You're so right about the nature of the intervals it makes finding and creating melodies so intuitive. I really need to make more time to spend with mine. No biggie to me just a little mojo! Those sound like some fine upgrades you've made to yours.
It had been returned with a treble f-hole crack which I repaired very easily. 1978-1985, Sunburst finish, Spruce top and back, Maple sides, headstock 4+4, neck flamed, black pick board, gold hardware with case. Yep, I think i got the very last one they ever had for $99. Kentucky Mandolin Model KM-180 for auction.
This makes moving around the fingerboard easy and logical. The pattern is simple and repeating, and the interval between one pair of strings and the next is a constant. One thing I like about mandolin (which I learned first) is that scales are more intuitive than on the banjo. Michael Kelly Mid Missouri Mandolin Excellent Antique Bowl Back Mandolin Harmony Batwing Morgan Monroe F Style Robert Schmidt A1 Mandolin Kentucky Mandolin Harmony Monterey Eastman Md305 Epiphone Mm-50 1920 Gibson Mandolin W Gig Bag Mandolin With Gig Bag Mandolin For Repair Eight String Gibson F4 Miniature Mandolin Fender Fm-53S Solid Carved Spruce Maple Vintage Mandolin F Style Yorker Supreme. I've played this side by side along mandos costing MANY times more and I honestly like it better. Circa 1982 Kentucky KM-180S, solid spruce top) a superb copy of. Over the years I've had the fingerboard radiused and refretted, made a set of Cocobolo tuning knobs, added a solid tailpiece (inexpensive one, of course), wood armrest, Tonegard, and double piezo pickup. Vintage Japan Kentucky 180S mandolin - 1982 Holy Grail, excellent condition. I use it for gigging in a little Irish/Scottish band, where I also play pennywhistle. I've largely gone back to guitar playing, but I owe a huge debt of gratitude to the mandolin for inspiring me to try to get back into making music after a long, long time.Īha! Another Fullerton Gloucester owner! I got one for something like $169 just as they were selling out and I LOVE it. I'm not any good, but yeah I'm surprised at how adept I've become at moving back and forth between instruments. Say hello to the new Kentucky KM-276 model As many of you know, this is not an entirely new mandolin, but instead a new color option for players that prefer a. The fretboard is made of dense ebony with Mother Pearl inlays. Kentucky Mandolins, KM805, KM1000, KM675.
A spruce top and Maple body provides the KM-500 with a full clean sound that is voiced for Bluegrass and Celtic styles of music. I have several inexpensive mandolins, my favorite being a an all solid wood Fullerton Gloucester F model that I snagged for next to nothing. The Kentucky KM-500 Mandolin is USED in good Condition and a very versatile instrument that is at the top of its class.