Guitar ID....calling all guitar nerds
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Guitar ID....calling all guitar nerds
Can anyone identify the make/model of this guitar (from these shitty screenshots)?
My guess is it's an Eastwood refin, or something Eastwood bases its designs on, like a Univox, Kay, Airline, Valco, Dano or mebbe a National or Supro ...
The pickguard makes me think Univox or Valco, the binding is pretty Dano-like.
The knobs and pegs look like Harmony, tho'.
Sorry, that's all I got.
The pickguard makes me think Univox or Valco, the binding is pretty Dano-like.
The knobs and pegs look like Harmony, tho'.
Sorry, that's all I got.
certainly looks like an early/mid-fifties valco solidbody design. however, the bridge doesn't look like a typical valco bridge.
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I agree with zachary, closest thing I can think of is a Supro Dual Tone:
It also looks a bit like a less funky version of the Stratotone H44 too, or the Eastwood version based on it:
But my guess is on the Supro, modified.
It also looks a bit like a less funky version of the Stratotone H44 too, or the Eastwood version based on it:
But my guess is on the Supro, modified.
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I thought it might be a Surpo too but Supros never had binding or truss rods (just a giant hunk of metal in the neck) so the truss rod cover in the photo is a give-away.
It's a Guyatone Excelsior. I can't read Japanese but the first few photos on this page show that guitar on the assembly line. - http://www.guyatone.jp/information/index.html
It's a Guyatone Excelsior. I can't read Japanese but the first few photos on this page show that guitar on the assembly line. - http://www.guyatone.jp/information/index.html
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How about another one for you guys? I swear I saw what this one was recently but I can't for the life of me. Saw Edd Gibson of Friendly Fires on Palladia playing it and I'm not having much luck finding it:
There are a number of pictures of it online but none that show the headstock well enough to see a brand name - can't read what that pickguard says either, whether it's something stock or not. I don't remember if the one I saw somewhere recently was a vintage one or a reissue. I dig the segmented pickguard and the curled-looking headstock!
There are a number of pictures of it online but none that show the headstock well enough to see a brand name - can't read what that pickguard says either, whether it's something stock or not. I don't remember if the one I saw somewhere recently was a vintage one or a reissue. I dig the segmented pickguard and the curled-looking headstock!
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Burns Marqueejgimbel wrote:How about another one for you guys? I swear I saw what this one was recently but I can't for the life of me. Saw Edd Gibson of Friendly Fires on Palladia playing it and I'm not having much luck finding it:
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That was quick, thanks! Seems like an interesting modern alternative to something like an old Teisco, still funky but maybe a little easier to play (from what I'm seeing in reviews).
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