Mandolin, Guitar, & Bass for Doug Rawling & The Caraganas
www.dougrawling.com
2008 Kentucky KM-1000
2014 Martin D-28 Authentic 1937
1964 Gibson LG-0
2022 Sigma SDR-45VS
2014 BRW F5 #114
2022 Kentucky KM 950 Master Model
YouTube Original Recording of My composition "Closer Walk"
2 nice Kentuckys my man!!!
DROOL!!!!!
I agree. Mine has that darker burst and I do prefer the lighter ones. I guess like Gibson of past, some slip through with different shades. But the darker one is more traditional-ish. Yours is a beaut!
Thanks Dan! That really means alot to get positive feedback! I do quite enjoy your Take A Stand track. Great singing.
The 650 has all the solid wood components as any other high-priced mandolin in my opinion.
I went down to the Guitar Center in Lexington KY and played a 98 gibson fern, then played
the KM650 that was hanging next to it to find out it was louder and woodier.
So when one showed up at a music store close to home I had to have it.
Heh Ken.........I lived in Nome for a # of years & there was/is a community of devouted blue grass & old time pickers 'n grinners there.......the Midnight Sun Folkfest is a blast.........make the journey some summer........loads of fun........& take your mando...:-)
Peace,
Jim Ferguson
Kentucky KM1000
~Give Blood-Play Hockey
Kentucky KM 600 bought used from The Mandolin Store and received as a Christmas present from MAS enabling wife! I put on the ebony CA arm rest but have since replaced it with a sunburst flame maple McClung that looks like it was made for it! This is now my beater. Pretty fancy schmancy for a beater, no?
Don
2016 Weber Custom Bitterroot F
2011 Weber Bitterroot A
1974 Martin Style A
Nice "beater"!
2014 BRW F5 #114
2022 Kentucky KM 950 Master Model
YouTube Original Recording of My composition "Closer Walk"
Sam Lyman
Moscow, Idaho
My CD: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/samlyman
My YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdf...A_Ph_qw/videos
Sam Lyman
Moscow, Idaho
My CD: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/samlyman
My YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdf...A_Ph_qw/videos
Clement: I worked a number of hours to get the 950 set up to play just like my Collings MT2. Now it has the pickguard, armrest and Tone Gard so it even feels like my MT2 and is a great alternative on those days when the Collings stays home.
Sam Lyman
Moscow, Idaho
My CD: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/samlyman
My YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdf...A_Ph_qw/videos
-Sean Mason
www.AlsMusicShopNY.com
Last edited by Ken Olmstead; Feb-22-2014 at 1:36pm.
Sweet video. Very clean sound, love it. Also, I purposely did not post a direct link or price as too not come off as advertising, just sharing the pic. But, if anything I do or post is violating a policy I will certainly remove it.
-Sean Mason
www.AlsMusicShopNY.com
No problem Sean, I started typing and was like "hey anything Kentucky!" Then I saw you were a dealer and felt obligated to add the comment as a general reminder to all. You are totally in the clear as far as I know and I appreciate the photos of the 300e!!! Thanks for the kudos on the vid!
Nothing to regret there!! I am thrilled you posted it. They are great low cost ovals and give any oval out there a run for the money!!! Funny how the cost of the black is cheaper than the "pumpkin" huh? I do want a 172 for myself but black is as classic as they come. Thanks!!
Heh since I love folk I'd like to get an oval hole some day too, the KM-174 looks quite promising but maybe this one would be my one in a lifetime buy and I'd go for something like a Collings MT-O, not sure yet and I also have loads of time to think about it anyway :D
Please let me show you my KM-172. I bought it after my traumatic brain injury to recover my short-time memory. Had never played any instrument before and couldn't be happier. I'm the second owner. It sat unplayed for nearly two years, even it was set-up correctly, but the owner is a guitarist who decided he didn't like mandolins. When I was offered to buy, he played a couple of songs & I thought it sounded great. I've been playing it for two years and it sounds so much better, really got it's voice. The person I bought it from can't believe it's the same mandolin.
I think, therefore, I pick.
I have been thinking about buying an oval hole. I am narrowing it down to a Morris F or A or a Kentucky KM172. My brother-in-law has a 172, and it is quite nice.
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