What’s Cool Out There… Kay

1950s Kay Barney Kessel

March 14, 2012

1950s Kay Barney Kessel in a no reserve auction. Seller puts this in Fair condition. This one is going to need some TLC but from the description and the pictures…

1930s Oahu Roundneck

February 8, 2012

1930s Oahu Roundneck in a no reserve auction. The seller doesn’t go into a lot of detail here, but this looks to be in very nice shape from the pictures…

1930s Vaquero

January 13, 2012

1930s Vaquero with Hawaiian motif stenciled on the top. We are going to call this ’30s. To the best of our knowledge the Vaquero brand was made by Kay for…

1963 Kay Value Leader

January 4, 2012

1963 Kay Value Leader in a no reserve auction. Seller notes this one has three pickups as opposed to the more common two. Seller says the action is slightly higher…

1960s Truetone Bass

January 3, 2012

1960s Truetone Bass in a no reserve auction. These were made by Kay. Seller say’s it’s all original with checking, scratches and playwear throughout. Decent pictures here. Love the binding…

1950s Silvertone Jimmy Reed

December 29, 2011

1950s Silvertone Jimmy Reed in a no reserve auction. These were made by Kay. Not a lot of pictures or information here but it looks nice. Seller says the neck…

1960s Airline 7262

November 30, 2011

1960s Airline 7262 in a no reserve auction. Seller is calling this an Airline Barney Kessel. We’ll just call it an Airline 7262 and add that it’s probably a ’65…

1960s Kay Speed Demon

November 22, 2011

1960s Kay Speed Demon in a no reserve auction. Seller puts this one in Poor condition with heavy wear to the frets and fingerboard. Seller states there are dings on…

1960s Silvertone Kentucky Blue

September 14, 2011

1950s Silvertone Kentucky Blue in a no reserve auction. These were made by Kay. Seller is calling it a Silvertone P4. We’re not sure what’s up with that but to…

1960s Custom Kraft

September 6, 2011

1960s Custom Kraft in a Metallic Green in a no reserve auction. We can’t track down the model number on this. Custom Kraft was a brand distributed by Saint Louis…

1930s Recording King Venetian

July 27, 2011

1930s Recording King Venetian in a no reserve auction. We believe these were made by Kay. Seller puts this one on fair condition with moderate play wear and weather checking.…

1960s Truetone Speed Demon

July 9, 2011

1960s Truetone Speed Demon in a no reserve auction. Truetone was the house brand of Western Auto Supply. This model was manufactured by Kay. Seller say’s it’s late ’50s or…

1960s Kay Vanguard K102

June 19, 2011

1960s Kay Vanguard K102 in a no reserve auction. Seller puts it in Mint condition. Seller says this one came from the estate sale of the original owner who bought…

1961 Kay Swingmaster

June 9, 2011

1961 Kay Swingmaster in a no reserve auction. Seller states this is an “under the bed” find and as been played very little. No cracks, breaks, repairs or refinishing. Note…

1960s Custom Kraft

May 2, 2011

1960s Custom Kraft in a cool Metallic Blue in a no reserve auction. We can’t track down the model number on this. Custom Kraft was a brand distributed by Saint…

1960s Airline Big Horn

May 2, 2011

1960s Airline Big Horn. This one is part of Heritage’s weekly Thursday Vintage Guitar and Musical Instrument Auction which we are now following. Reserve (if any) on these items post…

1963 Silvertone 1413

April 27, 2011

1963 Silvertone 1413 in Metallic Turquoise in a no reserve auction. These were made by Kay for Sears. Seller is calling it a ’63, it may be a ’64 but…

1967 Supro S710

April 8, 2011

1967 Supro S710 in a no reserve auction. From the twilight of Valco/Supro/Kay. In 1967 or so Valco and Kay merged resulting in (cool) Supro branding of some Kay models.…

1962 Kay Jazz II

April 7, 2011

1962 Kay Jazz II “Kelvinator” in a no reserve auction. Seller says it’s all original in excellent condition. Good high resolution pictures here. We don’t think we’ve ever seen one…

1959 Kay Barney Kessel Artist 6701 B

March 11, 2011

1959 Kay Barney Kessel Artist 6701 B in a no reserve auction. We just had to post the “Kelvinator” headstock as our mom had a Kelvinator refrigerator back in the…

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