What is this thing

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:14 am

Been under the girlfriends bed for some time now, what the hell is it, no decal or anything
would consider finding/making a guard and dropping in a p90 and making it playable

pics

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:20 am

looks like one of those top twenty guitars.

or something belonging to seasick steve

Ty · Post by Ty » Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:21 am

It's her dirty little secret.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:16 am

Catshit, maybe?
Agree with Proggy, Top Twenty type thing, faux burst plywood body and unplayable. They make decent slide guitars if your lucky. My mate is actually gigging (god help him) with a Top Twenty, he's got a Robert Smith fascination though so maybe its excusable.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:28 am

the tuning keys look cool

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:36 am

Harmony H15 Bobkat, they usually sell for around $300-$450 complete and in decent shape

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:59 am

ah, good call. it looks like an H14, the one pickup version.

http://harmony.demont.net/

william · Post by **william** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 2:15 am

looks like it, but its not. at least, its not like the one posted. headstock is different, bridge is different, treble side cutaway is not as deep. tailpiece is different.

maybe its a variation, but its not just like the one posted.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 4:21 am

yeah, there is a number of things that set it apart but it is very similar
body is plywood though

bassintom · Post by **bassintom** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 4:38 am

There's no remorse butchering a ply body.Change the neck and tailpiece.Do something,anything with it.

Will · Post by **Will** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 4:42 am

Haze wrote:yeah, there is a number of things that set it apart but it is very similar
body is plywood though

Whatd'ya say bout plywood?!?!?!

Ty · Post by Ty » Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:05 am

That's a really nice photo.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:08 am

indeed it is, dano's have their own shime to them, this thing... not so much

william · Post by **william** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:02 pm

masonite's not really plywood, is it? its more like pressed fiberboard, right? no actual "plies." and the actual wood frame sandwiched between the masonite sides is solid pine, i think. brilliant design, i want another.

now, alot of nice archtops and semihollows and the like had "laminated" tops, which noone wants to admit is just contoured plywood. these guitars are made this way for cost, but also because plywood is very durable because of the differences in the grain of the wood used in the "plies."

framus necks never warp because they are made of a bunch of plies set at opposing angles. martin copied this, and you can see it on their current lower end necks.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:34 pm

Progrockabuse wrote:looks like one of those top twenty guitars.

yup. they're utter shit construction-wise, you could snap the neck off with zero effort. they feel like they're made from papier machÃ©.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:05 pm

william wrote:
framus necks never warp because they are made of a bunch of plies set at opposing angles. martin copied this, and you can see it on their current lower end necks.

Yeah, and the necks never warp at ALL, so when the body changes slightly due to humidity, the top usually cracks at the seams (on those lower end martins)

Will · Post by **Will** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:30 pm

Nick wrote:
william wrote:
framus necks never warp because they are made of a bunch of plies set at opposing angles. martin copied this, and you can see it on their current lower end necks.
Yeah, and the necks never warp at ALL, so when the body changes slightly due to humidity, the top usually cracks at the seams (on those lower end martins)

Also, the wood used in the plys looks pink under some light - do not want.

william · Post by **william** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:00 pm

both of those things are also truth.

ive seen framus 12 strings with a split in the top on either side of the neck, but by god that neck is STRAIGHT.

and yeah, those martins look like ass. but they play OK, and sound fine imo.