Kalamazoo KG-14 Flat Top Acoustic Guitar , c. 1938
LOADING IMAGES
This item has been sold.
Item # 3606
Prices subject to change without notice.
Kalamazoo KG-14 Model Flat Top Acoustic Guitar, c. 1938, made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, sunburst top, dark back and sides finish, mahogany back, sides and neck, spruce top.
This Kalamazoo flat-top has not seen a lot of use through the years, and as always is a good-sounding and playing pre-war guitar at a budget price. These larger Kalamazoos have a bright but well-balanced sound with a bluesy edge. The KG-14 was the best of the Kalamazoo flat tops; the body is the same as Gibson's L-00 but the top is ladder braced and the neck has no truss rod. These less expensive guitars were a major factor in Gibson's survival during the worst years of the Great Depression, but were phased out shortly after the US entered WWII.
Overall length is 40 1/2 in. (102.9 cm.), 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 3/4 in. (44 mm.).
Very clean overall; some typical bellying to top, but recent neckset, so plays very well. One repaired back crack, perfect repro bridge -- otherwise, all original. Excellent Condition.
This Kalamazoo flat-top has not seen a lot of use through the years, and as always is a good-sounding and playing pre-war guitar at a budget price. These larger Kalamazoos have a bright but well-balanced sound with a bluesy edge. The KG-14 was the best of the Kalamazoo flat tops; the body is the same as Gibson's L-00 but the top is ladder braced and the neck has no truss rod. These less expensive guitars were a major factor in Gibson's survival during the worst years of the Great Depression, but were phased out shortly after the US entered WWII.
Overall length is 40 1/2 in. (102.9 cm.), 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 3/4 in. (44 mm.).
Very clean overall; some typical bellying to top, but recent neckset, so plays very well. One repaired back crack, perfect repro bridge -- otherwise, all original. Excellent Condition.