Lado guitars from the 70's and 80's.... poor man's Alembic?

[mcjt]

What's better than a New Guitar Day?
New GuitarS and BASSES day?

A fool and his money are soon parted.

i sold Lado guitars back in the 80's. i totally loved them for the neck through body construction, the overall quality, the mother of pearl inlays and the beautiful woods.
i never owned one, though.

So despite having NO time to work on my XII, my Bass VI, or Coronados due to my kid, wife and travel schedules, I had the brilliant idea to hunt down another guitar... a vintage Lado.

I found a high end one pretty quickly on ebay, though it had been stripped of all parts. "Even better, another PROJECT!", i thought to myself. But reason was out the window due to the cool laminated zebrawood, maple, bocote, wengé, and curly maple. i bought the husk of a body.



But then i came across another Lado bass on Gbase, in pretty decent condition, with complete original preamp. i haggled with the dealer and he accepted my lower amount.
Ok, now i have another Lado coming to me.



So, i am relaxing on the weekend, thinking about my basses that are on their way, and while drinking a beer, i thought i would Google for some more info. if i keep the zebrawood bass project, i'm going to have to source some EMG pickups, get some Schaller machine heads and a bridge, put together some sort of preamp...

And i found a Kijiji ad for the matching Zebrawood Lado guitar, 40 miles from my home.



WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME? i am putting on my coat and swinging by the bank- i bought the bastard!
No less than THREE late 70's, early 80's Canadian-made guitars to add to my vault!

This has been a VERY expensive week for GAS. i think i am going to take a vacation from eBay, Kijiji and Gbase.com.

[noisepunk]

I've never been a huge fan of very woody guitars, but the shapes on these are pretty neat- more elegant than those Alembic uses if you ask me.

[mcjt]

they might be a little dated, but i don't think they look too much like metal guitars either.
the 80's bring back some very good memories as well!!

[mcjt]

Are there any Lado owners out there?
(did i hear an echo?)

[ludobag1]

if your wife stole your credit card ,don't blame
nice but indeed dated to 80 (not a reproch but often in eighteen guitar are made in wood this is before the shreeder with fushia guitar and
panty hose yellow fluo ,not so far in fact

[mcjt]

i should take a better pic, and maybe a group one, but at least i have got the hump out of the neck, found gold pickup rings, pickups, bridge, tuners.....

[slopoke]

Here's mine, bought new in around 1991:

[shoule79]

Funny story...the only music shop in the town I grew up near was a Lado dealer. They mostly had the cheaper, I think offshore made models that were usually pointy.

Teenage me walked in one day in the early 90's asking for a guitar 'just like Kurt Cobain's' and was told about how all those guitars are garbage, and that I should buy a Lado. I still associate them with the mullet wearing guys of my youth. Good times.

[sessylU]

So much wood, so much 70s. Love it.

i should take a better pic

You should move it away from that radiator!

[mcjt]

indeed, before it come on full blast for a Québec winter!!!

You should move it away from that radiator!