KAY JAZZ II MODEL K775 - 1961-66 WITH ORIGINAL CASE!

ALL ORIGINAL WITH ORIGINAL DELUXE TWO-TONE HARDSHELL CASE!!

AMAZINGLY COOL VINTAGE PLACE THAT PLAYS AND SOUNDS LIKE DREAM!

THIS IS THE SAME MODEL ERIC CLAPTON PLAYED IN HIS PRE-YARDBIRDS BAND "THE ROOSTERS!!

THE KAY JAZZ II FEATURES THE SAME "KLEENEX BOX" P-35 PICKUPS AS THE EARLIER KAY MADE BARNEY KESSEL MODELS. 

THE "KLEENEX BOX" PICKUP IS ONE OF THE COOLER SOUNDING '60s SINGLE COIL PICKUP! SIMILAR TO A P-90, WITH A VERY COOL "DRY", PERCUSSIVE CUT AND A MORE DIALED IN MID-RANGE. IT'S A BIG, ARTICULATE SINGLE COIL TONE AT EACH POSITION OF THE 3-WAY SWITCH!! 

The Jazz II is one of the best instruments Kay ever produced. The K-775 Jazz II guitar was the top the line, with a mid-sized thinline 15 1/4" body, fairly fancy cosmetics, made in Chicago, sunburst lacquer finish, laminated maple body, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard.

The Jazz II retains some of the best features and "1950s Populuxe" trim of the Gold K line, notably the large headstock with the "Kelvinator" Lucite logo plate, silver back-painted Lucite K-logo pickguard and "Kleenex Box" single coil pickups encased in silver back-painted Lucite. The main difference was the neck was bolted on, which on a Kay (which often have questionable set neck joints) is reliably more functional. It carries pro-grade hardware including the then-new Grover Rotomatic tuners and a Bigsby True Vibrato tailpiece and aluminum bridge. The body is laminated maple, 4-ply bound on the back and single bound on the back finished in a subtly shaded amber sunburst. The neck is maple with a bound rosewood fingerboard inlaid with shaped plastic inserts. The "C" profile is slimmer than the 1950s Kay standard and fitted with a newly-adopted Gibson style truss rod that actually works. 

Neck Specs:

• Wood: Maple
• Shape: Soft V, measuring .885” 1st fret, 1.010” 12th fret
• Fretboard: Rosewood, 7 1/4” radius, “quadrant” inlays
• Scale Length: 25 5/8”
• Nut: 1 11/16”
• Tuners: Grover Rotomatics

Body Specs:

• Wood: Curly maple
• Pickups: P-35 “Kleenex Box” single coil x2
• Controls: Volume x2, Tone x2, three-way pickup selector
• Hardware: Bigsby vibrato with Aluminum bridge
• Plastics: Reflector cap knobs

Overall length is 41 5/8 in. (105.7 cm.), 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 25 5/8 in. (651 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.).