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Summer NAMM: New Twist on Classics From Fritz

Fritz breathes new retro-cool life into the Kay brand

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By Premier GuitarJul 09, 2008
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Nashville, TN (July 9, 2008) -- One of the new trends coming out of Summer NAMM was resurrecting old Sears-catalog brands from our youth as high-end retro reissues. Harmony was back in force with vintage reissues, and Fritz Brothers took on one of the other big brands of the time: Kay.



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