When I first looked at this guitar I threw up. Which was fine because I throw up often. But I'd just eaten a cheese and worcester sauce toastie, and when I looked at my sick it looked like that tortoiseshell, so I threw up again. To try and avoid throwing up from the sight of my own sick in my lap, all over my hands and dripping down on the floor I looked at my monitor, saw the picture that originally made me throw up and promptly threw up again. This went on for about an hour until I managed to scroll down to a picture of Prince which made me shit my pants.
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:02 pm
by mkt3000
ekwatts wrote:When I first looked at this guitar I threw up. Which was fine because I throw up often. But I'd just eaten a cheese and worcester sauce toastie, and when I looked at my sick it looked like that tortoiseshell, so I threw up again. To try and avoid throwing up from the sight of my own sick in my lap, all over my hands and dripping down on the floor I looked at my monitor, saw the picture that originally made me throw up and promptly threw up again. This went on for about an hour until I managed to scroll down to a picture of Prince which made me shit my pants.
Quoted for posterity.
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:35 pm
by westtexasred
Where can I get a pickguard made of that kind of tort? I think it is called Custom Italian Celluloid Tortoise Shell pickguards,
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:43 pm
by paul_
That pattern is usually called "australian tortoiseshell"
GFS do "red australian tortoise"
On the amber side "tiger stripe" is somewhat similar as far as approaching the tackiness level.
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:44 pm
by James
westtexasred wrote:It was made in Japan by Moridaira...
I used to have a Moridaira acoustic. Run of the mill low-mid level MIJ dreadnought from the mid-70s. Probably on par with the lower end of the MIJ Yamaha stuff. Not an easy company to research, though.
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I love that. What is it?
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:52 pm
by westtexasred
paul_ wrote:That pattern is usually called "australian tortoiseshell"
GFS do "red australian tortoise"
On the amber side "tiger stripe" is somewhat similar as far as approaching the tackiness level.
Thanks! I read De Temple used "Italian Celluloid Tortoise" for these guitars made for Kirk Hammet
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:57 pm
by HNB
Cheesy, but I like 'em.
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:07 pm
by westtexasred
I want to get pickguard like that for my Jag
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:14 pm
by westtexasred
James wrote:
westtexasred wrote:It was made in Japan by Moridaira...
I used to have a Moridaira acoustic. Run of the mill low-mid level MIJ dreadnought from the mid-70s. Probably on par with the lower end of the MIJ Yamaha stuff. Not an easy company to research, though.
westtexasred wrote:Where can I get a pickguard made of that kind of tort? I think it is called Custom Italian Celluloid Tortoise Shell pickguards,
Leave Ekwatts' aforementioned WELSH!!!11 rarebit toastie in the oven a little too long (or mix some mozzarella into the cheddar, GASP!) and there's a chance you'll get a decent reissue guard.
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:27 pm
by Mages
I think the HS Anderson guitar looks great. the only cheesy thing is the flame maple top. otherwise it looks really cool. the mini guard around the bridge pickup is a much better shape on the new one; the old ones looked kinda meh.
and yeah totally do the tort like that on yr gold jag.
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 8:02 am
by westtexasred
Yeah,it's too bad you can't get it anymore. The company that made it no longer exists.
Here is an original 70's Madcat.
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This is a an 80's Hofner "The Prinz". I think these were made in Korea
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 1:26 pm
by robroe
westtexasred wrote:He's a Mad Cat
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COME UP TO MINNESOTA HERE COME THE PURPLE YODA
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 3:53 pm
by rps-10
One of the later Hohner ones on ebay UK. IIRC I'm sure the earlier ones they made had more a of a tele style headstock.
