1950 Kay Synchrotone

$250.00

  • Year: 1950 (Circa)
  • Manufacturer: Kay
  • Model: Synchrotone
  • Case: None
  • Color:
  • Condition: Good
  • Description: This behemoth ladder-braced flat top by Kay is likely a post-WWII K22. The tuners have the shrunken plastic knobs, and the frets are coppery in color, both pointing to the 1940's or early 50's. The guitar features a one-piece mahogany back, mahogany sides, and a spruce top, with top and back bound with faux tortoise. The radiused fingerboard is rosewood. The 14-fret, faux tortoise bound neck appears mahogany. The guitar measures a whopping 17" across the lower bout, and is 4 1/2" deep at the end pin. Scale length is 25 3/4", and measures 1 5/8th at the nut. But for the saddle, the guitar appears all original. The original finish is very clean, but someone in it's past life 'cleaned' the top with something that disolved the finish. The only other issues are several long repaired top cracks, again by someone in it's past life who attached a pickguard with wood screws. The crack are glued and cleated. Loose braces were detected and glued. The neck was reset, the action at: 8/64th" at the 12th fret, low E. For lovers of narrower fingerboards, the guitar thumps along nicely, but really screams with a slide.