Hello everyone,
This is my first post here, since I have been looking everywhere to figure out what type of Guitar this is.
My sister has had it, for I have no idea how long, I had never payed any attention to it, till she mentioned she wanted to spray-paint it black for looks.
I figured before she went wild and ruined it, I better do some research.
This is what I have so far:
It is a Rayner Hollow Body that was either
a) Made by a Luthier outside of London, England (Cambridge?)
b) Made by Stafford Guitars in Dublin Ireland, the guys says it's worth 5,000-15,000$? Seems a little ludicrous to me.
c) It could potentially be one out of only 125 (They said to check the neck pocket, but I can't figure out what they mean by that.)
I don't have any pictures of the guitar yet, but it looks exactly like the one pictured here: http://www.shortscale.org/forum/viewtop ... sc&start=0
Except for the fact that it is in Sunburst.
Also, the guy who mentioned it being a Stafford Guitar. I found here:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 207AAvcdpW
...Now her guitar, as far as I know (haven't plugged it in, since my amp is in the basement and I'm lazy), has faulty electronics, is missing two of the knobs (One of them seems to have been replaced by a different kind of knob) but it looks exactly the same..
So, ladies and gentlemen, if it really is 1 out of 125, I figured in its state, it wouldn't be worth much. But restoring, and having a 1 out of 125 guitar would sure beat my Epi Sheraton and MIM Strat for bragging rights
Edit: Tried out turns out, the one knob that was replaced as far I could see was the volume knob.
The switch works perfectly, so it turns on and off fine.
Volume seems to work fine as well, although it appears to have a very low output.
The other knob that does seem to be original, seems to roll the tone for the bridge pickup, that works fine as well. I'm rather surprised at the working order of the guitar.
If anyone shows interest or has any idea what this guitar is, I could definitely within the next couple days, get some pictures and a video showing everything on the guitar