Description
This Kapa 506 is an extremely clean, late 1960’s/1970 sunburst, hollow body. This Kapa Series 500 model 506 is 100% original! It features two pickups, one volume control and one tone control for each pickup. This hollow body, electric guitar is relatively light but has a full bodied sound. It plays and sounds great. Kapa guitars guitars were made from the early 1960s through 1970 in Hyattsville Maryland, USA. This guitar’s parts were most likely made in Japan (and possibly Germany) and then assembled in the US. The 500 series was in the Kapa line from 1968-1970. They have taken their inspiration from an earlier model the Kapa Challenger CH-6..Description from VintageSilvertones.comiption from VintageSilvertones.com
NECK:
The neck is straight with very little fret wear. It is a bolt-on with 21 frets, plastic nut, and adjustable truss rod. It has circular silver tinted “mother of pearl” inlays in the fretboard. There is virtually no playing wear on the back of the neck. The action is set medium. The chrome-plated, closed back tuners are in proper working condition.
ELECTRONICS:
All the electronics work properly. The double-coil pickups are very strong. They have a nice tonal range on the brighter side. Each pickup has it’s own tone and volume controls. There’s a toggle switch to select between neck, bridge or both pickups. It comes with a good quality gig bag and will be packed extremely well. Description from VintageSilvertones.com
The Dimensions are:
Overall length: 41″Description from VintageSilvertones.com
Body width: 15.75″
Body thickness: 1 13/16″ with neck 2″Description from VintageSilvertones.com
Scale: 24.75″Description from VintageSilvertones.com
Width of the nut: 1.5″ (depth 3/4″)
String height at 12th fret: 1/8″ approx.Description from VintageSilvertones.com
Here’s the original description from a 1970 Kapa catalog:
Kapa
Series 500
This thin acoustic electric guitar is the latest addition to the KAPA line of professional quality instruments.The 6-string model in the “Series 500” has a sleek elegance that attracts the attention, and makes it stand out! It surprises even the most demanding guitarist with its feel of quality and superb tone.Description from VintageSilvertones.com
The overall length is 40 3/4″. The width is 15 3/4″. The sides are 2″. The beautiful sunburst is finished in gleaming polyester, that is practically scratch proof. The 2 double coil pickups for that new dimension in sound Kapa is justly famous for. Adjustable metal bridge. Especially designed tailpiece. Covered machine heads with chrome plated buttons. The guard plate are both made of four-layer black and white plastic. Finest quality flatwound strings are used.
Nationally Advertised PriceDescription from VintageSilvertones.com
$249.50Description from VintageSilvertones.com
With True Bigsby Vibrato Tailpiece
$299.500Description from VintageSilvertones.com
