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 RECORDING KING | | Instruments previously produced in Kalamazoo, MI by Gibson, and in Chicago, IL by Kay, and New York, NY by Gretsch between the mid-1930s and the early 1940s. See chapter on House Brands. | The Recording King trademark was the House Brand of Montgomery Wards, and was used on a full range of acoustic flattops, electric lap steels, acoustic and electric archtop guitars, mandolins, and banjos. Instruments were built by a number of American manufacturers such as Gibson, Gretsch, and Kay between the 1930s through the early 1940s.
The high end models of the Recording King line were built by Gibson, but the low end models were built by other Chicago-based manufacturers. Recording King models built by Gibson will not have an adjustable truss rod (like other budget brands Gibson produced). Chances are that the low end, Chicago-built models do not either. Recording King had a number of endorsers, such as singing cowboy movie star Ray Whitley, country singer/songwriter Carson Robison, and multi-instrumental virtuoso Roy Smeck. Source: Walter Carter, Gibson Guitars: 100 Years of an American Icon. | | | ACOUSTIC ARCHTOP |
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