Kay "Old Kraftsman" Sizzler vintage electric guitar

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With a body shape that looks like it could have been cut out by hand using a saw in your garden shed, this Kay Old Kraftsman Sizzler guitar manages to be crude and quite fantastic at the same time. "Old Kraftsman" was actually a brandname used on Kay guitars sold by Spiegel stores. The maple neck gives it a rather Fender-like appearance, but this is in fact a set neck and not a bolt-on.

Currently listed on eBay with a Buy It Now price of $1,199.99.

G L Wilson

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Old Kraftsman Music Note acoustic guitar

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Here's an Old Kraftsman Music Note guitar which the seller claims is from sometime between the 1940s and 1950s but can't be more specific. The design does look a little Art Deco which would imply even earlier - you'd certainly think that by the 1950s the visuals would have moved on by then.

Still, it's a charming piece, constructed from birch and with a neck attached by three bolts. Old Kraftsman guitars were manufactured by the Kay Musical Instrument Company based in Chicago for the catalogue retailer Spiegel.

G L Wilson

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