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.

Vintage "kay" Acoustic Guitar (1959) Price: $275.00 Time Left: 4h 40m 0 Bid

Kay Archtop Hollowbody F-hole Guitar Price: $227.50 Time Left: 5h 43m 3 Bids

Vintage Kay Acoustic In Near Mint Condition, Rare Find Price: $99.99 Time Left: 1d 12h 38m 0 Bid

Kay Vintage Acoustic Guitar Price: $300.00 Time Left: 4d 5h 52m

Vintage Acoustic Kay Archtop Price: $152.50 Time Left: 7d 12h 12m 2 Bids

Vintage Kay Guitar Acoustic Tortoise Guard Big Logo Axe Price: $394.50 Time Left: 18d 19h 16m

In 1957 president Sydney Katz introduced the Gold “K” 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.