BreadBin Posted October 18, 2018 Author Posted October 18, 2018 21 minutes ago, pete.young said: Judging from this thread, you might have a K1-B, possibly from the late '60s. It's definitely from 1969 - week 21 I reckon! Quote
bassfan Posted October 18, 2018 Posted October 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, BreadBin said: It's a Peavey with a 'custom' paintjob - plays fantastic, worth bugger all! I like it... looks good! 👍🏻 1 Quote
BreadBin Posted October 18, 2018 Author Posted October 18, 2018 5 minutes ago, bassfan said: I like it... looks good! 👍🏻 I can't take the credit - I bought it like that. It had spent years in a kitchen so was covered in grime. I cleaned it thoroughly, did a fret job on it, new strings and a new jack socket, set it up and it's great! I'd happily sell it though - I have way too many but am not very good at getting rid of them! Quote
bassfan Posted October 18, 2018 Posted October 18, 2018 12 minutes ago, BreadBin said: I can't take the credit - I bought it like that. It had spent years in a kitchen so was covered in grime. I cleaned it thoroughly, did a fret job on it, new strings and a new jack socket, set it up and it's great! I'd happily sell it though - I have way too many but am not very good at getting rid of them! Lucky you found it then! I’d be happy to buy it if I wasn’t getting rid of gear.... 😂 Quote
kodiakblair Posted October 18, 2018 Posted October 18, 2018 (edited) 38 minutes ago, BreadBin said: It's a Peavey with a 'custom' paintjob - plays fantastic, worth bugger all! It's a Peavey Zephyr. Cracking bass,gets the Americans all in a tizzy cause it's a European only model 😎 Edited October 18, 2018 by kodiakblair spelling mistake 1 Quote
BreadBin Posted October 18, 2018 Author Posted October 18, 2018 1 minute ago, bassfan said: Lucky you found it then! I’d be happy to buy it if I wasn’t getting rid of gear.... 😂 Har, you and me both (says he that got another one today!) 1 Quote
discreet Posted October 18, 2018 Posted October 18, 2018 31 minutes ago, kodiakblair said: I had a Kay EB100... That's the one I had. If I ever see it again, it will be about a billion years too soon. 1 Quote
BreadBin Posted October 18, 2018 Author Posted October 18, 2018 15 minutes ago, kodiakblair said: It's a Peavey Zephyr. Cracking bass,gets the Americans all in a tizzy cause it's a Euriopean only model 😎 You're not helping! I think I just decided to keep it - I scraped off some of the dulux and it's quite nice underneath Quote
kodiakblair Posted October 18, 2018 Posted October 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, BreadBin said: You're not helping! I think I just decided to keep it - I scraped off some of the dulux and it's quite nice underneath Have you got one of the flamed maple tops under the paint ? Really pretty with flamed maple 😃😎 I went for gold hardware (on advice of ex-friend),active preamp and Warman jazzbar pickups 1 Quote
Bridgehouse Posted October 18, 2018 Posted October 18, 2018 I hang my head in shame.. I really like the look of that Kay... 1 Quote
Cosmo Valdemar Posted October 18, 2018 Posted October 18, 2018 3 hours ago, BreadBin said: Just picked this up, does anyone have any idea what it is?! Any clues as to it's value other than not very much? It's an old Kay obviously given the logo on the pickplate and the body is plywood but other than that I have very little idea... Gorgeous old lump 😁 Quote
hooky_lowdown Posted October 18, 2018 Posted October 18, 2018 I think the pickups in those old Kay’s are microphonic, plug it into an amp and speak into the pickup, it’s basically a microphone! despite the low quality, if you run it through an overdrive pedal, it sounds pretty good. 1 Quote
BreadBin Posted October 18, 2018 Author Posted October 18, 2018 1 hour ago, kodiakblair said: It's a Peavey Zephyr. Cracking bass,gets the Americans all in a tizzy cause it's a European only model 😎 Are you certain of this @kodiakblair? I have been digging (googling!) and I think it's more likely an International series. As much as I hate to disagree with the Peavey oracle! 1 Quote
kodiakblair Posted October 18, 2018 Posted October 18, 2018 1 hour ago, BreadBin said: Are you certain of this @kodiakblair? I have been digging (googling!) and I think it's more likely an International series. As much as I hate to disagree with the Peavey oracle! Forgot about the through body stringing. Where's that fella whispering "remember thou art mortal" when I need him 😆 1 Quote
Rich Posted October 18, 2018 Posted October 18, 2018 6 hours ago, discreet said: Quite, Health and Safety. Or do I mean Health & Efficiency..? Showing your age there, old chap Quote
Guest WilliamV Posted March 4, 2021 Posted March 4, 2021 My first bass, although not like the one on topic here, was a Kay. It cost $89.00 back in 1975 or 1976. Which was a fair amount of cash. I was 15 at the time. Giving away my age here... Blurry crap photo, but what can I say. A scan of an old Kodak Instamatic photo. Quote
