Kentucky KM-900 Master A-Model Mandolin 1920s Sunburst

In the Classic Era of American Mandolins there was a single example of a Lloyd Loar Master Model mandolin produced in the A-style. It had a symmetrical pear-shaped body without points or scroll and a perfectly shaped snake-head peghead. Because only one mandolin of this type was ever produced, that original instrument has risen to mythical status. Every discriminating player and collector dreams of owning that original instrument, and with the new KM-900 it is possible to experience those same design concepts with quality wood selection and a voice that can drive a bluegrass band or complement folk and rock music.

• Back and Side Material: Solid Maple
  Binding: Ivoroid
  Body Style: A-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: M-O-P Fleur-de-lys / Logo Script
  Peghead Overlay: Black Composition
  Pickguard: None
  Plating: Nickel-plated / Pattern and Logo Stamped
  Scale Length: 13 7/8" (354mm)
  Soundhole Shape: Traditional F-Hole
  Tailpiece: 1920s-style Stamped Brass / Press-fit Cover
  Top: Select Solid Spruce
  Top Purfling: Multi-ply W-B-W Top and Back Inlay
  Truss Rod: Traditional Two-Way Adjustable
  Tuning Machines: Standard Gotoh 4-on-a-plate / Removable Grained Ivoroid Buttons
  

• Solid, hand-carved and graduated select spruce top
• Solid, flat-sawn, hand-carved select flamed Maple back and sides
• 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
• ivoroid binding on all edges
• Ebony peghead overlay with Kentucky script and Fleur du Lys 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 tail-piece with leather insert
• High-quality, nickel-plated Gotoh tuners
• Shop adjusted
• Case sold separately