Anyone know what this is?

John Howard · Post by **John Howard** » 9 May 2011 3:49 pm

I've had this for years after an friend gave it to me. The inlay dots are a greenish pearl. The pickup actually one magnet curved to form the exposed "blades" It got dropped (ok, I dropped it . . .), which why it has a repair on the tone control. The tuners say "Safe T Strings." The black grain is actually painted on. It sounds really great.

John Howard · Post by **John Howard** » 9 May 2011 4:09 pm

Richard Sevigny · Post by **Richard Sevigny** » 9 May 2011 4:34 pm

I think it may be a 40's Kay.

Kelvin Monaghan · Post by **Kelvin Monaghan** » 9 May 2011 11:46 pm

Possibly a Regal I have a cast aluminium Regal frypan thing with the same pickup.
It has a Mark Knofler strat tone to it.It's an intersesting pickup design from the 30 s

Kelvin

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 10 May 2011 7:58 am

If those parts are painted with brown crinkle paint, you can get that at a hardware store. Also a nice rub with some Meguiar's Professional Swirl Remover 2.0, will remove that "haze" without damaging the finish or the real patina.

Tom Wolverton · Post by **Tom Wolverton** » 10 May 2011 10:11 am

My guess is it's a Kay.

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Anyone know what this is?

Anyone know what this is?

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