Sum ting wong?

Matt Bach · Post by **Matt Bach** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 1:14 am

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/70s-Acoustic ... 441wt_1140

Thought this might be of interest to some of you; I certainly find it rather amazing. Body shape aside, take a look at those frets!

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 12:23 pm

Yeah a weird one alright, I'd almost say it was a rather poor attempt at fan frets but the saddle doesn't seem to have enough compensation/angle for that. Don't know if I'd like that body shape either.

Lillian · Post by **Lillian** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 12:29 pm

Wow.

Kim · Post by **Kim** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 4:52 pm

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I can certainly see the thought behind the body shape, effectively there IS more 'contributing' surface area to the soundboard....but then I am not a big fan of porridge, pilates or Volvo's either.

As for the frets..the board was obviously stolen from a passing circus.... the axe thrower must have been most pissed that some wanker would steel his practice backing board and saw the bloody thing up like that.

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Cheers

Kim

Puff · Post by **Puff** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 5:53 pm

They have nuclear reactors - where's the "Now I'm really shitting myself icon?

Paul B · Post by **Paul B** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:00 pm

That's probably the second worst 'first guitar' I've ever seen.

jeffhigh · Post by **jeffhigh** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:19 pm

Well I'm the high bidder at $2.75

Kim · Post by **Kim** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:22 pm

jeffhigh wrote:Well I'm the high bidder at $2.75

Boy they seen you com'in Jeff...

Puff · Post by **Puff** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:25 pm

Love your style -if was on Trade Me here I would do the same for the s***t of it.

charangohabsburg · Post by **charangohabsburg** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:45 pm

I find the description even cooler than the fretboard:

NOBODY KNOWS WHAT TO MAKE OF THIS!
I guess that fact alone may make it appealing.

The body shape is a design by Manuel Contreras for Abel Carlevaro, but that model had no soundhole; the opening was a gap between the top and the sides (here an interview with Carlevaro in Spanish and Taiwanese, have a look at 0:26 to see the gap I mentioned).

charangohabsburg · Post by **charangohabsburg** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:59 pm

charangohabsburg wrote:The body shape is a design by Manuel Contreras for Abel Carlevaro, [...]

To be more precise: Carlevaro came up with the design and Contreras got entitled to make those guitars. (Later, a German luthier bought his patents, but I guess they must be about to expire in these years or it's already the case.

nutsdan · Post by **nutsdan** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 10:00 pm

Compensated frets for a "sweetened" tuning maybe???

charangohabsburg · Post by **charangohabsburg** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 10:03 pm

Or an intent to reproduce some Chinese scale.

blazemite · Post by **blazemite** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:17 pm

haha my first guitar's body looked like this unintentionally ........ hahahh

rocket · Post by **rocket** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 3:34 pm

Freaking me out man!!!

Puff · Post by **Puff** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 3:45 pm

She's a genuine Cheech and Chong "Wow man...."

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