The Kay-built 678
and 680 came right after the long-running 674/676
'Aristocrats,' and seemed to be playing 'clean up' behind those guitars, the
first acoustic cutaways offered by Sears. As the line continued
their appointments became less fancy (cheaper), until we were left with these
guitars. Gone was the fancy headstock laminate and shield-adorned pickguards,
replaced by a simple natural headstock with an inlaid script logo, and a large
'S'' on the pickguard.
To my knowledge, I've never seen a blonde
680
Introduced: 1957
Retired: 1958
Aristocrat?!? Huh?
The 678/680 guitars were the end of the
pointy/wavy pickguarded line of Aristocrats, with only one more acoustic
'Aristocrat' group left in the line, the curlicue pickguarded 64X and 651
guitars.
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