Kay Value Leader - 3 pickup model (early 1960's, I think)
Very cool model, with three Kay pancake / Zippo pickups
Metal scratchplate still retains most of it's etched checkered pattern
The original brass frets were heavily worn and the nut and bridge string spacing were far too narrow for the width of the fretboard
I had an expert luthier re-fret the guitar with nickel-silver frets, and a new nut was made and new slots cut on the wooden saddle.
Oh, I forgot to say ! The original...
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