he new master model KM-1500 from Kentucky uses the finest, most highly figured Michigan Maple combined with the whitest, most fine-grained Adirondack Spruce. These solid woods are meticulously hand carved and graduated — just as were the fabled originals of the early ’20s — to achieve the finest tone quality and volume possible in a new instrument. The delicately shaded Cremona sunburst finish is as close to the originals as you will ever see.
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The entry level / intermediate market in mandolins has definitely heated up in recent years. Previously you simply could not get anything but a pressed solid top and laminate back & sides instrument in the under $600.00 market but all of that has changed in recent years.
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