Fun 60's Univox Badazz

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Apr 08, 2015 3:21 am

I scored this cheap on ebay and it came in. I really like it. I want to swap out pots and the bridge, but otherwise it is pretty sweet! Nice red burst like the one on the ET-270 I had.

IMG_7759 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_7760 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Bridge legs are wussy and it tilts. I ordered a Gotoh one.

IMG_7762 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_7764 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_7765 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_7766 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_7767 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_7770 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed Apr 08, 2015 4:14 am

Egads the knobs on that thing! Granted they're probably original but still look comically huge.

Looks like a great player and well put together. Congrats!

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Apr 08, 2015 4:37 am

They are super big lol. The toggle switch is big and textured also.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Wed Apr 08, 2015 11:13 am

Looks pretty nice.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 11:23 am

The knobs look like those huge stomp switches that Rooskie EHX pedals had. BUT BIGGER.

71Smallbox · Post by **71Smallbox** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 7:55 pm

Are you starting a Univox collection?

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:00 pm

looks like a hagstrom tailpiece.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 1:19 am

I like their neck shape a ton. I guess it is called an oval or a D shape? Thin and wide.

The tailpiece totally looks like a Hagstrom one. I just put a bigger Gotoh bridge on and it is much better.

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Sat Apr 11, 2015 12:42 pm

cool guitar

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Sat Apr 11, 2015 4:09 pm

I love the headstock/neckplate logo. It has a cool 70s sci-fi sort of vibe.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sat Apr 11, 2015 6:18 pm

Yeah totally mock futuristic.

jmmc · Post by **jmmc** » Sun Apr 12, 2015 9:14 pm

thats a pretty rad guitar

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 1:09 am

I do an cruddy demo for you.

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HNB · Post by **HNB** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 4:27 am

Turns out this model is called their Badazz.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 4:36 am

The Badazz U1820 guitar and U1820B bass were essentially bolt-neck copies of the new Guild S-100 introduced in 1970, the so-called â€œGuild SG.â€� This was a solidbody with slightly offset double cutaways. It had a bolt-on neck with a Gibson-style open book head, outlined decal logo, block inlays, bound 22-fret rosewood fingerboard (rounded end), two of the 12-pole humbuckers with the narrow center black insert, finetune bridge, Hagstrom-style vibrato (as found on early Guilds), two volume and two tone controls, plus three-way. The bass was the same without the vibrato and with dots along the upper edge of the fingerboard. These were available in cherry red, orange sunburst or natural (â€œnakedâ€�). List price for the guitars in â€™71 was $199.50 with case, while the basses cost $220. These pickups, by the way, while being somewhat microphonic (as with most early Japanese units), scream, if you like a really hot, high-output sound.

http://www.vintageguitar.com/1952/univox-guitars/