KAY BASSES: Models Over the Years... - FAQ courtesy of GollihurMusic.com

This is a list of model numbers somebody gave me. I cannot vouch for their accuracy (I owned a blonde TV-21 once), and Kay did some odd things over their history, but it's the only resource I've found:

C-1 - Concert, rosewood fingerboard and tailpiece, shaded finish
Concert - rosewood fingerboard and tailpiece, purfling top and back, shaded or blond
H-10 - 1/4 size school model, 61" length, later replaced by M-2 or M-3
Maestro - M-1, ebony fingerboard and tailpiece, shaded finish, blond finish optional. Later Maestro "School Model", ebonized rosewood fingerboard and tailpiece, shaded
M-1 - Maestro, ebony fingerboard and tailpiece, shaded finish, blond finish optional. Later Maestro "School Model", ebonized rosewood fingerboard and tailpiece, shaded
M-1B - later Maestro, blond
M-2 - 1/2 size late M-1, rosewood fingerboard and tailpiece, violin brown finish
M-3 - 1/4 size late M-1
M-4 - M1 with blond finish
M-5 - 5-string, rosewood fingerboard and tailpiece, side dots, shaded
M-5B - same as M-5, blond
M-7 Selmer Kay - purfling top&back, bound f-holes, ebony fingerboard and tailpiece, gold-plated tuner plates engraved "Selmer"
Orchestra - ebonized fingerboard and tailpiece, shaded or blond
S-1 - Slap, thin body, Orchestra spec
S-2 - 1/2 size late S-1, ebony fingerboard and tailpiece, golden brown finish
S-3 - thin body, Concert specs; later 1/4 size late S-1
S-4 - thin body, Maestro specs
S-5 - Swingmaster dance band model, ebony fb, purfling top&back, bound f-holes, blond, full depth body optional
S-6 - same as S-5, shaded finish
S-8 - Supreme, purfling top, back, and f-holes, ebony fingerboard and tailpiece, shaded; later renamed S-1
S-9 - Swingmaster, inlaid purfling, ebony fingerboard and tailpiece, blond
S-10 - Swingmaster Mighty Midget, 1/3 smaller than S-9
S-51 - Chubby Jackson model, 5-strings, bound top, back, and f-holes, ebony fingerboard and tailpiece, side position dots, shaded finish
S-51B - same as S-51, blond
TV1 - burnished gold finish
TV21 - two-tone copper and white finish

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