1940s / 1950s Kay Super Grand Auditorium Flat Top Acoustic Guitar 15.5 Wide USA

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1940s / 1950s Kay Super Grand Auditorium Flat Top Acoustic Guitar 15.5" Wide USA

Location:

Red Hook, NY

Description:

Up for sale is this 1940s - 1950s American-made Kay Super Grand Auditorium flat-top acoustic guitar. This is a 1940s or 1950s guitar for the following reasons: #1, it has 7/32" pearl dot inlays, which were used up to about the 1950s or earlier; and #2, it doesn't have a truss rod, which was more standard for instruments starting around 1950. This is also the same model and make of Elvis Presley's first guitar that he bought at the Tupelo Hardware store.It features a solid spruce flat top, sides and back. It has a warm honey-orange color, which is all original. The finish hasn't been altered. It has a very full and warm tone. The body resonates very well and you can feel it when you play. There are some cosmetic marks and minor cracks etc. The top board has a seam crack running up the middle where the two boards were joined together on the left and right. There are two other minor cracks on the top board running from the pickguard toward the bottom edge of the lower bout. The cracks are all stable. There is a gouge to the right of the pickguard. (See pictures).The back has a beautiful figured grain and appears almost wavy. There is a repair to the back side at the edge of the lower bout. The binding came off and was re-glued on the back. The top also separated from the sides at one point along the left-side of the lower bout and has been re-glued. The neck has typical drying and separation at the heel. The frets are in good condition and the fingerboard is lacquered. The neck/fingerboard is relatively straight, but overall, the neck is joined to the body at a very slight upward angle. This gives the neck a bit of high action (0.14" / 3.5mm) at the bass-side 12th fret. All of the hardware (tuners, logo, bridge, pickguard) are original. Size and Specs:Nut size: 1 21/32"Scale: 25 3/4"Overall length: 40 3/4"Body depth: 4"Lower bout body width: 15 1/2"Upper bout body width: 11 1/8"Action height at 12th fret Low E string: 0.14" / 3.5mmShipping available outside the lower 48 and internationally. Please contact me for shipping to these areas.Please feel free to ask any questions. Stand in pictures is not included. The environment is important to us. At Golden Pickups, our packaging will be made of recycled materials and recyclable materials. We use the following recyclable packing material or recycled packing material: Cardboard boxes for larger items or recycled-paper padded envelopes for small part or flat items. We do not use plastic envelopes or plastic containers.Paper packing tape is used to seal boxes. Clear packing tape (plastic) may be used in a limited way to join pieces of bubble wrap or for affixing a label.Kraft paper for padding and space/void filling: is made from 100% recycled paper and is fully recyclable.Biodegradable peanuts for padding: are made from organic starch and decomposes in water leaving no toxic waste. Simply dissolve in water or place loosely in a garbage bag since they will decompose in a landfill.Recycled green bubble wrap, that is made from up to 40% recycled content with up to 20% from post-consumer sources.

Category:

Guitars

Color:

Green

Posted:

July 24 on Americanlisted