anyone know what kind of guitar this is?

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I would say it's an extremely ugly one with that disco era jacket!
Actually I think it's an Italian model of some kind, I will check some things out when I get home from work and see if I can narrow it down.:D
 
At first glance I though Ovation solid-body, but after digging around, turns out I was thinking of this ugly-ass thing:

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I'll have to keep looking for that one in your pic. Not being able to see the top side of the lower bout kinda sucks. I can't tell if it does anything except a normal curve where his arm is obscuring it.

darrin_h2000 said:
Looks like a regular 6 string to me.
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Oh c'mon, that's your suggestion? Don't make me drive down to Overland Park and pop you upside the head :D
 
Pic gets REAL fuzzy at the headstock, but that head looks like the wide, reversed headstock of a Westone or Westbury. I am pretty versed in both brands, tho, and have never seen that body shape. Also, both brands that are dual HB's do not have a pickguard- but somebody could have put one on, easily enough.

Got any clearer pics?
 
I had something very similar - it was an Audition but I don't know the model. It had that cut away at the back. It was set up with 2 single coils and was sunburst - wish I'd kept it - it's the only guitar I've sold! It had a great sound but was surplus to needs & I was needy.
 
Tadpui said:
Oh c'mon, that's your suggestion? Don't make me drive down to Overland Park and pop you upside the head :D
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Eeewww...I try not to have contact with people on the wrong side of state line...thats a good way to catch a disease...but I have to go slumming and hit that Musicians friend store sometime soon...maybe you can come along and convince the hordes of Springer guests that I dont have any change to give them.
 
Just because that guitar is in the video it doesn't mean it was used in the recording.It could just be a prop that was laying around where the video was shot.
 
Roguetitan said:
that is exactley what it is. A buddy of mine had one just like it when I was 15 years old.
Univox made one similar to that also
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Are you sure its a Silvertone? I've looked at a whole lot of pics of vintage Silvertones and I haven't seen anything that has this body shape. All of the Silvertones I've seen look like one of these 2 body shapes:

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It looks like Danelectro had a lot more odd body styles in that era, but I've yet to see anything with that concave end on it.
 
Tadpui said:
Are you sure its a Silvertone? I've looked at a whole lot of pics of vintage Silvertones and I haven't seen anything that has this body shape. All of the Silvertones I've seen look like one of these 2 body shapes:

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or

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It looks like Danelectro had a lot more odd body styles in that era, but I've yet to see anything with that concave end on it.
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nope I am 99.9% positive. just because you cant find a pic of it on the net don't mean it didn't exist. Univox made one very similar to that. try finding a pic of a Univox like that and see what you come up with.
univox made a violin bass with a scroll headstock I would almost bet you won't find one of those on the internet either.
 
Roguetitan said:
nope I am 99.9% positive just because you cant find a pic of it on the net don't mean it didn't exist Univox made one very similar to that. try finding a pic of a Univox like that and see what you come up with.
univox made a violinbass with a scroll headstock I would almost bet you won't find one of those on the internet either.
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Absolutely, they were mostly budget guitars and it was a bit of a lottery what name went on the headstock.:)

Silvertone guitars were made by Kay, Harmony, Danelectro and later Teisco and badged as they saw fit,some later 60`s Tokai`s have very similair body shapes and pickguard layouts too.This might be one of the jap Kawai guitars.:)
 
CMunch said:
Absolutely, they were mostly budget guitars and it was a bit of a lottery what name went on the headstock.:)

Silvertone guitars were made by Kay, Harmony, Danelectro and later Teisco and badged as they saw fit,some later 60`s Tokai`s have very similair body shapes and pickguard layouts too.This might be one of the jap Kawai guitars.:)
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I didnt know Kay made them too.
man I wish I would have kept my old Kay guitars they are actually worth something now days:)
Kay is still in business, I wonder if they still make their own guitars or are they farmed out to China.
 
Roguetitan said:
I didnt know Kay made them too.
man I wish I would have kept my old Kay guitars they are actually worth something now days:)
Kay is still in business, I wonder if they still make their own guitars or are they farmed out to China.
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Think the Kay ThinTwin was first to have Silvertone name stamped in the early fifties,Kay and Silvertone marketed the same or very similair guitar,ugly brute as well.:D

Think but not 100% sure the re-issues are Chinese built.They are not exactly goin all out on advertising eh.;)
 
Silvertones had tape bindings and lipstick pickups,I don't think it's a Silvertone or Danelectro.The headstock is similar to newer Danelectros.
 
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