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The original ‘Old Kraftsman’ stencilled logo has unfortunately been tinted over, but is still visible in indirect light. For controls, there is a three-way lever pickup selector with the original lever, and individual volume and tone controls – the knobs here are not original. It also has a Bigsby B6 vibrato tailpiece, made for Kay. It carried a pair of Kay’s ‘Speed Bump’ pickups – so called because of the bump in the middle of the cover. The Kay Old Kraftsman Red Devi body is Flame Maple laminate, and the bolt-on neck is solid Maple with an adjustable truss rod and bound Rosewood fingerboard. This thin hollow body, double cutaway archtop F-hole model was the top of Kay’s ‘Speed Demon’ line. Here we’re looking at a Kay Old Kraftsman Red Devil, under other brands and in catalogs known as model K592. Based in Chicago, Illinois, for a time Kay was one of the largest instrument builders in the USA, and supplied many catalog companies and department stores. Kay began in 1931 as the successor to the Stromberg-Voisinet, which was itself the 1921 successor to the Groeschel company, founded in 1890. Here is a very cool piece from 1962 – a Kay Old Kraftsman Red Devil model K592, the top of the Speed Demon line, built for the Spiegel catalog and direct mail company.
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