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Pilgrim

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Highly cool looking Kay
« on: April 02, 2016, 10:34:05 AM »
I see these from time to time - to my eye, they are among the coolest-looking of all basses...a wonderful period piece.  Love the pickguard, and the Kelvinator headstock piece really tops it off.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1960s-BLACK-KAY-JAZZ-J-P-BASS-SILVERTONE-HARMONY-H-22-THE-KING-OF-TONE-/301905193206?hash=item464af3a8f6:g:-a0AAOSw9r1V8542
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Re: Highly cool looking Kay
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2016, 08:16:13 PM »
Seller seems to have misplaced a decimal point.
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Re: Highly cool looking Kay
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2016, 08:30:02 PM »
Quote from: Dave W on April 02, 2016, 08:16:13 PM
Seller seems to have misplaced a decimal point.

I agree! Coolness does not justify that price.
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Re: Highly cool looking Kay
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2016, 03:12:05 AM »
If this bass was a woman, she would have a huge butt, a very thin waiste, the neck of a giraffe and an enormous-sized head. Oh, and her clothes would be completely scratched! :D
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Re: Highly cool looking Kay
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2016, 10:13:56 AM »
It's just a Dano shorthorn doublecut, slightly offset with a whimsical pickguard and oversize headstock.  Cool enough (Yeah, I dig it), but for 4K I'd want 4-5 of them (does it even have an adjustable truss rod?).
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Re: Highly cool looking Kay
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2016, 12:58:55 PM »
Quote from: exiledarchangel on April 03, 2016, 03:12:05 AM
If this bass was a woman, she would have a huge butt, a very thin waiste, the neck of a giraffe and an enormous-sized head. Oh, and her clothes would be completely scratched! :D

Nice to see you back here!

I guess beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.  ;)
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Re: Highly cool looking Kay
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2016, 05:54:55 PM »
Quote from: Granny Gremlin on April 03, 2016, 10:13:56 AM
It's just a Dano shorthorn doublecut, slightly offset with a whimsical pickguard and oversize headstock.  Cool enough (Yeah, I dig it), but for 4K I'd want 4-5 of them (does it even have an adjustable truss rod?).

For 4K I'd want 5-6 of them plus a $2000 rebate.
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Re: Highly cool looking Kay
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2016, 08:47:49 PM »
Quote from: Granny Gremlin on April 03, 2016, 10:13:56 AM
It's just a Dano shorthorn doublecut, slightly offset with a whimsical pickguard and oversize headstock.  Cool enough (Yeah, I dig it), but for 4K I'd want 4-5 of them (does it even have an adjustable truss rod?).

That's as may be, but the cool factor far exceeds any Dano I've seen...and some of them are pretty nice.
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Re: Highly cool looking Kay
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2016, 09:20:56 PM »
Yeah, agreed; it does look cooler than a Dano for sure... but it's still a Kay with no truss rod and the shittiest bridge I've ever seen . A very nice movie/video prop.  A prize for a completist collector for whom Teiscos are just too damn high end. 

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Re: Highly cool looking Kay
« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2016, 10:12:33 AM »
Quote from: Pilgrim on April 03, 2016, 12:58:55 PM
Nice to see you back here!

I guess beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.  ;)

I'm just joking, I really like the pickguard shape and how it "sits" on that kinda 335-ish body. But I still think it could use a smaller headstock!
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Re: Highly cool looking Kay
« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2016, 06:23:44 PM »
Quote from: Granny Gremlin on April 03, 2016, 09:20:56 PM
Yeah, agreed; it does look cooler than a Dano for sure... but it's still a Kay with no truss rod and the shittiest bridge I've ever seen . A very nice movie/video prop.  A prize for a completist collector for whom Teiscos are just too damn high end.

Now that just rocked eloquence!
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