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Your thoughts on this old Kay?
Date, condition, suggested stringing - all thoughts welcome.
A little background - I own it; it's been sitting around in its (non-original) case for years; the cracks in back seem stable; any suggestions for restoring the pickguard to its original pearloidescence?.
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I’ll bite: 1920-1930s. (I know they brought back the Venetian shape for mandolins in the 1950s or 60s, but I don’t think they did tenors that way again, or at least not with pearloid.)
CGDA would be nice (it’s what it was built for). I’d use light strings, 32, 20, 14, 9? Jake Wildwood has a page where he talks about the best gauges for various string lengths on wine guitars. I can’t remember, is this a 21” or a 23” scale?
I don’t have much experience with the pearloid stuff - you might have better luck with that question in the builders forum?
Cool guitar Though! I’ve always liked that shape.
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I don't know what is going on with the pickguard but I would concentrate on getting the cracks fixed and the thing strung up and playable first. Unless the cellulid is about to explode, I would not worry about it. It has aged naturally.
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One last question: are those nylon strings on it now?
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Venetian! I was blanking out on the term & it was driving me crazy.
Light plain strings (all unwound) at the moment. I have a D'Addario EJ66 set I'm planning to use (80/20 bronze, 10-14-22w-32). That shouldn't stress it too much. The scale is 23".
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I second the recommendation by Mr. Garber to attend to the back cracks and leave the pearloid pickguard as is. In fact, I kinda' like the patina. Very cool guitar. It's a design that appeals to me and is very different.
All unwound strings? How does it sound?
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I like the old banjo headstock.
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Oh I duno, but it looks "old-kay" to me....