KAPA ARCHTOP ES-335 STYLE
- double cutaway ES-335 style archtop, two f-holes, body binding, rosewood fingerboard, six-on-one side tuners, two humbucker pickups, four knobs, black raised pickguard, available in various finishes, mfg. 1969-1970.
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Kapa guitars were designed and built by Kope Veneman and Company during a successful eight-year production. Veneman, a Dutch immigrant, was running a music store during the early 1960s that imported German and Italian guitars. In 1962, Veneman founded his own production facility, and named the company based on initials from his family member´s first names: Kope, his son Albert, his daughter Patricia, and his wife Adeline. During the eight-year run, the Kapa company produced nearly 120,000 decent quality, fair-priced instruments. Source: Michael Wright, Guitar Stories, Volume One.
Instruments previously built in Hyattsville, MD between 1962 and 1970.
KAPA Electric Guitars Models
KAPA CONTINENTAL BASS
- offset double cutaway, bolt-on neck, 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays, four-on-one-side tuners, adj. bridge, covered tailpiece, black or white pickguard, one or two double coil pickups, three knobs (two v, tone), one or two sl...
KAPA CHALLENGER
- offset double cutaway, bolt-on neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays, six-on-one-side tuners, covered bridge, Jazzmaster-style vibrato tailpiece, white pickguard, two double coil pickups, three knobs (two v, tone), three-way...
KAPA MINSTREL BASS
- teardrop-shaped Vox Mark-style body, bolt-on neck, 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays, four-on-one-side tuners, combination covered bridge/tailpiece, white or black pickguard, single pickup, two knobs (v, tone), chrome hardware,...
KAPA COBRA
- offset double cutaway, bolt-on neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays, six-on-one-side tuners, tune-o-matic-style bridge, large stop tailpiece, white pickguard, single double coil pickup, two knobs (v, tone), chrome hardware,...
KAPA CONTINENTAL
- offset double cutaway, bolt-on neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays, six-on-one-side tuners, adj. bridge, Jazzmaster-style vibrato tailpiece, black pickguard, two double coil pickups, three knobs (two v, tone), two slider sw...
KAPA Continental 12-String
- similar to the Continental, except in 12-string configuration, six-per-side tuners, and available with or without vibrato, mfg. mid- to late 1960s.
KAPA MINSTREL
- teardrop-shaped Vox Mark-style body, bolt-on neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays, six-on-one-side tuners, covered bridge, Jazzmaster-style vibrato tailpiece, white or black pickguard, three single coil pickups, three pickup...
KAPA Minstrel 12-String
- similar to the Minstrel, except in 12-string configuration and six-per-side tuners, mfg. 1968-1970.
KAPA WILDCAT
- offset double cutaway, bolt-on neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays, six-on-one-side tuners, covered bridge, Jazzmaster-style vibrato tailpiece, white pickguard, three double coil pickups, three knobs (two v, tone), three-wa...