Is this guitar any special?

[F_cksia]

Picked it up in a second-handstore for 15 Euros or so, looks in a good condition, having some old, probably original strings on it, old bridge and all.

The most peculiar thing on it is that is hasn´t got any frets, just lines on the board. Now I am not really a guitar player or expert so can anyone tell me if this is anything vintage/ special/ rare or not even good enough to wipe your ass with?

See pic. Thanks!

 

[crazydoc]

I don't know if it's just the photo (which is also so blurry it's not very helpful) but it looks like the neck is badly twisted, which would certainly make it worthless as a music maker.

 

[boingoman]

See if there is someone local who can take a look at it. Maybe some better pix would help someone here.

 

[F_cksia]

I´m sorry, let´s try it with these.

 

[randyfromde]

The most peculiar thing on it is that is hasn´t got any frets, just lines on the board. Now I am not really a guitar player or expert so can anyone tell me if this is anything vintage/ special/ rare or not even good enough to wipe your ass with?

Guitar doesn't lend itself to fretless playing like bass does. Unless you are using a slide on the guitar, it probably won't be very useful.

 

[F_cksia]

Yeah I know but I didn´t tell that because I wanted to play on it, but to ask if that was something special, the missing link between violin and guitar or something ..

 

[Buck62]

To me, that looks like a copy of an old National hollow-body.

Since there is no name on the headstock, there's a good chance that it's a "house brand" guitar. These guitars were manufactured for department store chains (Sears, Montgomery Ward, etc.) even before these chains eventually put their own brand name on them. Guitars for Wards eventually had "Airline" on the headstock. It could also be an old Silvertone or Harmony guitar that had the name removed from the headstock.

I don't think it's worth a whole lot of money because the guitar needs to be in really nice playing condition and it's identity has to be established as a rare and desireable brand and model. Just because it's old, that doesn't mean it's a treasure. I think you have a nice conversation piece, that's about it. If you're willing to pay the $$$ to have it properly restored to good playing condition, you'd have a nice keeper. Right now, you've got an antique doorstop.

 

[F_cksia]

Ok cool, just wanted to make sure I´m not about to destroy tons of $$ because I´m planning to build it into an lo-fi ´electric´ guitar..

 

[EddieRay]

I was gonna say put a nut-riser on it and use it as a lap steel but it looks like it already has a nut-riser.

 

[TexRoadkill]

If it has no frets and a nut riser it's probably made for slide. The important thiing is how does it sound?

 

[F_cksia]

If it has no frets and a nut riser it's probably made for slide. The important thiing is how does it sound?

Klunk KLunk Klunk...

The longest note I can get out of it lasts half a second..

 

[Track Rat]

It looks like an old Harmony. If so, it's dung.

 

[Easto]

It looks like an old Harmony. If so, it's dung.

Yep, it looks like a Harmony I had back in the mid '60s as my first guitar (if you could call it a guitar) hehe. But boy... back then I was on top of the world with it.