{"product_id":"old-kraftsman-by-kay-year-1960s","title":"Old Kraftsman by Kay - year 1960s","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFair condition Old Kraftsman guitar. Alot of fun to play. Super comfy neck shape. Sounds whacky!! Love it. Comes with hard case.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese were built at the Kay factory in Chicago and sold through Spiegel catalogs back in the day. Often we think of Fender and Gibson as the big guitar manufacturers, but back in the 1960s, the guitar kings were \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKay and Harmony\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, each producing guitars in Chicago. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"otQkpb\" role=\"heading\"\u003eHistory and Origins\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eHouse Brand:\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Used by Spiegel catalog to market affordable USA-made stringed instruments.\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eMain Manufacturer:\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Mostly built by Kay in Chicago, though select early archtops from the 1930s were produced by Gibson.\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eDecline:\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Squeezed out of the market by inexpensive Japanese imports during the mid-1960s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"kay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48235426545854,"sku":null,"price":2500.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/5037\/3566\/files\/oldkraftsman_09.jpg?v=1785475376","url":"https:\/\/guitarcolonel.com\/products\/old-kraftsman-by-kay-year-1960s","provider":"The Guitar Colonel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}