Archtop Guitar
Archtop Guitar
Anyone able to date an old Kay archtop acoustic?
Only information I have is it is stamped L1897 in the inside in black ink. Kay isn't present on the headstock, but my assumption is it is an older Kay guitar. Can anyone with knowledge of Kays model/serial numbers help?
Here are some sites that could help:
http://vintageguitarpro.com/serialgandl.shtml
http://www.provide.net/~cfh/other.html#kay
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Guitar-General-649/Kay-Guitar.htm
http://www.geocities.com/stereoscoptic/kay/index.html
http://www.guitarsite.com/database/Guitars/rec/6753/
http://www.vguitar.com/search/esearch.asp?start=0&search=kay&submit=search&type=boolean&date1=&date2=&perpage=10&summary=yes
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February 19th, 2010 in
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