Comments on: Kay Electric Guitars c. 1968

By: Jay Last

Jay Last — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 00:11:17 +0000

I’ve owned my Kay 5919 bass since about 1979. Foolishly neglected it for decades but got it back together a few years ago. Managed to carefully remove paint that I had sprayed it with (spent about 12-15 hours undoing what my stupid teenage self did) and got down to the original paint underneath that looks surprisingly good again. Had a new rosewood bridge made for it and a very good setup and it plays and sounds really nice. The last of the American made Kays, I’ve only seen maybe four others over the years on the internet for sale and never seen another in person besides my own. Being a budget bass probably many got destroyed over the years but I have no idea how many were actually produced. There is just so little info on these instruments that it’s really nice to see anything at all about them, learn the model number, the original price, and see the other colors that they came in… very cool thanks!

By: Gerald Garcia

Gerald Garcia — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 12:10:32 +0000

In reply to Bob mick. ru selling it?

By: Len

Len — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:40:48 +0000

I have a 1968 K407. Got it as a gift, new, in 68. It was a lot of fun back in the day and still sounds and plays great

By: Bafflegab

Bafflegab — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 14:15:50 +0000

Most of these things take a LOT of work to be playable.

By: chris

chris — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:16:28 +0000

In reply to Bob mick. check ebay and gbase dot com.

By: Bob mick

Bob mick — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 03:12:21 +0000

I am trying to find out what a model number 5925 Kay electric bass might be worth.

By: nicki Campbell barker

nicki Campbell barker — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 19:46:41 +0000

I have a vintage Kay guitar and I would like to get it Up to scratch and fix the cover off the batterey cover and make it all New again. On the back it has stickers that say kav les Paul vintage PA2886 160313 E. (BB1400ILMO47Z LMOOO9) ALSO IT HAS (CPLPO35000000000) AND ANOTHER STICKER HAS WO.20980 MADE IN KOREA UP FRONT 101 CHEPSTOW RD MAINDEE NEWPORT GWENT TEL 0633856443. I have written all the details off the guitar so you could give me a price to insure my birthday instrument. Please could you get in touch either by phone or email to tell me where to get a battery cover for the back and a price I should insure it for as my guitar is my life and wouldn’t want to lose it 🙂 yours hopefully nix Catchpole.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:47:39 +0000

I am researching a kay banjo . The decal on it is just like the one on the instuments above except this banjo does not have “kay” written underneath the ”K” logo. Can you tell me if or not this banjo is american made? Also does this give any ideal of what year this banjo was made?