Catalog Guitar Day x2

[Corpsegrinder88]

Got these the other day. Guy brought them into my store. Very cool mid 60's solid bodies. One is a Silvertone Model 1457 i think. and the Kay i couldn't find an exact model on but around the same era.

Both are unmolested and extremely nice for 45+ years old. The silvertone is missing the fabric cover on one side of the guitar. Kay has a tuning screw that holds that in place missing but not a big deal at all. simple stuff.. Just glad the wood bridge is still there..

Otherwise i think these are extremely cool. the silvertone has a SUPER nice piece of rosewood on the board. solid tight and vibrant grain.

Heres the Pics..

[sixx_ gunner]

Very ......different! LOL
I can say I am not in love with the shapes, but cool none the less.

[Hellbat]

Jack White called. He wants his guitars back!

Sometimes those old cheapies can sound amazing, although they rarely play well you can sometimes find a nice happy accident.

[wilkinsi]

You just reinvented the meaning of fugly

[Ward]

Very cool. In a different way than most NGDs, but still very cool.

Are you going to put EMGs or Blackouts in them?

[Corpsegrinder88]

Very cool. In a different way than most NGDs, but still very cool.

Are you going to put EMGs or Blackouts in them?

Hell no .... Bareknuckles!!! Lol lol

[warlok]

Silvertone really mailed it in on the headstock design there!! The Kay's not much better.. Semi-decent old vibe on the bodies. And nice rosewood as well..

[Twitch]

I had an old Kent once long ago. Cant remember how I ended up with it. It had a bridge but was missing the tailpiece. It was my first attempt at routing a guitar for a trem. I routed it for a vtrem I had laying around. I didnt do too bad, but this was before I knew that the distance between the nut and the 12th had to be the same between the 12th and the bridge (like I said, looooong time ago). I got it finished and found it wouldnt tune right. My dad told me why, and so I ended up moving the bridge forward and just solid mounted the vtrem to the body and cover up the route behind the now fixed bridge with a piece of trem cavity cover. I didnt look to bad and it played just fine. I was surprised how good the action was considering the obvious quality(or lack thereof) of the guitar. I jammed it for months until I ended up needing the vtrem for something else.

[RacerX]

Hey Bob, that Silvertone: after the gig you can play some baseballwith it! Hur hur hur

[Twitch]

Or paddle a boat.

[DeathThrashAttack]

I totally dig 60s jap guitars!

[dragonclaw]

One thing that's cool and at the same time sucks about those old Danelectros (I'm not sure about Kays) is that they have a nice wide nut, around 1.75", but the string spacing is cut like the nut would be 1.5" or something.

[cookiemonster]

stick a dimarzio and a floyd on it

[straycat]

I had a fair collection of those years ago.
A friend of mine has 30 or so with the original amps in the case.
The two pick up Silvertones rock.

[Corpsegrinder88]

I wish the guy would have brought me the amp in case. But he didnt have it he said. Still even though these are not worth very much at all. i think some light gauge strings and a good cleaning would make a cool guitar. although i havent touched em since i took these photos. Actually havent touched much of anything..