Kentucky KM-140 Standard A-model Mandolin – Sunburst
KM-140 Standard A-Model Mandolin Traditional Sunburst. Traditional Kentucky A-model mandolins offer players that big sweet tone and easy playability, all priced within the reach of any budget-conscious musician. Saga has now raised the bar even further by upgrading the features of the KM-140 to include a solid top – making this already runaway best-seller even better.
Product Features
- Solid spruce top, Maple back and sides
- Multi-ply top binding, Adjustable compensated rosewood bridge
- Bound rosewood fingerboard with M.O.P. dot inlays, One piece maple neck with dovetail neck/body joint at 12th fret
- Adjustable truss rod, Classic M.O.P. Kentucky script inlay and dot markers
- Deluxe tuning machines, Nickel-plated hardware, Traditional high-gloss Nitrocellulose lacquer finish, Sunburst finish
- Solid carved Sitka spruce top gives you clean articulation and a crisp, bright tone
- Maple back and sides for a vintage look and warm resonance
- Slim maple neck for comfortable, easy action
- Choice East Indian rosewood fingerboard ensures silky smooth playability
- High-gloss sunburst lacquer finish imparts traditional beauty and luster
- To learn more, please see our Product Description below
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This is a very nice mandolin. Beautiful sound, beautiful to look at. Never owned a mandolin although, I have owned over a dozen guitars these past 50 years. I’m not a professional musician because nobody would ever pay to hear me sing. It keeps my wife happy though and she enjoys it.So my opinion about this mandolin? I’ve plucked a lot of other mandolins in the past 50 years and finally decided to get one for myself. I read a lot of reviews and finally decided on this one, in large part based upon the previous…
Nice sound, easy setup I am just beginning to play the mandolin and my first instrument was an acoustic/electric that I was not happy with. A lot of buzzing and overly shrill sounds. I’m a violin player so the high pitched E is familiar to me, but this was crazy shrill and I broke two E strings trying to make adjustments. I could not get the bridge to a height that made it easy to play or got rid of the buzzing. So I returned it and got this one.My first impression was that the sound was so much mellower,…
great for the price I have several mandolins, but no real high end ones.However, this mandolin is the best sounding one I’ve ever had.The important thing about this mandolin is making sure the bridge is set up right.With floating bridges it’s very important that it’s in the right place.I didn’t have it set right, and couldn’t understand why I couldn’t tune it.I’ve never had a mandolin with a floating bridge before, and it wasn’t until I got the bridge situated right that I could tune…