The model numbers for the Americana series seem to indicate the color scheme used:ġ. 'Shaded mahogany', 'Century red lacquer', 'Honey blonde', and 'Cocoa-tan, grained.'

'Shaded Mohagony' (more commonly known as 'sunburst') and 'Century Red Lacquer'Ģ. From what I can tell, none of the Polaris's had serial numbers, either. The low-end 540 and 545 Polaris's had adjustable truss rods. The necks were reinforced with a double steel T-bar and some were truss rod adjustable. With a rosewood fretboard featuring 'heavy nickel-silver frets'. The necks were usually maple or some other unspecified hardwood Mahogany and were finished in either 'Shaded Mahogany Finish' (sunburst) or 'Century Red Lacquer'. The solid bodies of the 500-series guitars were true solid bodies, not plywood. If you click on the photos at the right side of the table, another page will come up with a larger photo and exactly the same information in a slightly different I believe theħ00 and 800-series guitars were sold at the same time while the 500 and 600 may

Kent headstock logos changed between the series as shown above. The 'color groups' will be explained at the end. I won't be tracking prices on these and will only add information and photos if I stumble across something. Perhaps this set was a hurried series of imports trying to get in on the sudden boom in popularity of electric guitars. The 560 CopaĪnd the 595 Videocaster are older, but way cooler. Later, but who knows? Some of the model numbers are duplicated in the regular 500-series but, except for the 540 and 545, the bodies are slightly different. That would date these guitars to 1963-1964, I guess. Most of the information comes from what is purported to be a 1963 catalogue. The photos are either internet findings or photos that have been sent to me. The guitars in this first set of tables don't all fit well into any of the other model series'. So if you are looking to match your guitar to one of my pictures, you may not find a Variety of reasons (costs, supply, improvement, or a customer asks for it).

Moreover, it's possible that parts are changed at the factory for a Note, slso, that it is sometimes hard to tell if a guitar has had parts replaced. The original manufacturer's model number, where known, is written below the manufacturer's name.

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