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Page last updated Aug 10, 2025

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Kay Pro Bass K162V (vintage reissue model)

Available Finishes: Honey Sunburst (HS as shown), Black, and Blonde

Pro Bass - K162V Features: * Body: Single-cutaway, tone-chambered, hollowbody acoustic with special feedback-resistant bracing * Back: Parabolic arched maple * Sides: Maple * Top: 3-ply flamed maple * Purfling: Multi-ply black and white checkerboard celluloid binding * Neck: Set dovetail one-piece, straight-grained Canadian maple with single-ply binding * Frets: 20 medium nickel-silver * Inlays: Mini dot abalone * Fingerboard: 31" scale rosewood fingerboard with 12" radius * Tuning Machines: Wilkinson Vintage-style, 2 per side, Chrome "clover leaf" * Bridge and Tailpiece: Rosewood individual "fret wire" saddles, direct mounted bridge with height adjustment thumbwheels and chrome trapeze tailpiece * Top Nut: Bone * Headstock: Original gold chevron displaying 3-D raised "Kel-von-a-tor" style emblem * Finish Coat: High-gloss polyester protective polymer

Electronics: * Pickups: 1 chrome "Thin Twin" single-coil Blade pickups * Controls: 1 volume, 1 tone, hi-cut, low pass toggle selector * Output Jack: Side-mounted

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