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Bertram D
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- 1960s Orpheum Violin-bodied Guitar From Italy
guitarz.blogspot.com: At first I mistook this guitar for a Russian-made Orpheus or Orfeus (they seemed to used the different spellings inter-changably), but of course it is a 1960s Italian-made Orpheum violin-bodied guitar with three pickups and a vibrato....
- Another Orfeus Thinline Electric Guitar From Communist-era Eastern Europe
guitarz.blogspot.com: Here's a Communist-era East-European Orfeus Thinline electric guitar currently being offered for sale on eBay, with bidding currently at $58 at the time of writing this blog post. We've looked at similar Orfeus guitars before...
- Jolana Rubin - 1970s Soviet-era Czechoslovakian Semi-hollowbody Bass
guitarz.blogspot.com: This Soviet-era Czechoslovakian semi-hollowbody Jolana Rubin short-scale bass really does look quite glorious. I've no idea what it sounds like or how it plays, but I want it. I am reminded of the Orfeus Hebros bass from Bulgaria...
- Customized Keytone Es 335
guitarz.blogspot.com I'm usually not a fan of paint job on guitars, and even less of fake battered looks, but I like this one for some reason... Maybe because it is the crossing between some patterns I like, the Rising Sun Japanese flag, the...
- Ural 510l Bass: Bolshevik Bottom End !!
Had a few bass buddies over last weekend and pulled out some of my "Wall of Shame" basses to baffle and amuse them - including this not quite mint Russian-made Ural 510L bass, which dates to sometime in the 1980s, despite its 1960s bizarro styling. Somewhat...
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3 pickups Orfeus Hebros
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Orfeus is one of the worst documented guitar brand on the internet - roughly all we can tell for sure is that it was a Bulgarian company from the communist era and that's it... Still some instruments pop up regularly to be auctioned online, such as this Orfeus Hebros - though the name Hebros is not confirmed (there was a Hebros bass similar to this guitar but noone can tell if the name was used for the guitar - and I saw a few different Orfeus models tagged Hebros...).
Anyway this one seems to be the higher end model with 3 pickups and big inlays on the fretboard (though I cannot tell if it's something nicely done...). The wide burst finish is typical of Orfeus that has been noted for its original finishes (we've seen some on this blog...). You'll notice that the pickups have 'Orpheus' written on them when the headstock sports 'Orfeus' (and since Bulgarian uses cyrillic alphabet it should be Орфeyc or Орфей...)
Bertram D
© 2013, Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - the blog that goes all the way to 11!
- 1960s Orpheum Violin-bodied Guitar From Italy
guitarz.blogspot.com: At first I mistook this guitar for a Russian-made Orpheus or Orfeus (they seemed to used the different spellings inter-changably), but of course it is a 1960s Italian-made Orpheum violin-bodied guitar with three pickups and a vibrato....
- Another Orfeus Thinline Electric Guitar From Communist-era Eastern Europe
guitarz.blogspot.com: Here's a Communist-era East-European Orfeus Thinline electric guitar currently being offered for sale on eBay, with bidding currently at $58 at the time of writing this blog post. We've looked at similar Orfeus guitars before...
- Jolana Rubin - 1970s Soviet-era Czechoslovakian Semi-hollowbody Bass
guitarz.blogspot.com: This Soviet-era Czechoslovakian semi-hollowbody Jolana Rubin short-scale bass really does look quite glorious. I've no idea what it sounds like or how it plays, but I want it. I am reminded of the Orfeus Hebros bass from Bulgaria...
- Customized Keytone Es 335
guitarz.blogspot.com I'm usually not a fan of paint job on guitars, and even less of fake battered looks, but I like this one for some reason... Maybe because it is the crossing between some patterns I like, the Rising Sun Japanese flag, the...
- Ural 510l Bass: Bolshevik Bottom End !!
Had a few bass buddies over last weekend and pulled out some of my "Wall of Shame" basses to baffle and amuse them - including this not quite mint Russian-made Ural 510L bass, which dates to sometime in the 1980s, despite its 1960s bizarro styling. Somewhat...