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Anyone Know What This Critter IS?
Posted: 17 Oct 2011 11:31 am
by Arthur Herrmann
Could use an ID on this guitar located in a guitar shop in York, Pa. Anyone recognize it?
http://guitarsongeorge.wordpress.com/wo ... st-guitar/
Posted: 17 Oct 2011 4:07 pm
by Hugh Holstein
How could it be from the 40's or 50's and have a solid state amp?
The transistor wasn't invented until the early sixties.
Posted: 17 Oct 2011 5:30 pm
by Ron Whitfield
That look's to be classic 1970 era craftsmanship, and may be the ugliest guitar in history. But interesting! Neck shape appears to be quite nice.
Posted: 18 Oct 2011 6:37 am
by Brad Bechtel
I know it isn't a lap steel. Moved to Music from Steel Without Pedals.
Posted: 18 Oct 2011 7:46 am
by Blake Hawkins
A comment on transistors. There were commercial transistor products in 1954. The Regency TR-1 radio
was introduced in the fall of 1954.
By 1957 great improvements had been made.
So, it is possible that the guitar in question
was made in the mid to late '50's.
If we knew the type number of the transistors used
and the voltage rating of the caps in the circuit
it would be possible to arrive at a rough date.
Also there are date codes on various parts such as the pots and the speakers.
It has been a long time ago, but I think I built some
transistor preamps in 1956 or 1957 using
General Electric type 2N170 transistors.
Posted: 18 Oct 2011 6:25 pm
by Kevin Hatton
It was manufactured by The Big Foot guitar company. It was their Caucasian model.
Posted: 18 Oct 2011 6:56 pm
by William Lake
Kevin Hatton wrote:It was manufactured by The Big Foot guitar company. It was their Caucasian model.
The sasquatch model?
Posted: 18 Oct 2011 11:34 pm
by Kevin Hatton
The matching amplifier to this guitar was called The Vibrofoot. It had a "Squatch Switch" on it for overdrive.