1990s Kentucky KM-150S A-Style Mandolin

Overview: I'm not quite sure if this is a late-'90s instrument or an early-2000s one. In any case, it shows some age to it (a good thing, I think) and has a loud, forceful, cutting sound. This is an all-solid instrument, with solid spruce over solid maple in the body. It's built light and plays easy-peasy after some setup work.

Repairs included: I adjusted the bridge base a bit to get more action-adjustment room on the thumbwheels and then gave it a good setup. It's playing spot-on and ready to go.

• Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz
• Scale length: 13 7/8"
• Nut width: 1 1/8"
• Neck shape: slim medium C
• Board radius: flat
• Depth at first fret: 55/64"
• Depth at seventh fret: 63/64"
• Body width: 10 3/8"
• Body depth: 2+"
• Top wood: solid spruce
• Back & sides wood: solid maple
• Bracing type: tonebar
• Bridge: adjustable rosewood
• Fretboard: rosewood
• Neck wood: maple
• Action height at 12th fret: 1/16" overall (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 34w-10
• Truss rod: adjustable
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: narrow/smaller

Condition notes: There's some finish hairline cracking here and there, but nothing to write home about. The wood itself is not cracked. There's some "ghosting" to the clearcoat at the headstock near the logo. The pickguard is missing. There are a few light scratches and scuffs from use but nothing obvious. I did not level and dress the frets as I would normally do because the frets seemed, thankfully, rather in good order.

It comes with: It has a gigbag.

Consignor tag: RIMS