What is this guitar?
May 4, 2007 1:05 PM Subscribe
Can anyone identify this guitar? Info and links to photos inside.
Gibson Les Paul, but if there's no branding it's probably a copy.
posted by goo at 1:14 PM on May 4, 2007
posted by goo at 1:14 PM on May 4, 2007
My husband (man with far too many guitars) proclaims is a "Japanese Les Paul knockoff, from the 1970s".
posted by kellyblah at 1:18 PM on May 4, 2007
posted by kellyblah at 1:18 PM on May 4, 2007
All Experts says it's a cheap Asian knockoff, and I tend to agree.
posted by cosmicbandito at 1:19 PM on May 4, 2007
posted by cosmicbandito at 1:19 PM on May 4, 2007
I think it's a Hondo II. The bolt-on neck is a dead giveaway.
posted by M.C. Lo-Carb! at 1:43 PM on May 4, 2007
posted by M.C. Lo-Carb! at 1:43 PM on May 4, 2007
Oh, and the value of a decent asian knockoff, which this appears to be, would be about $100. One with a set neck, like the Indonesian Electra would be more valuable, like maybe $200 or $250.
posted by M.C. Lo-Carb! at 1:47 PM on May 4, 2007
posted by M.C. Lo-Carb! at 1:47 PM on May 4, 2007
Echoing jamaro, I have a Univox "Les Paul" and it's remarkably similar to the photo.
posted by tommasz at 1:47 PM on May 4, 2007
posted by tommasz at 1:47 PM on May 4, 2007
Response by poster: Thanks, all. I've known it's a fake Les Paul, but wondering exactly what. Looks like jamaro's link has it, as the review mentions the butterfly. Certainly not a totally crap guitar, good and heavy, which is part of why I've been wondering about it. Thanks again.
On preview, I got it for free, but it has become far more valuable to me than $100, so...yeah!
posted by zoinks at 1:53 PM on May 4, 2007
On preview, I got it for free, but it has become far more valuable to me than $100, so...yeah!
posted by zoinks at 1:53 PM on May 4, 2007
Ibenez, Univox & Epiphone (Matsumoko) didn't use a butterfly icon. But maybe they made other brands I don't know about.
Previous owner has removed logotype, to let others presume it's a LP, eh?
posted by artdrectr at 2:00 PM on May 4, 2007
Previous owner has removed logotype, to let others presume it's a LP, eh?
posted by artdrectr at 2:00 PM on May 4, 2007
I don't care who made it. I think it is a Rock & Roll machine. Better watch who you point it at.
posted by chillmost at 5:07 PM on May 4, 2007
posted by chillmost at 5:07 PM on May 4, 2007
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posted by jalexei at 1:14 PM on May 4, 2007