what is this???

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 5:44 am

what the fuck is this thing???

http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s312 ... nt=Zim.flv

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 5:47 am

some sorta jap thing from the 60's by the looks of it, hell it might even be one of those almost cool harmony's or silvertones.

Stan Kwervo · Post by **Stan Kwervo** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 5:40 pm

my dads co-worker has one of those from her dad from the 60's and we almost considered getting it...'til i saw and held it in person.

the neck is SUPER thick and and it doesn't have a very good feel to it.

holyCATS1415 · Post by **holyCATS1415** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 3:59 am

my friend has 1 or 2 zim-gar guitars, kind of shitty, but cool looking.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 4:04 am

Stan Kwervo wrote:my dads co-worker has one of those from her dad from the 60's and we almost considered getting it...'til i saw and held it in person.

the neck is SUPER thick and and it doesn't have a very good feel to it.

You can tell that from the video.

that thing is like a freggen 2X4

kim · Post by **kim** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:56 am

teisco something ?

kim · Post by **kim** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:16 am

on second thought it almost looks too 'new' and clean to be an older guitar, maybe the guy had it made for him based on the real stuff

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 2:03 pm

Ok, this is going to sound CRAZY, but the guitar is actually what it says in the title. The name of the brand is "ZIM GAR".

I first stumbled upon them when a pickguard for one came up in an ebay search for a different weird 60s guitar I had. I saw the style and switches and had to google it.

Unfortunately there's not much out there on them, I found this picture of another one on google though.

EDIT: damn, just realized I wasn't first to the punch with the answer in this thread.