Marc S Posted March 4, 2021 Posted March 4, 2021 @WilliamV - don't worry about giving your age away..... you are in good company Was that bass a Kay? In my first "proper" band (i.e. the one that decided on a name, and actually learned to play a few songs, & do some gigs before disbanding) our guitarist had a 6 string which looked very similar.... That was a Satellite - awful thing that was too, and not improved by the home paint job.... finished in Emulsion! lol Quote
Guest WilliamV Posted March 4, 2021 Posted March 4, 2021 4 hours ago, Marc S said: @WilliamV - Was that bass a Kay? If you mean the one I am holding; Yes, it was. It was a "Tulip" and had a round bronze plate with a K on the headstock. I think it was called Tulip either because of the body shape or the design on the pick guard. Stock photo of one here: Quote
Marc S Posted March 4, 2021 Posted March 4, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, WilliamV said: If you mean the one I am holding; Yes, it was. It was a "Tulip" and had a round bronze plate with a K on the headstock. I think it was called Tulip either because of the body shape or the design on the pick guard. Stock photo of one here: Thanks for posting that @WilliamV - I don't think I ever saw a bass of that design & brand. Definitely the same shape as my ex-bandmates old guitar though..... Of course, it could be that they were made in the same factory? Or perhaps with the same cheapo templates, and / or tooling. Oh to be that young, and have the choice of quality instruments in the budget range now..... EDIT: That said, there was also some quality stuff around then too, coming out of Japan Plus, another pal had a Satellite Les Paul guitar, and that was pretty good.... definitely not a ply neck Edited March 4, 2021 by Marc S Quote
Bassassin Posted March 4, 2021 Posted March 4, 2021 No idea how I missed this thread first time around. Guitars & basses like these - for want of a better word, tat - aren't really my thing but they're associated with many of the same manufacturers as the MIJ stuff I am into, so I've picked up the odd bit of info here & there. Very few of these budget Kay-branded instruments are Japanese, but there tends to be an assumption that every funny looking 60s & 70s guitar is MIJ. They're pretty much all from Taiwan, and products of a factory established there in the mid 60s by Kawai/Teisco. These are probably all early 70s instruments, and some designs (including the Tulip) are near-identical to the earlier MIJ Teiscos. The strip-ply neck is pretty common on 60s & early 70s MIJ guitars & the technique is very common on products from the Taiwanese Kawai factory. It's a way of avoiding warping common on single-pece necks made from available unseasoned woods. 1 Quote
Guest WilliamV Posted March 5, 2021 Posted March 5, 2021 6 hours ago, Bassassin said: Guitars & basses like these - for want of a better word, tat - aren't really my thing Not actually as you called it "tat". Also not nice to call peoples' guitars "tat". Near as bad as negatively criticising someone over which motorcycle brand they choose to ride. https://reverb.com/uk/item/2095365-kay-shortscale-tulip-bass-early-seventies-sunburst Quote
BigRedX Posted March 5, 2021 Posted March 5, 2021 10 hours ago, WilliamV said: Not actually as you called it "tat". Also not nice to call peoples' guitars "tat". Near as bad as negatively criticising someone over which motorcycle brand they choose to ride. https://reverb.com/uk/item/2095365-kay-shortscale-tulip-bass-early-seventies-sunburst But they are tat. No-one back in the 70s bought these instruments because they really wanted this particular guitar or bass. They bought them because they were all they could afford, and if the terrible quality and lack of playability didn't put them off playing for life, they were unceremoniously dumped as soon as they could afford something better. 1 Quote
Geek99 Posted March 5, 2021 Posted March 5, 2021 10 hours ago, WilliamV said: Not actually as you called it "tat". Also not nice to call peoples' guitars "tat". Near as bad as negatively criticising someone over which motorcycle brand they choose to ride. https://reverb.com/uk/item/2095365-kay-shortscale-tulip-bass-early-seventies-sunburst You seem to be in the US - is it possible that that term has a less pejorative meaning here in the UK? I don’t think @Bassassin meant to offend 1 Quote
Woodinblack Posted March 5, 2021 Posted March 5, 2021 15 hours ago, WilliamV said: https://reverb.com/uk/item/2095365-kay-shortscale-tulip-bass-early-seventies-sunburst People pay that sort of money for them? 😮 I guess its true that something that is old has value regardless of what it is. I understand people collecting old quirky things, for interest etc, like buying an old Lada or something. It is interesting because it is quirky and old, not because it is actually something worth having in its own right. Quote
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