The Loar 590 or Kentucky km 606 ?
Opinions?
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The Loar 590 or Kentucky km 606 ?
Opinions?
What is your mandolin background? Do you already have a mandolin or are you just starting out? What kinds of music do you play or are interested in playing?
The Loar LM 590
Features
Top: Solid Hand-Carved Spruce
Back & Sides: Solid Hand-Carved Maple
Neck: Hard Rock Maple
Fretboard: Rosewood
Headstock Inlay: "The Loar" Mother-of-Pearl
Finish Type: Satin
Finish Options: Tobacco Sunburst
Tuning Machines: Grover with Pearloid Buttons
Scale Length: 13-3/4"
Truss Rod: 2-Way Adjustable
Frets: 20
Binding: Ivoroid
Bridge: Compensated Adjustable Ebony
Upper Bout: 6-3/4"
Lower Bout: 10"
Nut, Width: Bone, 1-1/8"
Depth: 2-1/2"
Body Length: 12-3/4"
Total Length: 27-1/4"
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Kentucky KM 606
DETAILS
Back and Side Material: Solid Maple
Bridge Material: Polished Santos Rosewood with Adjustment Wheels
Fingerboard Inlay: M-O-P Dots
Fingerboard Material: Santos Rosewood
Finish: Hand-rubbed stain with satin lacquer finish
Neck / Body Joint: Modern Locking Dovetail
Neck Material: One-piece Maple
Note: Accepts Loop-end Strings Only
Number of Frets Clear: 12
Number of Frets Total: 22
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1 1/8"
Peghead Inlay: M-O-P Kentucky Logo Script
Peghead Overlay: Black
Plating: Nickel-plated / Pattern and Logo Stamped
Scale Length: 13 7/8" (354mm)
Soundhole Shape: Traditional F-Hole
Tailpiece: 1920s-style Stamped Brass / Press-fit Cover
Top: Solid Spruce
Truss Rod:Traditional Two-Way Adjustable
Tuning Machines: Deluxe 4-on-a-plate
I'm guessing with the right set up both would be equal to each other. Which finish do you like?
Hi, I have an old Ibanez F style from the 70's....not much neck angle and getting the bridge to fit is a pain. I'm 69 years and want ONE good mandolin to play.
I'm trying to get the best I can afford, like the finish on both and was wondering which would be the best one to purchase
Any particular reason that you have limited yourself to those two? The reason I ask is because if you are considering buying those new then it puts you into a budget area where you might consider some others. Whatever you buy, if you buy it from a forum sponsor it will arrive properly setup which will make your life a lot easier.
Rob