Kay Swingmaster c. 1965 - sunburst

Mid-60s Kay Swingmaster hollowbody with original Barney Kessel Kleenex box pups. Restored from some neglect, but nothing fatal. Body (and finish), neck, tailpiece, harness, and pickups are original. Pups were both rewound to vintage specs, and sound awesome. Neck and frets are good, and truss rod works. Fretboard is almost completely flat along the treble side, but there is a slight rise along the bass side above the neck joint (remember, it's a Kay). Nothing that makes any bad fretting, though. Outer binding replaced on body, although fortunately the inner checker-board strip on front was intact. All clean, professional, and well matched (and correctly over-finished with nitro varnish). Pup surrounds, knobs, and trussrod cover are repros. Correct Grover Sta-tite tuners, but not vintage. Non-original bridge base, but top is a vintage Kay part. The two parts look matched, BTW. Guitar was awfully dry when I got it, and some of the lamination needed to be reglued around the soundholes and pickup cutouts. This had also created some cracks seen around the pots/knobs. This is all cosmetic only, and just in the outer laminate. Plays great, and pickups are huge! Non-original plush hardshell case. Vintage rockabilly/early blues mojo for a player price. These pups are $250 a throw…