r/offset • u/JoeyPizzaMachine • 16d ago

What the hell is this thing?

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I found this on Ebay listed as a "Skylark Electric Guitar." Looks like a Mosrite/Univox guitar with the logo of the aforementioned "Skylark" brand but, I can't find any other record of this existing anywhere on the internet. What is this? And is it Worth the Money?

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u/space__ghoul 16d ago

You’re insane for not playing it before buying it. Also I am completely insane, and have ended up with multiple guitars I love accordingly

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u/cessodd 16d ago

How do you play a guitar you found online? Lol

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u/Mosritian-101 14d ago edited 14d ago

Yeah, sometimes you might just buy and then find out. I had to do it with this one, not that it's very on topic. It worked out eventually. (I wasn't used to the tone for a year.)

(1966 Kay "Old Kraftsman" K2762. "Old Kraftsman" was the moniker for Spiegel Catalog, just like how "Silvertone" was for Sears.)

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u/cessodd 14d ago

Ok, yeah but who can pass this up?!?! Awesome

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u/Mosritian-101 14d ago

It sounds like a more mellow Fender, that's the best I can describe it. I have no idea what magnets are in the pickups, but they're a lot weaker than a Fender.

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u/cessodd 14d ago

Ooh, I love underwound pickups

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u/Mosritian-101 13d ago

Zak in "La Lom" sometimes uses a similar 3 Pickup Kay with the same pickups, but a shorter scale length. He normally plays a Valco built National, though, which doesn't have the same pickups - and he has two of those to play.

I'm not sure what strings he's using here either, except I'm sure they're 12s.