KR Strings Octolindo F Artist Octave Mandolin New

Kilin Reece, the driving force behind KR Strings, is a well-known luthier and Hawaiian music historian based in Honolulu. After years of building and repairing a wide range of fretted instruments Kilin has designed the “Octolindo,” a line of flat-top octave mandolins. Thanks to a scalloped X-braced Engelmann spruce tops these are big-sounding octave mandolins with a deep, throaty tone and plenty of volume. The relatively short (21.5 inch) string scale and radiused fingerboard makes them remarkably easy to play. The F Artist version shown here has attractive Indian rosewood back and sides and curly maple binding. It differs from other Octolindo models in that it has an f-hole top and a floating adjustable bridge, with the strings anchoring in a tailpiece (the other models all use a pin bridge). The combination of f holes, floating bridge and tailpiece results in a somewhat different tone, with more of the "string-ring" you hear in acoustic archtop guitars. One advantage to this des