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Vintage 1960s Kay Titan Guitar Barney Kessel Kleenex Pickups Fabulous Condition
Estimated price for orientation: 886 $
Category: Electric Guitar
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Description Brand: Aria String Configuration: 6 String Body Type: Solid Exact Year: 1980's Series: 6 string solid body Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan Dexterity: Right-Handed
Vintage 1965 Kay Titan Guitar Barney Kessel Kleenex Pickups Fabulous Condition Up for sale we have a Vintage Kay Titan Guitar. Very rare guitar! Excellent design and style! Everything is stock to the guitar and it plays works wonderfully. Guitar is very clean for its age. Been in storage for decades! All relatively light wear and tear. The frets are in excellent condition and everything works. Overall this guitar is in great shape. The guitar has minor superficial dings, scratches, wear and tear around various parts of the guitar. Typical of a guitar of this age. As with any guitar that’s been sitting in storage it going to need new strings and set up. Please consider this when bidding on my items. Its vintage folks and anything this old could need a minor tune up.1965 Kay K350 Titan I Electric GuitarBy the ’60s guitar boom, of course, Kay was pumping out trainloads of guitars. The market for these mainly beginner-level electric guitars was, of course, young Baby Boomers. By around 1960 Kay was making attempts at upgrading its image to a hipper one, with truly ugly guitars like the Solo King or “State of Ohio” guitar that we’ve talked about before. One of Kay’s improvements was the adoption of chrome plastic pickup covers with etched lines often called “Kleenex boxes” by collectors. They look cheesy to me, but cool cheesy, in a tacky sort of way, if you know what I mean.But it’s really all about that headstock. Someone at Kay thought they needed to hippify the heads on their solidbodies and came up with what many collectors call the “bushwhacker” design. No chance of being sued by Fender on this puppy! What’s particularly amazing about it is that it must have been a bear to produce. The lower edge or throat is beveled away from the face, while the tip on the upper side is also beveled out, but just beyond the tuner buttons. There’s a ton of carving here in the days before numerical carving machines. Shipping, Payment & Important Details Your item will be shipped immediately after I receive payment. I use parcel post on most items. If you need it ASAP, please contact after the sale to make arrangements. If there is problem, please contact me before leaving feedback. I will do my best to work out any issues.
Description
| Brand: | Aria | String Configuration: | 6 String |
| Body Type: | Solid | Exact Year: | 1980's |
| Series: | 6 string solid body | Country/Region of Manufacture: | Japan |
| Dexterity: | Right-Handed |
Vintage 1965 Kay Titan Guitar Barney Kessel Kleenex Pickups Fabulous Condition Up for sale we have a Vintage Kay Titan Guitar. Very rare guitar! Excellent design and style! Everything is stock to the guitar and it plays works wonderfully. Guitar is very clean for its age. Been in storage for decades! All relatively light wear and tear. The frets are in excellent condition and everything works. Overall this guitar is in great shape. The guitar has minor superficial dings, scratches, wear and tear around various parts of the guitar. Typical of a guitar of this age. As with any guitar that’s been sitting in storage it going to need new strings and set up. Please consider this when bidding on my items. Its vintage folks and anything this old could need a minor tune up.
1965 Kay K350 Titan I Electric Guitar
By the ’60s guitar boom, of course, Kay was pumping out trainloads of guitars. The market for these mainly beginner-level electric guitars was, of course, young Baby Boomers. By around 1960 Kay was making attempts at upgrading its image to a hipper one, with truly ugly guitars like the Solo King or “State of Ohio” guitar that we’ve talked about before. One of Kay’s improvements was the adoption of chrome plastic pickup covers with etched lines often called “Kleenex boxes” by collectors. They look cheesy to me, but cool cheesy, in a tacky sort of way, if you know what I mean.But it’s really all about that headstock. Someone at Kay thought they needed to hippify the heads on their solidbodies and came up with what many collectors call the “bushwhacker” design. No chance of being sued by Fender on this puppy! What’s particularly amazing about it is that it must have been a bear to produce. The lower edge or throat is beveled away from the face, while the tip on the upper side is also beveled out, but just beyond the tuner buttons. There’s a ton of carving here in the days before numerical carving machines. Shipping, Payment & Important Details Your item will be shipped immediately after I receive payment. I use parcel post on most items. If you need it ASAP, please contact after the sale to make arrangements. If there is problem, please contact me before leaving feedback. I will do my best to work out any issues.