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
- 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 play-ability
- High-gloss sunburst finish for traditional beauty and luster
| Back and Side Material | Solid Flamed Alpine Maple |
|---|---|
| Binding | Ivoroid |
| Body Style | F-Model |
| Bridge Material | Polished Tonewood with Adjustment Wheels |
| Fingerboard Binding | White ABS |
| Fingerboard Inlay | M-O-P Dots |
| Fingerboard Material | Tonewood |
| Finish | Sunburst High Gloss |
| 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 | M-O-P Logo Script |
| Peghead Overlay | Black ABS |
| Pickguard | Black/White/Black ABS w/Beveled Edge |
| Plating | Nickel-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 Grained Ivoroid Buttons |