Kay and Harmony Comeback?

My first guitar was a sears silvertone electric and I do think they have comeback.

Kay guitars ... that's awesome!

The guitar I first learned on was a Kay that my Dad owned. I was around 8 years old when I started plunking on it. All I really remember about it is that it had 2 seagulls on the pickguard. When Dad started teaching me some basic chords, the songs he used were "Michael Rowed the Boat Ashore" and "Four String Winds". A few years later I discovered Jethro Tull, and our musical tastes went separate ways.

Thanks for that great memory, Strummerboy!

I introduced my dad to JT with Thick as a Brick and it brought him into the era of music that I listen to. It was the flute that grabbed him and wouldn't let go.

My first guitar was a Hondo electric I inherited from my brother. He moved out of the house before I did and left it behind. I do however have an old Kay mandolin. But even with new tuners it doesn't like to stay in tune.

My first guitar was a Harmony , Stella in Sunburst. My dad didn't want me to spend a lot since he didn't think I'd stay with it. The fretboard was just stained over wood, no rosewood or maple. I wore the stain off the fretboard in a lot of places before I gave it away. Here it is 50 years later and I've been thru about 30 different guitars and thousands of dollars. But I'm still playing and loving the journey.
Thanks for the memories.

    Joe

Bill, Mine did have a steel reinforced neck. It had a little decal on the headstock that mentioned it. I don't know if it was adjustable though . If it was adjustable it would have been thru the sound hole as the headstock didn't have a removable cover. I didn't know enough at the time what that meant . I know Martin didn't have adjustable truss rods until 1974. Because of the cost of neck repairs the ones I play regularly all need to have adjustable truss rods.

  Joe

Your buddy sounds very imaginative, beamer! Anything on YouTube we could hear/watch? Ibanezrtone! I love it! Sounds like it probably had its very own guitar stand, too. The fact that it was shaped like a Jag, makes me miss having a Silvertone. The first band I was in, The Watchmen (yep we had the name first, way back in the mid 60's), the three strings all played identical Jags a la The Ventures.

Thanks!

Bill

Never mind, I just found mekidsmom's instructions. I'll repost after I send the pic to the photobucket.

Thanks

Bill

I'm gonna try to post the pics for you Bill.

Hey!! It worked.

Strummerboy,, They were named:: TONAL CHAOS  If the pics get fixed chuck is in the middle with the Ibanezertone.

wILL SOMEONE FIGURE OUT WHT IS WRONG HERE??? PICS HAVE ALWAYS POSTED LIKE THIS B4.

I ALSO HAVE THEIR 2 GREATEST HITS ON MP3

REDNECK BABIES AND WE GOT THE MEAT,, AS YOU COULD SEE THE LYRICS IF THE PICS WOULD COME THROUGH

Here's your pic beamer I'm hesitant to post the lyrics unless you own the copyright?

OH its ok jeff I just put them on FB LOLOL they are classics dont you think? LOLOLOL

what was i not putting in the UBB code or whatever?

Did you guys have a bass and he didn't make the pic?

Head Bangin'? I liked "Redneck Babies" with the Dixie intro. Although  the recording quality is not what you would have liked it to be, be glad you have it uploaded!

Your calling them "classics" made me laugh, but just think: The Beatles put some really scratchy stuff on their Anthology albums, so who knows?

Your drummer had (has) great timing, especially as he had to carry the bass part of your tunes if there was no bass player, I really couldn't tell.

"Black Dog": I didn't get it right away because I don't think I ever heard Bonzo doing that particular solo. So, I thought to myself, "Huh! So now we get to hear the drummer tune up for a change! How unique is that?" Then I read the title of the piece.

Thanks for sharing part of your histrionics...... I mean history with us, Beamer!

Bill