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Every so often I get a rare Guitar in for some TLC.
This is one such beastie, late 70's Rama SG style...
Rama only ever built around 90 instruments, the builder was a leading hand at Maton for many years.
Do a google search for more info on who had these amazingly well built Guitars.
nice axe DB, you are lucky to work on such cool axes and the pics of the 79 Gretsch you sent me
Not heard of them before DB nice find and a bit of interesting guitar history.
Thanks
Kimball
This one?...............
yeah mate, I would love both those axes in my small collection !
@ KB we need to distract DB and somehow hijack the axes hahaha
Hey DB,
What is the deal with the nut and the first fret(?) or zero(?) fret being so close together?
Rabz
Interesting design DB. What's happened to the body in the first photo below the bridge? Has someone tried engraving the body?
@Rabz.... interesting isnt it? I have never seen it before either. I would imagine they were after a brighter tone with that setup.
@ Zandy.. Thats what happens when an ice head gets thier hands on beautiful things..
My buddy who now owns it has sent it to me to remove the graffiti and re spray that section, as well as a new control cover so he can put her in his shop to sell.
Geez, what cool looking 70's classics, cheers for posting the pics DB.
some nice classics there, thanks for sharing
Damn, so I guess it's saveable then?Quote:
Originally Posted by dingobass
Thankfully yes. The childish graffiti can be sanded out.
Looks like they were built in the same way Alembic Basses were back then
Lots of guitars and bases being built in the late '70s to very early '80s with that form of construction, mainly Japanese. Ibanez, Aria, Vantage, Washburn & Westone - to name but I few that I know of. Not all had a natural finish. Probably copying the Alembic style initially as Tweaky said, though there may may been others apart from Alembic doing it, though Alembic were certainly the best known.
DiMarzio pickups? Super distortions?
This article is a fairly comprehensive explanation of the origins of Rama guitars, timbers, electrics and hardware used
http://www.guitarnerd.com.au/2015/07...-in-melbourne/
A very interesting read DB. I was right about the DiMarzios - though the tapped (3-wire) Dual Sounds rather than pure Super Distortions.