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Custom Kay Archtop Guitar - Solid Spruce Top - New Frets - 1950's w Case
Estimated price for orientation: 595 $
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Description Brand: Kay
Custom made Kay from the 1950's with a solid spruce top. The back and sides are laminates. I replaced the old brass frets with medium sized nickel ones - crowned and smoothed the ends and now it plays great up and down the fingerboard with no buzz or flat notes - got the action down to just below 1/8" at the 12th fret for both bass and treble sides. There is a screw in the neckjoint behind the boot cap, but it can easily be removed if it ever needs a reset. -- There's also another screw under the 15th fret marker in lieu of a truss rod. It's not perfect, but it is a very well made Chicago blues player with a big sound - as loud as any acoustic I've ever played with rich, full overtones that just ring on and on - a unique and rare instrument. Nut - 1 11/16"
Scale - 25 3/4"
Length - 41"
Depth - 4"Upper bout - 11 1/4"
Lower bout - 15 1/2"
Weight - 5 lbs
Description
| Brand: | Kay |
Custom made Kay from the 1950's with a solid spruce top. The back and sides are laminates. I replaced the old brass frets with medium sized nickel ones - crowned and smoothed the ends and now it plays great up and down the fingerboard with no buzz or flat notes - got the action down to just below 1/8" at the 12th fret for both bass and treble sides. There is a screw in the neckjoint behind the boot cap, but it can easily be removed if it ever needs a reset. -- There's also another screw under the 15th fret marker in lieu of a truss rod. It's not perfect, but it is a very well made Chicago blues player with a big sound - as loud as any acoustic I've ever played with rich, full overtones that just ring on and on - a unique and rare instrument. Nut - 1 11/16"
Scale - 25 3/4"
Length - 41"
Depth - 4"Upper bout - 11 1/4"
Lower bout - 15 1/2"
Weight - 5 lbs
Scale - 25 3/4"
Length - 41"
Depth - 4"Upper bout - 11 1/4"
Lower bout - 15 1/2"
Weight - 5 lbs