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Hi, so I have recently been obsessed with RAT!hammock's newest single "Word of the day". In the video, the lead guitarist plays a mystery guitar and I can't figure out what it is, can someone help me out? Here is the video and there should be an image attached. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIkrCcRE5ZY
Looks like a strat with the middle pickup dropped and a jazzmaster/jaguar bridge tremolo fitted.
cheers, Mark.
I don't think so, it has the kind of style as one of those german solid bodies from the 60s but I'm not sure.
There is a scene where you briefly see the name on the headstock and while it's not clear enough to read it's most assuredly not Fender or Squire. I expect it's a late 60's early 70's knockoff or some kind of inexpensive modern "retro" guitar.
Not too much help there was I?
Not really, no.
FWIW I am with King on this. It all looks Fender to me but not all the same Fender. Jazzmaster trem. Body looks like a strat. Controls are like a Duo Sonic. Pickups look like strat neck and bridge. There were a bunch of 2 pup Fenders, but I could not find any with Strat bodies and Jazz master trems, so I am guessing a retrofit or a partscaster.
Well I did notice the illegible name on the headstock which has too many letters to be Fender or Squire so that's something.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bit Confused
The bridge looks like the pre-lawsuit MIJ guitars that were sold as Teiscos and various other brands like Silvertones and Harmonys in the States. Ditto the pickups and other bits. If it has a bar as the string tree it's a giveaway.
It's a mid-70s Japanese Guyatone LG-23.
http://youtu.be/7qA1x-umin0
One listed on Reverb in Australia fairly recently.
https://reverb.com/au/item/13503443-...s-3-tone-burst
Simon you nailed it right down to the finish. I nominate you to be editor of the guitar section in the Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll.
You can see it better in this video (though still not well enough to get the name as it's rather soft-focus, but enough to know it definitely wasn't Fender of Squier):
http://youtu.be/7CJFn0rakv4
So it was down to some googling and a reference in another guitar forum.