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A very beautiful Kay ‘Swingmaster’ model, made in Chicago USA and dating from the early 1960s.

This model was one of Kay’s higher-end offerings, designed to compete with equivalent Gibson et al contemporaries. They featured the highly-desirable ‘Kleenex’ pickups, so named for their shape and usually reserved for their incredibly expensive Barney Kessel signature model.

Other high end appointments include a bound herringbone body and bound dark rosewood neck with real block inlays.

Plays and sounds incredible, the Kleenex pickups (to my ear) are somewhat comparable to a vintage P90 - they’re single coils but certainly not thin, are incredibly clear and a definite step up from some of their more pedestrian pickups.

Specs:

Country of origin: USA (Chicago)

Date of manufacture: 1960s

Sunburst finish

Herringbone bound body

Bound neck

Rosewood fingerboard with block inlays

Condition:

In good used condition, well-played but not abused. Some marks to the body and neck and natural lacquer checking throughout, though free of any structural repairs, breaks or issues.

Modifications/repairs:

Non original bridge / tailpiece (appears to be vintage/old Gibson style tailpiece) and it evidently had a bigsby tailpiece previously. Minor paint touch up to neck heel from a previous strap button.

Accessories:

None.

A fantastic USA made electric hollowbody with amazing stock pickups. In my opinion, these easily go toe-to-toe with their Gibson equivalents - at about 1/3 of the price.

1960s Kay USA K672 Swingmaster Hollowbody Electric Guitar - Sunburst

£950.00Price
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