Luthier Mike Kinal has been custom building and designing handcrafted guitars since the late 1960s. Kinal began building six-string solid body electrics, and produced the Kinal Standard in 1972. In 1974, Mike created a solid body carved top guitar known as the Kinal Custom, which became the trademark design throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Around 1976, Mike began to concentrate on bass guitar designs and produced a number of custom designed basses. In 1988, he turned his attention to the creation of the Voyager Archtop guitar.
Currently, Mike offers a complete line of guitars and basses with special emphasis on tonality, balance, comfort, and versatility. For more information, contact Mike directly.
Instruments currently produced in Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada), since 1972.

KINAL Electric Guitars Models

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KINAL CUSTOM

- single cutaway Honduran mahogany body, arched bookmatched figured maple top, set-in Honduran mahogany neck, 22 nickel fret rosewood fingerboard with crown inlays, Schaller tuners and bridge, two humbucking pickups, four knobs (two v, two...

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KINAL DK 4-B

- symmetrical double cutaway, contoured hollow body of alder, ash, maple or mahogany with a spruce top with soundholes. 34 in., 34.5 in., and 35 in.scales, 21- or 24-fret ebony, rosewood or maple fingerboard, chrome hardware, one single coi...

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KINAL JK CUTAWAY

- single cutaway solid figured maple body, special design spruce connecting top bracing, set maple neck, 22-fret rosewood or optional ebony fingerboard with no inlays, three-per-side Schaller locking tuners, tune-o-matic bridge, stop tailpi...

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KINAL STANDARD

- offset double cutaway alder, korina, maple, or swamp ash body, set-in neck, 22 nickel fret rosewood fingerboard, chrome hardware, single coil or humbucker pickups, volume/tone/blend controls, five-way selector switch, available in Black,...

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KINAL KB-4 KOMPACT ACOUSTIC/ELECTRIC

- offset double cutaway hollow body, Sitka spruce top, alder/maple back and sides, offset oval soundhole, maple or mahogany graphite-reinforced neck, 21-fret ebony, maple, or rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays, two-per-side tuners, maple...

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KINAL VOYAGER ARCHTOP

- non-cutaway or single cutaway body, Sitka or Englemann spruce top, figured maple, back and sides, ebony fingerboard, ebony bridge, ebony tailpiece, single Benedetto or Bartolini PBF pickup, available in Natural, Sunburst, or Violin finis...

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KINAL MK 4

- offset double cutaway mahogany, alder, or swamp ash body core with bookmatched exotic hardwood top and backs, through-body laminated purpleheart/eastern maple or wenge neck, 34 in. or 35 in. scale, ebony fingerboard, two pickups, volume/b...

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KINAL MK 4-B

- offset double cutaway alder, ash, korina or maple body, bolt-on graphite-reinforced hard maple neck, 24-fret ebony fingerboard, fixed bridge (front or rear loading of strings), two single coil Bartolini (or Fralin or Lane Poor) pickups, v...

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KINAL MK 21

- offset double cutaway alder, swamp ash, or korina body, maple neck with graphite reinforcement, 21-fret rosewood fingerboard, two-per-side tuners, two pickups (Jazz/Soap, two Soap, two Jazz, or Jazz/MM), active electronics, four knobs, th...

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KINAL SK 4-B

- symmetrical double cutaway contour alder, ash, korina or maple body, bolt-on graphite reinforced hard maple neck, 34 in., 34.5 in., or 35 in. scale, 21- or 24-fret ebony, rosewood or maple fingerboard, fixed bridge (front or back loading...

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KINAL SK 21

- offset double cutaway alder, swamp ash, or korina body, maple neck with graphite reinforcement, 21-fret rosewood fingerboard, two-per-side tuners, two pickups (Jazz/Soap, two Soap, two Jazz, or Jazz/MM), active electronics, five knobs, th...