Hey, I found a Kentucky KH Dawg, is it a Mandolin, Mandola, it is only a photo, It is an "A" body $1200 bucks, any scoop, thanks, dy.
Hey, I found a Kentucky KH Dawg, is it a Mandolin, Mandola, it is only a photo, It is an "A" body $1200 bucks, any scoop, thanks, dy.
I think it is a mandola but I would email that store to find out. Kentucky had an arrangement to produce a line of Monteleone designed instruments i assume with some arrangement with Grisman as well. I have a friend who has a grand artist style mandola. I think they came out in the 1980s and were pretty decent instruments, a cut above the usual Kentucky line.
Carmel Music has the KH1300 (Grand Artist) from 1984 for $3150.
Also more info here in a review in Frets of the mandolin KM Dawg.
Jim
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The KH1300 was the copy of the Loar H5 mandola only with a flowerpot instead of Fern. $1300 new in mid 80's.
The KHDawg was an A model Fhole mandola also designed by Monteleone like the KMDawg model. $800 new in mid 80's
Both were very limited production and hard to find one today at any price. Made during Kentucky's peak period.
There was also a KH-600 Mandola which was more like a '23 A5 design at $700 in mid 80's. I use to own a KH1300 before I got my '24 H5 and it was a really nice top end mandola.
PS: At $1200 I hope you have already bought it! That's a deal for that one. The KMDawg mandolins are in the $3000 range and they were only $1550 in the mid 80's. The KHDawg should be at least in the $1600 range or more due to it's rarity.
You are correct. I didn't look closely enough at the photos. I thought it was a grand artist style.Originally Posted by (f5loar @ Nov. 21 2005, 16:36)
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f5--You the man, I thank you for your input, I'll call the shop and check up on it....dy.
mandola! Got a friend with one. A style but w/ a Monte headstock
A Kentucky with a Monte head? or a Monte mandola A?
The Kentucky KHDawg has the Monte head on it. That's one of the reasons it's worth $100 more than the KH600.
Soory, couldn't resist...
So sorry!
i always thought that was the coolest photo of grisman (and the instruments aint bad either) - i use to have that brochure, but gave it to the guy who bought my kentucky dawg, as i thought they should stay together....wish i had kept it now!
't was excerpt from one of Frets Magazine 198...
(Vanitas, vanitatis...)
$1200.00 for the A style mandola is a good deal, I have a DAWG model mandolin and I think its been one of the best all around mandolins I have had. Great workmanship playability and tone. I have been on the hunt myself for the elusive Dawg mandola A style with no luck.
Mike Lettieri
AKA Mandolinmyster
someone had posted a while back about there only being 49 dawg mandolins built (this figure i believe came from desert rose) - i wonder how many dawg mandolas are around? i would be surprised if it were more than a dozen.
in the old frets magazine article - a photo actually shows a dawg mandocello - i wonder if that was a one-off for grisman for promoting the line?
I just sold a Kentucky Dawg F style mandocello earlier this year. Nice instrument. I understand only two were built, both for Grisman.
Charles Johnson
Charles - Do you have pictures of the instrument?
Being an owner of a Kentucky Dawg mandolin, I would just love to see the other instruments people are talking about. If anyone has pictures, please post them. Maybe we can start a "Kentucky Dawg" journal; wouldn't be that extensive, but would be cool nontheless...
Lefty&French - Is there someway you could post that picture with better clarity? I assume it's blurry like that due to the size of the image. It would make a killer wallpaper for my desktop. Any help would be appreciated...
Thanks!
Sure! I just need your Email...
FYI, there is a DH Dawg A mando for sale at Music Folk in St. Louis for $1200.
http://www.musicfolk.com/docs....ndolins
As a number of us have already found out, the KH-Dawg was sold last week.
The search continues ....
Dawg-gone!
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the last kh-dawg i remember seeing for sale was on the co-mando list about 5 years ago - i think the seller was asking $2500
...so, do any cafe members own one of these - we really should start a sumi-era kentucky photo archive. i had a km-dawg, but unfortunately didnt take any digial pics of it, as this was back when film cameras were still king.
Heres a pic of my 84 DAWG, I posted a year or so ago.
Mike Lettieri
AKA Mandolinmyster
and the front
Mike Lettieri
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Your photos look like porn shots.... you just want to show us the best parts. Can you show us the whole body?
f5loar its funny you say that because I felt like an adult
photographer when taking them. A little to close and personal
Mike Lettieri
AKA Mandolinmyster
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