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Following on from our recent post about a Japanese-made Silvertone with slider volume and tone controls, here's another (probably) Japanese-made guitar with slider controls, this time it's an attractive double Florentine cutaway semi carrying the Kay brandname. The seller dates it between 1968 and 1972, which sounds a fair enough assessment to me.
Currently listed on eBay with a Buy It Now price of £400, which depending on playability may or may not be optimistic.
G L Wilson
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Double Florentine cutaway Japanese Kay semi with slider controls
Following on from our recent post about a Japanese-made Silvertone with slider volume and tone controls, here's another (probably) Japanese-made guitar with slider controls, this time it's an attractive double Florentine cutaway semi carrying the Kay brandname. The seller dates it between 1968 and 1972, which sounds a fair enough assessment to me.
Currently listed on eBay with a Buy It Now price of £400, which depending on playability may or may not be optimistic.
G L Wilson
© 2013, Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - the blog that goes all the way to 11!
Please read our photo and content policy.
- Silvertone Semi-hollow Form The 1960s With Slider Controls
guitarz.blogspot.com: Here is a great example of the "budget" guitars from the 1960s. This Silvertone Semi-hollow would have been purchased at Simpsons and used until you could afford a "real" guitar. I love the look of this well maintained beauty....
- 1960s Vintage Japanese Apollo Four-pickup Solidbody Electric
guitarz.blogspot.com: Love 'em or loathe 'em, here's another 1960s Japanese wonder. This guitar carries the Apollo brandname and is festooned with four pickups, a whole bunch of volume and tone controls, pickup selectors, etc. The very cheap...
- Japanese-made Lew Chase / Azumi Bass With Hidden Pickup System
guitarz.blogspot.com: I freely admit that I know nothing about this Lew Chase / Azumi Bass other than the French eBay seller tells us that it is Japanese-made and dates from 1975. The design is reminiscent of the Gibson Grabber and Ripper basses from...
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guitarz.blogspot.com You know by now how fond I am of semi-hollow archtop guitars with double florentine cutaway, such as this beautiful Hoyer. I don't understand why this design is not more successful - or maybe it is its rarity that makes it so...
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