Kentucky Artist Collection "Oval Hole" A-Model Mandolins combine the best features of traditional 1920's instruments to provide unique modern instruments with the flexibility to handle today's demanding performance requirements. Each KM-160, in addition to the oval sound hole, has a bound rosewood fingerboard on a maple neck that joins the body at the 10th fret. All topped off with the unmistakable and traditional "snake-head" peghead design with rosewood overlay and pearl Kentucky script logo.

Solid, hand-carved and graduated spruce top in a gloss Black finish

Solid, hand-carved flamed maple back and sides

New vintage-style body shape with "Oval soundhole"

One piece maple neck with dovetail neck/body joint at the 10th fret

Nitro-cellulose finish

Bound rosewood fingerboard with M.O.P. dot position markers

Traditional "Snake-head" peghead design with rosewood overlay with inlaid Kentucky script in pearl

Vintage-style rosewood bridge with small adjustment wheels

Traditional 2-screw truss rod cover plate

Bone nut

Highly polished nickel silver frets

Nickel-plated tailpiece with leather insert

High-quality, nickel-plated Gotoh tuners with engraved plate

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