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Thin Twin Electric Guitar

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Overview

Re-create the sounds of the early rock and blues masters with this reissue.

The K161 Kay Thin Twin electric guitar was originally introduced in 1952 and was known as the "Jimmy Reed" or "Howlin' Wolf" model. T-Bone Burnett played a Thin Twin to back up Robert Plant and Allison Krause at the 2009 Grammy Awards. The Thin Twin was the first guitar able to create that unique blues sound from the special Kay interior bracing that made the instrument a favorite among blues players as well as rockers of the '50s and '60s.

The Thin Twin got its name from its two blade pickups, known for their distinctive clean, sharp, sustaining sound. The Thin Twin's hollowbody chamber parallel bracing produces that gutsy, bluesy, raw sound, creating a clean natural distortion without feedback. Includes case.

Features

Gloss-finished maple top, sides and back, tone-chambered body
24.75"-scale hard maple neck, 20-fret rosewood fingerboard
Dual custom twin-blade pickups, 3-way switch
Tune-o-matic bridge, trapeze tailpiece, vintage-style tuners

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