Vintage Kay Acoustic Guitars
Kay mainly manufactured "department store" style, inexpensive guitars from the 1930's to the 1960's. But they did make some high end, quality archtop guitars. The most collectable Kays are any model with the "Kelvinator" plastic headstock overlay with art deco patterns.
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 1930s Kay Kraft Venetian Guitar New Fingerboard And Frets Price: $900.00 Time Left: 11h 38m 
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 Vintage Kay Jumbo Cutaway Acoustic Guitar Price: $400.00 Time Left: 11h 38m
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 Kay Jumbo Acoustic Guitar Fully Refurbished Price: $750.00 Time Left: 12h 20m
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 Vintage 50s Kay Usa Rare Bronze Sunburst Finish Archtop Guitar Ez Project Price: $149.99 Time Left: 1d 12h 57m
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 Vintage 1940s Archtop Acoustic Kay Silvertone Acoustic No Reserve Price: $450.00 Time Left: 1d 16h 56m
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 Rare 1950 Kay Blonde Archtop Very Nice Guitar Price: $349.95 Time Left: 2d 22h 13m
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 Vintage Kay Model No K 105 Korea Acoustic Guitar Nr Price: $241.00 Time Left: 6d 8h 29m
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 Vintage Rare Kay Arch Top Acoustic Price: $325.00 Time Left: 8d 17h 12m
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 Kay Acoustic Guitar Vintage From 50s Price: $149.00 Time Left: 15d 20h 23m
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 Vintage 40s Kay Silvertone Jumbo Archtop Jazz Blues Guitar Restored Player Price: $499.99 Time Left: 16d 9h 24m
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 Vintage Kay Acoustic Guitarnice Shapereduced Price: $135.00 Time Left: 16d 14h 17m
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 Vintage 1950s Kay N5 Archtop Guitar Dark Sunburst Price: $379.00 Time Left: 17d 15h 23m
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In 1957 president Sydney Katz introduced the Gold âKâ line of archtop and solid body electric guitars to compete with major manufacturers like Fender, Gibson, and Gretsch.
Valued among collectors, the headstocks from 1957-1960 featured a reverse painted plastic overlay similar to the Kelvinator logo. Unfortunately, Kay had difficulty getting guitar players to take their high end entry seriously, and the Gold line was discontinued in 1962.
