The double pick-up model Kent 480 was introduced around 1963. It had double cutaway solid mahogany body with a three piece laminated neck. Rosewood fingerboard with eight inlaid position markers on the edges of the fingerboard; adjustable metal bridge; two magnetic pickups with individual adjusting screw for each pole piece; two volume and two tone controls; two rocker switches for pickup control; input jack. 39 inches long and 10.75 inches wide.

The Kent model 480 had shaded mahogany finish and cost $79.90 when new in 1963.