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  #14560 Posted 3 Years, 3 Months ago
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I have a solid guitar body that's is shaped like a Teisco ET-200 (tulip-shaped) body. It's been stripped of finish and hardware and all I have to go on is the shape. The person who gave it to me said it was a Kay. At first I disblieved this but I've seen evidence that suggests it may be the case. One important clue that it may *not* be a Teisco is that all the pictures of Teiscos that I see seem to have a notch at the end of the neck pocket to accomodate the truss rod adjuster. This body has no such notch.

Is anyone here familiar with a Kay solidbody that would have looked very similar to the tulip-shaped Teiscos? I've been looking at Kays for a while and don't recall ever seeing such a beast.

I found an excellent Teisco site at www.teiscotwangers.com. I was also turned on to a good Univox site at www.univox.org. Is anyone aware of a similar site for Kay guitars?
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  #14561 Posted 3 Years, 3 Months ago
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Try here.. www.fatdawg.com. It's the Subway Guitars homepage and they deal a lot with the vintage stuff.
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  #14566 Posted 3 Years, 3 Months ago
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There is a guy who writes for Vintage Guitar magazine, it may be steven wright, not sure, who is well versed in Kay guitars. Check out their web site or call them for some information on who to contact.
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  #14569 Posted 3 Years, 3 Months ago
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My dad did it with me also, sometime in the late '60's. He had some kind of f-hole jazzbox and a 1959 pre-Martin "Goya". He used them in his elementary school music teaching. He gave me a high end Japanese
"Coronet" (real nice, think fancy acoustic Ventura), so I would leave his stuff alone. I still have it.
At some point he got rid of the f-hole, but kept the Goya. When he died, it came to me......one of the best playing classics I've ever owned (currently have 3). My son is showing a real interest in learning to play, he wants the Goya. I have "bought him off" by giving him a steel string and a different classic style guitar. I'm sure the Goya will eventually make it's way to him, neither one of us is really looking forward to that day ;^)
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