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by stevestrat » Wed Mar 27, 2013 1:51 pm

Hi, I'm Steve, new here but been working on guitars for years. I'm here to try to find out more about Columbus guitars. I first came across one a couple of years ago when I had a real basket case to ressurect. It was the ES335 copy and I just loved the way it felt in the hands, just felt right. It's the only guitar I've worked on that I wanted to buy from the owner, he wasn't interested in selling :(

Recently managed to acquire an immaculate one for myself but due to an impending house move I can't get the time to do anything with it. Truthfully it needs very little done, action is nigh on perfect, previous owner played in a band & guitar had recently been set up by the tech at the studio they use. All I intend doing is upgrading to better quality pots, switch etc.
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by Phizix » Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:22 pm

Welcome stevestrat,

We have one Columbus catalog in our subscription section from the 70's that has a 335 copy called the "28/I" on the first page. Does yours have a walnut finish?

http://www.vintaxe.com/cgi-bin/vintaxe_ ... bus_page01

Best of luck with getting the guitar set up to your liking.
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by stevestrat » Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:33 pm

Mine is later than the one in the catalogue, possibly early '80s Korean made? Not going to be any later than the mid '80s as that's when Matsumoku went down the plughole with Singer!

It has had a pickup change but I have the originals and the pickguard as well.

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