John Kay Limited Edition Model 381JK

clearblue · Post by **clearblue** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:00 am

Was channel surfing and stopped on a public station where they were featuring a John Kay performance. He was playing his Limited Edition 381. Nice to see his RIC in action.

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 6:24 am

He really loves his guitar. His only has two differences from the stock model. First, it has a wireless system built inside to make it easier to use in performance. Second, the binding along the top edge of the fingerboard is different- in fret segments where there normally would be a marker, it's entirely black. He's legally blind and this special high contrast setup greatly helps him see where he is on the fingerboard.

clearblue · Post by **clearblue** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 6:30 am

Interesting. I knew his sight had been getting worse when I saw him and his band in the late 70's at a small club in the midwest. One of the best performances ever!

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 3:01 pm

Cool guitar! Very interesting.....I didn't realize he was having vision issues....

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 3:56 pm

He's been this way since birth.

brian · Post by **brian** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 8:09 pm

one just showed up on ebay (my favourite Rickenbacker model)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41439&item=7313088667&rd=1

brian · Post by **brian** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 5:42 pm

Sold for $3554.00

brian · Post by **brian** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 7:53 am

Anyone now if the purchaser is a forum member ?