Just FYI, I played one of the new Kentucky solid-body electrics today. If you are not familiar, one is depicted here:
http://www.elderly.com/new_instruments/items/KM300E.htm
I was really tempted to buy it on the spot. Fit and finish were very good. The back has a nice countour. Playbility was good. It has a fat neck and a radiused fretboard, which I liked, But it has very narrow neck, which took a bit of getting used to. The only amp available to play it through was a bass amp with no effects. It did sound very clear and clean. The controls were nice and smooth, with no static. The mando is really, really heavy for its size! With all that density, the sustain though a good amp should be exceptional. I really like the tailpiece design. It can take ball-end and loop end strings interchangeably. I think every mando should have that! Anyhow, I think the Mandobird has more than met its match!
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