Help with decision

[Itrypickin]

The Loar 590 or Kentucky km 606 ?
Opinions?

[Doug Brock]

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?

[Zach Wilson]

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?

[Itrypickin]

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

[robw95]

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