Oh man, these guitars are still cheap and still plentiful and still sound great. Made in the USA!!! www.danoshappyguitar.com/ www.mikedugan.com/ drowninginguitars.com/
Glad you liked it! For almost all our demos we use a Fulltone OCD for dirt and a some kind of Big Muff for fuzz, mostly through that Ampeg you can see in the video.
I had this exact smae guitar except in orange with a perloid pickguard I bought from a little music shop circa the mid-90s. The guitar is long gone, but I still have the pickups; one is in the neck of my partscaster.
I have one of these. I think the pickups are some of the most unique in my collection. I did mod it though, string through and a custom made aluminum bridge. The thing sustains forever.
That was an awesome blues number! I have a single pickup Kay model I have used exclusively for slide. After seeing this I will lower the action and try to play it standard tuning.
I'm currently refurbishing one of these... well it is a 60's Kay TrueTone 300 which has the PUP switch on the pickguard & headstock Logo is a circle. Basically the same guitar otherwise. It is missing the Tremelo arm so if anyone knows where I can get a replacement I'd be very grateful!!! A complete unit is around $US100+ but don't look to be in very good condition. Great demo & love that blues number. Way cool!!! 10/10. 🙂
Yep i had one very similiar except the body was more of a copy of a strat than of a jaquar as this one is it had the same pickups which had a great sound.. What i loved about it was the scale of the frets.
I have the 64' version with the tuners on both sides of the headstock (think Gibson Les Paul) and no trem bar. My dad bought it new in 64' and handed it down to me. I even have the original amp he bought with it.
I just acquired an old Penncrest (JC Penney) dual-pickup with original vibrato. It has the on/off switch for each pickup, so I'm assuming it's pre-'65.
These are cool guitars its a shame guys are trying to sell them higher than book value lol they think they are 58 les Paul's .I will find one from a cool seller great video
@@godrickgnomeski5590 About $300 - $400 is a fair price if they're in good working order. These have Poplar necks, and they were cheaper student-grade instruments, so they can have neck warp issues. Yeah, they're really not high value instruments.
They're a design from Kay, and I don't know if they had a name originally. They're now known as "Cake Pan," "Pancake," and "Zippo" pickups. There's no real definite name for them right now. Curtis Novak has his own version that he just made available in 2022.
They're single coils. They have low ohm output, usually between 5k and 6k of (seemingly) AWG 43, but I saw a rarer few on an Old Kraftsman version of the Value Leader, and those ones were around 3k to 4k. They have very weak magnets, too, around 150 gauss. They're wax potted with beeswax, that's how the covers are held on (a common practice of Kay's.) These pickups often don't have any height adjustment, because they usually showed up on student grade guitars. They're known as "Cake Pan," "Pancake" and "Zippo" pickups. I think "Cake Pan" is the most descriptive of their cover, but the whole coil assembly is very flat. And don't even accidentally tug on the lead wires , they're a bit fragile with no strain relief.
@@101VoltsUA-cam hadn't notified me of this reply, so I'm just seeing it now. Thank you very much for the info! I wanna try to build some lookalike pickup. Closed mini humbucker covers are easy to find, and will look similar enough. Once again, thank you
Glad you liked it! For almost all our demos we use a Fulltone OCD for dirt and a some kind of Big Muff for fuzz, mostly through that Ampeg you can see in the video.
Great playing as usual Mike you killed it. Killer tone as waell!
Killer tone. Very cool 😎 and fantastic playing!!! I'm floored!!!
Beautiful playing, and those pickups sing.
Yeah man, thanks for listening Paul.
I had this exact smae guitar except in orange with a perloid pickguard I bought from a little music shop circa the mid-90s. The guitar is long gone, but I still have the pickups; one is in the neck of my partscaster.
I have one of these. I think the pickups are some of the most unique in my collection. I did mod it though, string through and a custom made aluminum bridge. The thing sustains forever.
That was an awesome blues number! I have a single pickup Kay model I have used exclusively for slide. After seeing this I will lower the action and try to play it standard tuning.
love the sound of those pickups...
I'm currently refurbishing one of these... well it is a 60's Kay TrueTone 300 which has the PUP switch on the pickguard & headstock Logo is a circle. Basically the same guitar otherwise.
It is missing the Tremelo arm so if anyone knows where I can get a replacement I'd be very grateful!!!
A complete unit is around $US100+ but don't look to be in very good condition.
Great demo & love that blues number. Way cool!!! 10/10. 🙂
Hats off guys, great demo!
Hey Appreciate it, thanks!
sounds fire man
If a local shop had a Kay i would grab one right away. Great playing....mmmmm so good.
Amrik Singh Thanks Amrik!
Yep i had one very similiar except the body was more of a copy of a strat than of a jaquar as this one is it had the same pickups which had a great sound.. What i loved about it was the scale of the frets.
I have the 64' version with the tuners on both sides of the headstock (think Gibson Les Paul) and no trem bar. My dad bought it new in 64' and handed it down to me. I even have the original amp he bought with it.
great demo!!!! Been thinkin about getting one of these off ebay..they're a dime a dozen
Reminds me of a Harmony Bobkat (one of my favorite guitars, BTW.)
Killer tone!
I have one of this model! :)
I just acquired an old Penncrest (JC Penney) dual-pickup with original vibrato. It has the on/off switch for each pickup, so I'm assuming it's pre-'65.
GREAT F-N BLUES !!!!! the real stuff. thank you !!
Nice feeling ;)
These are cool guitars its a shame guys are trying to sell them higher than book value lol they think they are 58 les Paul's .I will find one from a cool seller great video
What are they worth?
@@godrickgnomeski5590 About $300 - $400 is a fair price if they're in good working order. These have Poplar necks, and they were cheaper student-grade instruments, so they can have neck warp issues.
Yeah, they're really not high value instruments.
what is that great blues number u played to & who's it by? great playing. thanx for uploading.
That's "Stone Crazy" by Buddy Guy
Dats what I'm talkin 'bout! I got a Vanguard, too!
Hey! What pickups are those?
They're a design from Kay, and I don't know if they had a name originally. They're now known as "Cake Pan," "Pancake," and "Zippo" pickups. There's no real definite name for them right now. Curtis Novak has his own version that he just made available in 2022.
oh ya....make dat bad boy cry
Ha! Yeah man, thanks Tony!
10 years later, the Vanguards are still cheap. This one's a K102.
Are these single coils? What's the output?
They're single coils. They have low ohm output, usually between 5k and 6k of (seemingly) AWG 43, but I saw a rarer few on an Old Kraftsman version of the Value Leader, and those ones were around 3k to 4k. They have very weak magnets, too, around 150 gauss. They're wax potted with beeswax, that's how the covers are held on (a common practice of Kay's.) These pickups often don't have any height adjustment, because they usually showed up on student grade guitars.
They're known as "Cake Pan," "Pancake" and "Zippo" pickups. I think "Cake Pan" is the most descriptive of their cover, but the whole coil assembly is very flat. And don't even accidentally tug on the lead wires , they're a bit fragile with no strain relief.
@@101VoltsUA-cam hadn't notified me of this reply, so I'm just seeing it now. Thank you very much for the info! I wanna try to build some lookalike pickup. Closed mini humbucker covers are easy to find, and will look similar enough. Once again, thank you
Dat guitar face.
Good Lord-Isn't THAT Sweet & Versatile!!