Peghead Nation’s Brazilian Choro Mandolin instructor Ian Coury demonstrates his main instrument and talks about the history of the mandolin in Brazilian music. Peghead Nation’s Brazilian Choro Mandolin instructor Ian Coury demonstrates eight-string and ten-string mandolins and discusses their roles in Brazilian music. Gotoh tuning machines with ivoroid buttons. SPECS: A-style mandolin with solid, carved Sitka spruce top, solid flamed-maple back and sides, solid maple neck, ebony fingerboard. Walsh, subscribe to The Advancing Mandolinist and/or Bluegrass Mandolin Jam Favorites on Peghead Nation. Whether you’re a beginner looking for a great first instrument, or an experienced player looking for a solid, road-worthy A-style mandolin to add to your collection, the Kentucky KM-505 Artist A-Model should be on your short list. While the trebles are sweet and relatively mellow, they still manage to cut through when playing with an accompanying guitarist. Walsh plays the instrument in the video above, with deep lows and long sustain, particularly on the G and D courses. Overall, the KM-505’s tone is rich and round, as you can hear when Peghead Nation mandolin instructor Joe K. Visually, the KM-505 has a cool vintage vibe, with Kentucky’s “mountain rose” inlay on the peghead, a black-and-white layered pickguard, 1920s-era tailpiece design, and a classy “amberburst” finish. And with an adjustable bridge and two-way adjustable truss rod, the KM-505 can be easily set up to any player’s preferred specs. The neck has a standard 1⅛-inch nut width and a rounded D-shape profile that is super comfortable to play.
It has a solid, carved Sitka spruce top solid, carved flamed-maple back and sides and a solid maple neck with an ebony fretboard. The Kentucky KM-505 Artist A-Model is at the high end of the company’s Artist series, with a price of $795 list and about $520 retail.
With Kentucky’s Standard series for entry-level mandolins, the mid-priced Artist series, and the high-end Master models, they cover a lot of ground in the mandolin market. Like other Saga-built instruments, Kentucky mandolins have become a go-to recommendation for folks looking for high-quality, playable instruments at reasonable prices. Kentucky mandolins are built by Saga Music, which also builds Blueridge guitars, Regal resonator guitars, Cremona violin-family instruments, and other popular brands.
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