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My new toy.

Trade this Kawai to cbg. Think it was good deal.It's from 60 's no other details.

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on November 13, 2015 at 5:05am

i'd say thats a great deal! and you got the sweet tremolo rail tail . yummy stuff .

lol .. funny , i have the st george version of this guitar , and i traded a swamp witch for it .. then i made a 3 stringer out of it ;-)

but ,, i got it like this

Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on November 13, 2015 at 7:56am

That a sweet guitar. Look's like a Kawai version of the Kay Speed Demon that sell for crazy money these days. Bet it sounds nice.

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