Can anyone identify this guitar

GEISHA · Post by **GEISHA** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:33 pm

This guitar is fore sale in Germany and is advertised as a early 1970's no-brand guitar from Japan.
Plywood body, full maple neck, no truss rod?? Any estimate regarding value?

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:39 pm

Fake maple-neck Mustang, sexy. Could sound and play like crap - how much is it going for?

EDIT: wait, no truss rod? hmmm, think that would make it no deal for me.

bassintom · Post by **bassintom** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:02 pm

I'd pay $50 to get those parts.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:33 pm

Does it actually say it has no truss rod? It could be on the heel of the neck and only accessible/visible with the pickguard removed, like an attempt at the style of older fenders/acoustic guitars.

Though if it is just a cheap no-name jobby from the 70s it's highly possible it doesn't have a truss rod.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:44 pm

Could be a Zenta, Fresher or Orion... There were a lot of Mustang copies at one point, especially Jap, they have been popular over there since the 70's. A lot of early Jap copies were ply as well. Looking at the bridge i'd say Zenta, very similar to early Satellite.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:31 am

it looks like a Dangleberry POS to me.

william · Post by **william** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:40 am

ive seen a red hondo that looked exactly like that, down to the skinny comp stripes.

GEISHA · Post by **GEISHA** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:17 am

william wrote:ive seen a red hondo that looked exactly like that, down to the skinny comp stripes.

You mean this one? Indeed it looks much like it, but Hondo is Korean not Japanese.

Ty · Post by Ty » Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:25 am

This thread makes me

william · Post by **william** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 2:42 pm

GEISHA wrote:
william wrote:ive seen a red hondo that looked exactly like that, down to the skinny comp stripes.
You mean this one? Indeed it looks much like it, but Hondo is Korean not Japanese.

ah, my memory has failed me, it doesnt look as much like it as i thought.

is that the only stang hondo ever made? that one looks alot fuglier than i remembered.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:04 pm

The Hondo looks like if they made a Wallace and Grommit where he played guitar, that's the claystang they'd make him.

william · Post by **william** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:10 pm

paul_ wrote:The Hondo looks like if they made a Wallace and Grommit where he played guitar, that's the claystang they'd make him.

that actually made me WANT a little bit more, say 5% from 3%.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 2:53 am

Curious mish-mash.

Hondo in Korean sort of means "(my) soul, also". A good translation of that into normal English would seem to be "not really it", especially judging by that nontonation bridge and diet stripes.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 2:55 am

It looks bloody awful.

Well, it looks good as an object, but I doubt it's any good as a guitar.

aen · Post by **aen** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:09 am

ultratwin wrote:Curious mish-mash.

Hondo in Korean sort of means "(my) soul, also". A good translation of that into normal English would seem to be "not really it", especially judging by that nontonation bridge and diet stripes.

hahhahahahha, srsly? Hondo translates to "not really it?"

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:20 am

aen wrote:
ultratwin wrote:Curious mish-mash.

Hondo in Korean sort of means "(my) soul, also". A good translation of that into normal English would seem to be "not really it", especially judging by that nontonation bridge and diet stripes.

hahhahahahha, srsly? Hondo translates to "not really it?"

Not quite, but the word hon plus suffix do enables the presence of a negating verb to follow (and occasionally doesn't require it, especially in colloquialisms), which means the word can be defined as "soulless", or more accurately "doesn't even have a soul" or "is not (even a) soul". A bit of a stretch de la lexicon, but you get the idea.

A intrasearch yielded a number of cultures who have a usage of the name "Hondo", so...so much for teh exclusive ultrafunnies.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 5:44 am

I haven't ever seen one with a cool trem like that. Here's one I sold on ebay last year. It was pretty much SHIT, but would be great for BLACK LIPS style stuff.

matocaster · Post by **matocaster** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:46 am

Haha those stripes are pretty whimpy, never seen one like that before

GEISHA · Post by **GEISHA** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:24 am

More of that stuff

Ty · Post by Ty » Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:40 pm

GEISHA wrote:

These don't look half bad.