Kentucky KM-1000 Master F-Model Mandolin 1920s Sunburst

Here is a professional quality F-Style mandolin, offered by Kentucky at a surprisingly affordable price relative to the materials used, the design excellence and the attention to detail in the construction and finish. Only the finest American spruce and maple is hand-carved and graduated for the tops and backs. Deluxe 14:1 reverse tuners, pre-war style ebony bridge and side-striped w/b/w ivoroid body binding all reek vintage. Take a trip back to the early 20s on the Kentucky time machine...it is surprisingly affordable.

• Back and Side Material: Solid Flamed Maple
  Binding: Ivoroid
  Body Style: F-Model
  Bridge Material: Polished Ebony with Adjustment Wheels
  Fingerboard Binding: Ivoroid
  Fingerboard Inlay: M-O-P Dots
  Fingerboard Material: Ebony
  Finish: Sunburst High-gloss Lacquer
  Neck / Body Joint: Dovetail
  Neck Material: One-piece Maple
  Note: Accepts Loop-end Strings Only
  Number of Frets Clear: 15
  Number of Frets Total: 29
  Nut Material: M-O-P
  Nut Width: 1 5/64
  Peghead Inlay: Abalone and Pearl Flowerpot-style / Logo Script
  Peghead Overlay: Black Composition
  Pickguard: None
  Plating: Silver-plated / Pattern and Logo Panagraph Engraved
  Scale Length: 13 7/8" (354mm)
  Soundhole Shape: Traditional F-Hole
  Tailpiece: 1920s-style Stamped Brass / Press-fit Cover
  Top: Premium Solid Adirondack Spruce
  Top Purfling: Multi-ply W-B-W / Side Inlay
  Truss Rod: Traditional Two-Way Adjustable
  Tuning Machines: Deluxe Gotoh 4-on-a-plate / Removable Pearloid Buttons
  

• Solid, hand-carved and graduated select red spruce top
• Solid, flat-sawn, hand-carved select flamed maple back and sides from Northern Michigan
• One-piece maple neck with dovetail neck/body joint at the 15th fret
• Nitrocellulose finish in a traditional 1920's Sunburst
• Ebony fingerboard with M-O-P dot position markers and 29 fret extension over the body
• ivoroid binding on all edges
• Rosewood peghead overlay with Kentucky script and original-design Flower Pot inlaid in pearl
• Vintage-style ebony bridge with small adjustment wheels
• Traditional 2-screw truss rod cover plate
• Perfectly shaped M-O-P nut
• Highly polished nickel-silver frets
• Silver-plated, engraved tailpiece with leather insert
• High-quality, silver-plated Gotoh tuners with engraved plate and removable buttons
• Shop adjusted