Members Senator Posted December 24, 2008 Members Share Posted December 24, 2008 I know this isn't the guitar forum, but... Could you guys help my identify this, please? Pics: "It comes with it's own case, 3 pickups, and 3 way selector switch." It looks like http://wutzdog-guitars.de/inventory/inventory-details/article/1965-kay-solidbody/. Here's one on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/Kay-electric-guitar-circa-mid-1960s_W0QQitemZ250317391154QQihZ015QQcategoryZ118985QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262 I found it on CL. Should I get it? Thanks, all. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Senator Posted December 24, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 24, 2008 I see two pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guttermouth Posted December 24, 2008 Members Share Posted December 24, 2008 those old dearmond pickups sound great.those guitars on the other hand are why so many guys have terrible memories of being a beginner. get it, rip the pickups out and put them in something cool ( a thinline tele perhaps?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Senator Posted December 24, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 24, 2008 Thanks. I found one on eBay for $399.99. http://cgi.ebay.com/Kay-electric-guitar-circa-mid-1960s_W0QQitemZ250317391154QQihZ015QQcategoryZ118985QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262 Can't wait to get my hands on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thumper Posted December 25, 2008 Members Share Posted December 25, 2008 What Ian said. It's worh $60 for the pups alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hi.flyer Posted December 25, 2008 Members Share Posted December 25, 2008 You know, sometimes these old-school guitar designs look cool to me and sometimes they just look awful. But I like this one. Or some of the old Teiscos are something. I wonder if there's any practical way the playability issues can be resolved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guttermouth Posted December 25, 2008 Members Share Posted December 25, 2008 I wonder if there's any practical way the playability issues can be resolved. i worked in a store that bought a truckload of those old jap store branded guitars (n.o.s.) so i had to work on about 40 of the damn things. some of them were playable out of the box but the majority of them had bad nuts, misshaped bridges, bad necks and mis-drilled tuners. they're made of plywood so any kind of work that requires removing wood is a huge pain in the ass. you could get the bad ones at least playable by putting in a new nut ( or doing tons of work on the stock one) and shaving and relocating the bridge. the string tension on them was all over the map though and if you got one where the strings felt tight you might as well chunk it. the pickups in them DO kick major ass though.they reminded me of a weak filtertron or something - just a really great open natural semi chimey sort of vibe that gets really raunchy with a bit of distortion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ec437 Posted December 25, 2008 Members Share Posted December 25, 2008 I see two pickups. They didn't say all three were on the guitar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Senator Posted December 27, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 27, 2008 Just found out the neck is warped. Still get it or pass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Death Hands Posted December 27, 2008 Members Share Posted December 27, 2008 Worth the pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dDigitalPimp Posted December 27, 2008 Members Share Posted December 27, 2008 love the bridge ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Banta Posted December 27, 2008 Members Share Posted December 27, 2008 I had an old Kay bass that was a total pos. Pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guttermouth Posted December 27, 2008 Members Share Posted December 27, 2008 Just found out the neck is warped. Still get it or pass? i've got 30 bucks towards one of the pickups for ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Renfield Posted December 27, 2008 Members Share Posted December 27, 2008 Just found out the neck is warped. Still get it or pass? Talk him down a hair and then sell the pups and trash the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flâneur Posted December 27, 2008 Members Share Posted December 27, 2008 Even if the neck is warped, it may still be playable. And if it's not ... firewood plus pickups ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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