This Kay guitar (center) came to me yesterday from the land fill (county dump) . I have 3 good playing land fill guitars. My friend Terry, has brought me two of them. He says there is a good old boy working out there who sets things aside in hopes somebody might have use for them. Oh, yes!

The saddle and bridge were broken. The strings were set up to be strung though the saddle - and part of that was broken. I made the crude tailpiece out of scrap metal and CBG style, used a bolt saddle.

The action is perfect for slide. In standard tuning, it rates a C-. In open G or open E, it rates at least a B for playability and sound. It has a lot of bass.

I may later electrify it and may put on a store bought tail piece.

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Comment by Jerry Jordan on February 8, 2017 at 2:57am

land fill guits good.,.,

Comment by Maddog on September 29, 2014 at 12:09pm

Uncle John's Guitar Rescue Service :-) Bringing them back to life one git at a time!

Comment by the anonymous pick on September 29, 2014 at 2:33am

:-o  

naw   ..  once    folks  get  a swampy  ..  some    toss their  others  out  . 

not  my   fault  ;-) 

Comment by the anonymous pick on September 29, 2014 at 2:13am

it was  probably  my  fault  UJ  ;-)

Comment by Uncle John on September 28, 2014 at 11:57pm

Go slide, Jabes.   Thanks, Pick.  I feel kind of bad for whoever took that git to the dump.  I wonder if this poor git got played and loved or just neglected.   Kind of looks like it did not get played much and then was in an accident.

Comment by the anonymous pick on September 28, 2014 at 10:00pm

nice  save !!!!!!

Comment by jabes on September 28, 2014 at 9:48pm

i picked an Encore  last week from our recycle ,the belly is blown so the action is way high, not sure if i know how to fix it. but.....

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