kraftsmen guitars – MyRareGuitars.com https://www.myrareguitars.com All about rare & vintage guitars, guitar amps, fx pedals and more! Thu, 24 Feb 2022 14:32:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.26 https://www.myrareguitars.com/guitar-pictures/cropped-MRG520-32x32.jpg kraftsmen guitars – MyRareGuitars.com https://www.myrareguitars.com 32 32 Back Catalog Memories: 1960’s Airline Barney Kessel Swingmaster Guitar https://www.myrareguitars.com/bcm-1960s-airline-barney-kessel-swingmaster-guitar https://www.myrareguitars.com/bcm-1960s-airline-barney-kessel-swingmaster-guitar#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:19:51 +0000 http://www.myrareguitars.com/?p=5393 Here are a pair of Airline Barney Kessel models from the 1960's. It was also known as the Swingmaster, and could be found under the Kay brand and the Old Kraftsmen brand.

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]]> Here are a pair of Airline Barney Kessel models from the 1960’s. It was also known as the Swingmaster, and could be found under the Kay brand and the Old Kraftsmen brand.

Vintage 1960's Airline Barney Kessel Model Swingmaster Electric Guitar (Deluxe)

Vintage 1960’s Airline Barney Kessel Model Swingmaster Electric Guitar (Deluxe)

The natural color was unique to the Airline brand. All were outfitted with the “Kleenex Box” pickups. It was available in 2 or 3 pickups models, with or without the Bigsby style tremolo and a wooden, floating bridge. Bolt-on neck with a flamed maple bound body on top and bottom. Each pickup had its own volume and tone controls and there was a flipper switch for pickup selection.

Will Eastwood make a replica of this for its Airline line of guitars in the future? Pretty sure the answer is yes!

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