM-656 Standard F-Models Mandolins have all the most desirable professional features that any musician needs to be inspired, but is priced for any budget. Available in a beautiful tobacco sunburst or transparent brown. High-end tonewoods and meticulous attention to detail by expert luthiers assures effortless playability and world-class tone in a classic design.
Features:
- Solid German spruce carved top gives you clean articulation and a crisp, bright tone
- Solid Alpine maple back and sides for extra punch
- Slim Alpine one-piece maple neck for comfortable, easy action
- Choice tonewood fingerboard ensures silky smooth playability
- High-gloss transparent brown finish for traditional beauty and luster
Specs:
| Back and Side Material | Solid Alpine Maple |
|---|---|
| Binding | Ivoroid |
| Body Style | F-Model |
| Bridge Material | Polished Tonewood with Adjustment Wheels |
| Fingerboard Binding | Ivoroid |
| Fingerboard Inlay | M-O-P Dots |
| Fingerboard Material | Tonewood |
| Finish | Transparent Brown High Gloss |
| Neck / Body Joint | Modern Locking Dovetail |
| Neck Material | One-piece Solid 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 | M-O-P Logo Script |
| Peghead Overlay | Black ABS |
| Pickguard | Multi-Ply B-W-B |
| Plating | Nickel-plated/Pattern and Etched Logo |
| Scale Length |
13 7/8 in. (354mm) |
| Sound Hole Shape | Traditional F-Hole |
| Tailpiece | 1920s Style Stamped Brass/Press-Fit Cover |
| Top | Solid German Spruce |
| Top Purfling | Ivoroid |
| Truss Rod | Traditional Two-Way Adjustable |
| Tuning Machines | Standard 4-On-A-Plate/Removable Grained Ivoroid Buttons |