Can amybody identify this old electric guitar?

[cjhakenkalk]

I found this interesting guitar at an estate sale. It came with a Magnatone Esteys tube amp. The person said their father bought it as a package when he was about 10 years old and has had it ever since. I cannot find any marks at all on this guitar.... It has a nice fat neck and plays surprisingly well. The amp sounds very cool too....

Here are some photos of the vintage guitar. Anybody have any ideas? Magnatone?

http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr26 ... ker004.jpg

http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr26 ... ker002.jpg
http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr26 ... ker007.jpg

[wietse]

nice one, with those goldfoil pickups these certainly sound great.
i owned a audition with a pickup like that, that was an export name for kawai guitars for the UK, that also had a chrome scratchplate.
so looks a teisco/kawai produce to me, but every OEM name is possible with those old cheapo's even brandless were quite common.
has also some common features with some guyatones.

[cjhakenkalk]

Anybody know where I can find a whammy bar for this old axe?

[johnnyb]

i have an old maxitone that has the same vibrato. (photos are on a different strain). the neck looks the same too. i went to a local music store that does repairs. they had a box of miscelaneus bars and i found one that fit. these are more of a vibrato unit than a whammy. i found it to be rather useless. the bar just makes it look cool.

[Astrochimp]

I know this is an old thread.

A 'metric' strat arm will fit and works well, just looks funny.

I had one in the late 70's.

David