Saltspring on Kentucky KM950 mandolin

[@hughleemusic54]

Brilliant! Well done indeed. Thanks for posting. A deceptively challenging tune.

[@danstune]

Thank you for that great example of how to play Salt Springs. Really great tone, timing and feel.

[@charlesmontgomery7002]

Very nice, thanks!

[@MandoIsland]

That's really achallenging solo, I am learning it too; it's really hard to play it at the same tempo as John Reischman plays it.

[@luurtieful]

Thanks Michael, You are right about that. John is a master of his own technique. I wanted to play it a little faster but that won't work when the camera is recording. Whe should make a recording together sometime don't you think so?

[@Gelsenbury]

​@@luurtiefulI'm not Michael, but I think you should!

[@luurtieful]

@@Gelsenbury Thanks, Michael has made a great resource for the mandolin. He deserves a lot of credits

[@johnwhitehill-ward5087]

Hi, great! Always enjoy your posts. Have noticed your growing variety of mandolins. I have a Kentucky KM606 which I really like. Care to comment on the different qualities of your KM950 and your Eastman etc. Thanks again. I use your videos routinely to improve my playing.

[@luurtieful]

Thanks for all the kind words. It's nice to know that my channel is helpful to you. I can tell a lot about my mandolins. The Eastman MD815 from 2006 is my favorite when it comes to playing in my band or in a bluegrassjam. It's a bright , full and loud instrument with great dynamics. I also like the chop. The nicest sounding and more delicate one is de Kentucky KM950. Warmer than My Eastman, the feel of the V-neck is great. The Kentucky KM606 is more of bluegrass mandolin, the most woody of the three. Very nice chop, rounder and thicker neck but not a very sweet sounding mandolin. The KM950 doesn't have not the best chop, that's a fact. I love them all equal, and to be honest.. to me they are better mandolins than the handmade Prucha and the Clark A5 I once had.

[@johnwhitehill-ward5087]

@@luurtieful Hendrik, Thanks for responding to my comment. Your comment about loving all of them addresses the question of “why does one need more than one mandolin?” Your description of the KM606 mirrors my impressions, woody, dry with a strong mid and low range. I also have an Eastman MD504 which I am very fond of. Sweet, lush and round but not tubby. Could be the mahogany back and sides but it is a sound I really like and I love the gloss black top. I was very interested to hear you describe the KM950 as sweet and best sounding with weaker chop. I thought it was intended to be the A style version of the KM1000 series which I understand is Kentucky’s flagship f style “bluegrass?” mando. I must say a friend of mine has a KM1000 which I find sort of quiet but with a sweeter high end. The variety of sounds created by these little instruments is remarkable and best appreciated by those of us who attempt to play them. BTW, I also have an Eastman MDA315 mandola that I mainly capo to DAEB. Also a very nice instrument with a rich deeper sound which I like. Along the same lines I play many tunes one string down on the mandos when playing alone for that deeper richer sound. Sorry to rattle on. All the best.

[@johnjriggsarchery2457]

I had a KM900 that was a total dog. I may give the 950 a chance though, yours sounds really nice.

[@TheCurtainLift]

I have a 950 right now I never play because it also sounds awful. This one might be a one off or maybe something in the way he’s recording, but in real life mine sounds very metallic and thin

[@clawhammer704]

Sounding good. Iv got a Kentucky 500. It’s has a better deeper sound than my Gibson or my Eastman 815.