Mystery Guitar?

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Mystery Guitar?

Post by POORHOWARD » Sun Feb 04, 2024 8:25 pm

Can someone please help me identify this guitar. Any info would be helpful. I suppose the best clue would be the three triangle headstock. The pickups seem to be replaced and it's in pretty rough shape but I want to restore it. Thank you!


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Re: Mystery Guitar?

Post by MattK » Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:45 am

Both pictures are the same, did you intend that?
I would guess it's a self-build rather than a commercial brand - I've never seen that particular shape or the unusual inset panel near the bridge.
The pickups are Fender Lace Sensors but that's definitely not a Fender model nor a one-off made by them.

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Re: Mystery Guitar?

Post by GreenKnee » Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:48 am

Looks very DIY.

Acoustic bridge slid under the strings, I would guess this doesn't intonate well at all.

The odd panel added near the bridge is coloured with permanent marker...

I would take the pickups out and scrap the rest personally.

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Re: Mystery Guitar?

Post by UlricvonCatalyst » Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:24 am

I'd guess it's a heavily modified/repaired guitar rather than a DIY build from scratch. It's easy to envisage the missing chunk where the bridge (and possibly trem sat) in the same colour as the rest of it. I don't know - maybe it had a Floyd Rose in there that somebody hacksawed out or something. The headstock brought Dean guitars to mind (though I don't think it actually is one).

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Re: Mystery Guitar?

Post by armensguitars » Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:40 am

Looks like a home job, the pickups are cool though. I doubt you could get that playing very well without more effort than its worth unless it has sentimental value and warrants a try.

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