You're so right about the nature of the intervals it makes finding and creating melodies so intuitive. I really need to make more time to spend with mine. No biggie to me just a little mojo! Those sound like some fine upgrades you've made to yours.
#Kentucky mandolin km180s crack
It had been returned with a treble f-hole crack which I repaired very easily. Yep, I think i got the very last one they ever had for $99. This makes moving around the fingerboard easy and logical. The pattern is simple and repeating, and the interval between one pair of strings and the next is a constant. One thing I like about mandolin (which I learned first) is that scales are more intuitive than on the banjo. I've played this side by side along mandos costing MANY times more and I honestly like it better.
Over the years I've had the fingerboard radiused and refretted, made a set of Cocobolo tuning knobs, added a solid tailpiece (inexpensive one, of course), wood armrest, Tonegard, and double piezo pickup.
I use it for gigging in a little Irish/Scottish band, where I also play pennywhistle. I've largely gone back to guitar playing, but I owe a huge debt of gratitude to the mandolin for inspiring me to try to get back into making music after a long, long time.Īha! Another Fullerton Gloucester owner! I got one for something like $169 just as they were selling out and I LOVE it. This listing is for a Kentucky Mandolin 8 string model Km180s.nice sunburst finish.no breaks or repairs.no case.But packed well.shipping is 20.00 in the 48 states.check out my other listings. I'm not any good, but yeah I'm surprised at how adept I've become at moving back and forth between instruments. Kentucky 8 string Mandolin model Km180s Nice LK. I have several inexpensive mandolins, my favorite being a an all solid wood Fullerton Gloucester F model that I snagged for next to nothing.