Kay archtop restoration

[brmoon]

Hello, I'm Boyd Moon and I'm fairly new to steel string building. I also like to restore old archtops. Here's a couple pics of a 60's 17" Kay recently finished. Structurally the guitar was sound. About all that was needed was a neck reset. Cosmetically the finish was trashed. Unfortunately I didn't take any "before" pics. This particular Kay has a solid spruce top with maple back and sides. The finish is amber burst.

Hello Boyd and welcome to the KGF. Darn good job on that Kay.
Keep those photos coming.

-tommy

[B. Howard]

Hi Boyd. Nice finish job!

[Ben-Had]

Nice job. I like working on the old Kays, Harmonys, etc.

[tippie53]

that is very well done. I would love to play that one.

[Kevin Sjostrand]

Very cool, I have a Kay OOO from the mid 60's that is in pretty good shape except the neck is badly warped, curved up. I'd love to fix it some day just to have it playable. I've never taken a, what I assume is a dovetail neck, apart, so it will be a learning experience when the time comes.

Kevin

[brmoon]

Thanks to all for the nice comments.

Boyd