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THE PREP (c.1941)

THE PREP (c.1941)
VG-EC except needs work (reset neck, reglue back/side seam, glue and dress frets, strings, set up, etc. - sold AS-IS), 15-1/8" lower bout, 3-1/4" to 3-5/8" body depth, sunburst finish all around, top has painted-on white trim, arched solid spruce top with f-holes, maple back and sides and neck (with faux flamed grain), 19 fret ebonized fingerboard with dot inlays, adjustable rosewood bridge, trapeze tailpiece, 3-on-a-plate riveted open-gear tuners with black buttons, black pickguard, ~25-7/8" scale, 1-11/16" nut width, built by Kay for (we think) Sears, hump-top headstock, "THE PREP" silkscreened on front of peghead, with OSSC
45U-1319... - No longer available - $175.00
body-front (click)
front (click)
back (click)
body-back (click)
bridge-tailpiece (click)
case-open (click)
case (click)
fretboard (click)
headstock-back (click)
headstock-front (click)
heel-2 (click)
heel (click)
open-seam-2 (click)
open-seam-3 (click)
open-seam (click)
pickguard (click)
soundhole (click)


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