Could somebody help me to identify this guitar? Similar to Teisco rather Kawai, but I couldn't find this exactly on the google.
thanx a lot,
Rob
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Statistics: Posted by polarbee — Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:45 am
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I did wonder about this being a catalogue guitar - the UK equivalents would be Marshall-Ward or Freemans and the like. And Woolworths used to sell this type of thing branded as "Top Twenty".
Cheers - J.
Statistics: Posted by Bassassin — Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:17 am
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I think I've found your guitar in a 1975 Sears catalog so it appears to be a bit later model than I first deduced. Since it appears in a Spring-Summer Sears catalog it was most likely built in 1974. I don't have a 74 Sears catalog to see if it appeared earlier but when I obtain one, I'll check.
Sears images are always so vague, but I think this is it:
I've tried to magnify the picture to see what type of bridge saddle is used but at magnification, the paper is like fabric and all resolution is lost.
The best that I can tell is that it is a straight saddle like this:
I put the guitar image in an unprotected server folder so you can download it for future reference. At least you can see the type of whammy bar you are looking for.
Statistics: Posted by VintAxe — Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:19 pm
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Good to have an approximate date for it too, I'd guessed vaguely late 60s so it's interesting that these were produced into the 70s.
I'll have a look for other UK brands that sold Kawai-built guitars & see what else i can dig up.
Jon.
Statistics: Posted by Bassassin — Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:20 am
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Your bridge is probably just a curved bar that sits on top of the thumb wheels with notches for the strings. It would be nice if you could modify a tune-o-matic so that it would fit the existing posts for a replacement. That bar bridge pretty much ensures poor intonation as you move up the neck.
Maybe a vintage roller bridge like this one would work. At least you would have some adjustment to get the intonation right.
Statistics: Posted by VintAxe — Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:32 pm
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No brand on the headstock, doesn't look like it's ever had one:
Can't find any marks, numbers or stamps on it anywhere, apart from the cardboard shims in the neck pocket:
Made from the finest quality plywood, electrics work fine, but the bridge is missing so I'll have to source one or fabricate something before I'll know how - or indeed if - it plays!
Frets are in very good condition, it's pretty clean and looks like most of the knocks & bumps are the result of 30 years in the back of a cupboard.
Anyone know what it is?
Jon.
Statistics: Posted by Bassassin — Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:41 am
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