Route 66 Classic Guitars
636-390-4238 |
| Year |
2009 |
| Manufacturer |
Kay |
| Model |
Vintage Reissue Thin Twin Electric Guitar |
| Case |
Hard |
| Color |
Cherry Sunburst |
| Condition |
Brand New |
| Price |
$799.00 |
SKU: GS2324311
The Kay Thin Twin electric guitar was originally introduced in 1952 and was known as the "Jimmy Reed" or "Howlin' Wolf" model. T-Bone Burnett played a Thin Twin to back up Robert Plant and Allison Krause at the 2009 Grammy Awards. The Thin Twin was the first guitar able to create that unique blues sound from the special Kay interior bracing that made the instrument a favorite among blues players as well as rockers of the '50s and '60s.
The Thin Twin got its name from its two blade pickups, known for their distinctive clean, sharp, sustaining sound. The Thin Twin's hollowbody chamber parallel bracing produces that gutsy, bluesy, raw sound, creating a clean natural distortion without feedback.
Specifications:
Body: Single-cutaway, tone-chambered, hollowbody acoustic with special feedback-resistant bracing.
Back: Parabolic arched maple
Sides: Maple
Top: 3-ply flamed maple
Purfling: Multi-ply checkerboard celluloid binding
Neck: Set one-piece, straight-grained Canadian maple with single-ply binding
Frets: 20 medium nickel-silver
Inlays: 6 block pearloid
Fingerboard: 26" scale rosewood fingerboard with 12" radius
Tuning Machines: Vintage-style, 3 per side
Bridge and Tailpiece: Chrome individual saddle-style mounted bridge with height adjustment thumbwheels and chrome trapeze tailpiece
Top Nut: Bone
Headstock: Original gold chevron displaying 3-D raised "Kel-von-a-tor" style emblem
Finish Coat: High-gloss polyester protective polymer
Electronics:
Pickups: 2 chrome Thin Twin single-coil Blade pickups
Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way bat-style toggle selector
Output jack: Side-mounted
This guitar is BRAND NEW and comes complete with the OHSC which is incredibly cool too! The guitar is beautifully finished in Cherry Sunburst and it has some really nice flame in the wood. The neck is thick but not too thick. The pickups are very distinctive, hot and gritty! The sustain, mostly attributable to the body bracing is awesome!
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| 100% Original |
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| Original Electronics |
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| Original Tags/receipts |
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| Original Case |
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| Original Packaging |
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| Refinished |
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| Refurbished |
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| Reissue |
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| Left-handed? |
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