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Saw this on Craigslist and thought I'd post it for curiosity sake. Anyone ever seen or heard one of these before?

https://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/msg/d/kay-reverb-unit/6349712226.html

Oh Kay!

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Apparently it's a solid state model made from 1962 to 1965.

As mentioned in Michael Wright's Guitar Stories: The Histories of Cool Guitars:

The Kay amplifier line got a total facelift in '62, as its new transistorized "space-age" amps debuted. Transistorized components began appearing on Magnatone amps in around 1960, but these new Kay amps may just be candidates for being first all transistorized amplifiers!

Eight amps and a reverb unit were offered. In fact, except for cosmetics and the change from tubes to transistors, many of these remained identical to the previous two-tone line in terms of specs and features [...] The K710 Reverb Power Pack unit ($65) replaced the old tube unit and featured a four transistor amp to boost the signal [...] These Kay space-age amps lasted through the '65 catalog. Seeburg redesigned the amp line in '66.

As featured in the '62 Kay catalog (sorry about mediocre quality):

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Last edited: Oct 18, 2017 16:53:13

There's a previous thread here:
https://surfguitar101.com/forums/topic/21032/?page=1#p275793

Paul
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FWIW, here's the schematic for the Model 710 reverb unit.
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