Anyone knownledgeable about old guitars here?

[cinaed666]

Hello, I was wondering if someone here knows a bit about guitars.


I'm a player, and I found someone selling a nice looking 70's guitar.


The brand is Kay, and it's presumably made in the early 70s. He doesn't know anything about it himself either.


It looks a bit like a les paul, so I tried googling for Kay les paul copies, but I couldn't find anything that looks


remotely like it.


Pictures:

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Musical_Instrument_Company


From what I can tell, those are normal single coil pickups, are those P90s?


Anyone?

 

[demonstar3]

I dont really know anything about guitars, but it sure does look nice


(i apologize for not being able to help much :\)


bonus link


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-90


~Dramatic Waltz

 

[Sugar_Kane]

http://www.kayguitar.com/


They state that they don't do serial number checks or validate vintage guitars, just provide links to people that will do it for a fee.


I've got some knowledge about guitars, but not a great deal about vintage ones. Those pickups don't look like anything I've ever seen before.


As you like the look of it, I'd say just give it a play and if it sounds and plays nice then go for it. It might not be worth a mint, but there won't be too many other guys out there with one of these.

 

[cinaed666]

http://www.kayguitar.com/


They state that they don't do serial number checks or validate vintage guitars, just provide links to people that will do it for a fee.


I've got some knowledge about guitars, but not a great deal about vintage ones. Those pickups don't look like anything I've ever seen before.


As you like the look of it, I'd say just give it a play and if it sounds and plays nice then go for it. It might not be worth a mint, but there won't be too many other guys out there with one of these.

Thanks for the reply


I've been looking through old catalogs, and I found it in a '79 one. Not as old as I thought. About the strange looking pickups, apparantly it's just a style of back then, nothing special about them apart from them being a bit microphonic. Also, the bridge is non-adjustable, so I wouldn't be able to fix the intonation if anything was wrong with it. I think I'm going to save up for my dream guitar which is this one;

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It's a Gibson Les Paul Studio Deluxe 60's edition in vintage sunburst with zebra pickups


It's 1100€ though, so I'll have to put off buying a pandora for a while...