I was quite pleased to pull and take high resolution pictures of this guitar and it's ST1413 cousin; And even more so when this guitar made it to my work bench for disassembly and inspection in response to a Customer inquiry that required same to answer his questions. As these pictures progress you will see that I subsequently disassembled this guitar for a thorough inspection and clean-up. As I also greatly enjoy, I am documenting the disassembly, inspection, cleanup, tricks of the trade I've learned, etc; Because I've not seen anyone else document the details of Kay solid body guitars of this one's era. As is the case with this guitar, ...many of Kay's guitars are great players with allot of mojo and raw tone to the bone, ....."sleepers" that have gone mostly un-noticed by the majority of Guitarists, Collectors, etc. The pictures and documentation on this guitar's webpages will pretty much show this guitar's status / stage of progress, ....with editing the pics, preparing text, and publishing it to these webpages a bit behind real time progress on the guitar. |
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Original gig bag ..... Rare as hens teeth. Even matches the color of the guitar. |
Common zipper needs replacing. An easy job for a seamstress, and inexpensive. |
All parts are original, in very good condition and will all clean up very nicely. |
2 string posts and gears are missing. String #3's knob shaft is slightly bent. I will be delighted to make those repairs if a Customer desires. The lighter color streaks on the body and neck are places where the guitar sat for a very long time in one spot in it's gig bag, ....and the wrinkles & folds in the gig bag in contact with the finish made those spots of contact age differently than the spots that weren't in tighter contact. The streaks are actually metallic powder in the finish reflecting light slightly different than the surrounding finish. This shows up in the pics much more than visibly because a digital camera can see much more subtle differences in color than the human eye can. |
Back of neck is in excellent condition. All paint on guitar is original with less than normal / average wear. The neck is nice and beefy along the line of late 1950 Les Pauls, ....a very nice feel, ....but not "baseball bat" by any means. |
No belt buckle rash. No significant scrapes or scars. As will be seen in pictures of the fretboard, ...the guitar was hardly played above the first 3 frets, and not much at all in those first 3 open-chord frets. Normal wear, light scrapes and scars; Would compound out nicely should someone desire to "insult" a gutar's history character ! The light colored lines on the finish is from a common chemical reaction between the laquer finish and the gig bag's interior, ....from the gig bag's wrinkles stored against the body in one place for a very long time ! |
No-one has been goofin' with the neck joint. The neck joint has ample clearance for any neck angle and string deck height a knowledgeable Guitarist might desire. |
I was quite pleased to pull and take high resolution pictures of this guitar and it's ST1413 cousin; And even more so when this guitar made it to my work bench for disassembly and inspection in response to a Customer inquiry that required same to answer his questions. As these pictures progress you will see that I subsequently disassembled this guitar for a thorough inspection and clean-up. As I also greatly enjoy, I am documenting the disassembly, inspection, cleanup, tricks of the trade I've learned, etc; Because I've not seen anyone else document the details of Kay solid body guitars of this one's era. As is the case with this guitar, ...many of Kay's guitars are great players with allot of mojo and raw tone to the bone, ....."sleepers" that have gone mostly un-noticed by the majority of Guitarists, Collectors, etc. The pictures and documentation on this guitar's webpages will pretty much show this guitar's status / stage of progress, ....with editing the pics, preparing text, and publishing it to these webpages a bit behind real time progress on the guitar. |
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