search on kay and you will find him.
Statistics: Posted by wietse — Sat Dec 01, 2007 1:36 pm
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All good observations concerning the mystery guitar but I am going to stick with my Kay attribution. I think it is basically a Kay Swingmaster with a different tailpiece than the models distributed in the US.
wietse, your observation about the fret markers is accurate, but check out the fret markers on this Swingmaster, they almost go completely across the fretboard. I think we have a match on the headstock, knobs and pups as well.
The tailpiece and the binding are two componets that don't match, but the tailpiece on the Grassi is certainly styled after a Kay tailpiece. I think Grassi was only a distributor so it seems reasonable they may have imported Kay's. They may have also been able to get Kay to built guitars with their choice of hardware. I think it is also possible the tailpiece is not original but I don't have a catalog from every year of this era. It may be just a different model year than my picture.
If it isn't a Kay, it is certainly a "Lawsuit" guitar. If I were Kay I'd sue whoever built it.
Statistics: Posted by VintAxe — Fri Nov 23, 2007 6:11 pm
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a nice full frontal and back picture would help just like a frontal close up of the body, not these mercy shots, looks nice but not realy good to identify a guitar with.
my guess is german, maybe italian.
Statistics: Posted by wietse — Sat Nov 17, 2007 12:09 pm
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I haven't had time to actually research your guitar yet but my immediate reaction to you pictures is that it is either Kay inspired or perhaps even built by Kay.
The tailpiece and bridge look like the set up on my Kay Speed Demon. The pickguard also has a Kayish quality.
I don't recognize the pups. You say it has Grovers on it now, any indication the original pegs may have been Kluson? Look for a square shadow.
I don't have pictures of my Speed Demon, but here's a link to a model similar to mine:
I'll get back to you when I get time to investigate further. sb
Statistics: Posted by VintAxe — Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:20 am
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Statistics: Posted by Overbiter — Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:52 pm
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