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Bertram D
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- 1978 Music Man Sabre 1
guitarz.blogspot.com Usually I don't care for strat-shaped guitars but the Music Man Sabre has an interesting story and it's not a mere copy, since it was conceived by Leo Fender himself during his short time in the company. By the time...
- Gibson Les Paul Vixen, A Real Guitar For Women!
guitarz.blogspot.com: The now discontinued Gibson Les Paul Vixen was introduced in 2006 and was marketed as "A real guitar for women". It was basically a stripped down Les Paul with a lightweight mahogany body, narrow string spacing with slim-taper...
- Prestige Early Pointy Guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com This Prestige has everything of the 1970s plywood Japanese cheapos you still find everywhere for a few euros (or pounds, or dollars) under various brands (and often assumed to be Teiscos): plywood body in redburst finish, mahogany...
- The Jaguaro-bisonesque Antoria 993
guitarz.blogspot.com Here is a 1960s Antoria 993 that seems to combine the body of a Jaguar with the horns of a Bison (something that might interest also cryptozoologists, mythologists and readers of Jorge Luis Borges) for a unique feel. Antoria...
- Squier M-80
guitarz.blogspot.com: At first sight, this M80 doesn't look much like a Squier - isn't Squier supposed to just released budget versions of Fender guitars? -, but more like these Matsumoku guitars from the early 1980s that prepared the guitar...
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Mahogany Fender Toronado
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With its natural finish on mahogany and minimal gear, this mid-2000s Fender Toronado makes me think of these stern but desirable Japanese guitars from the 1980s that arrived after the copy era, and made the sound of early metal. But the Seymour Duncan P90s make it clearly a contemporary guitar, and not a mere attempt to sneak into Gibson's market (both company regularly release unsuccessful models using their competitors' pickups/scales/headstocks/...)
With their straighten Jaguar outline, Gibson scale, humbuckers and four knobs, the Fender Toronados were introduced in 1998, renewed in 2004 and discontinued in 2006, and existed in many different designs - the most remarkable being the big tortoise-shell pickguard or the L-shaped racing strip on metallic finish. They had a kind of Ibanez simple cool - you know when Ibanez is not losing its time going all pointy) and it's a pity Fender didn't leave it time enough to settle down - 10 years is too short to go standard.
Bertram D
© 2014, Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - the blog that goes all the way to 11!
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- 1978 Music Man Sabre 1
guitarz.blogspot.com Usually I don't care for strat-shaped guitars but the Music Man Sabre has an interesting story and it's not a mere copy, since it was conceived by Leo Fender himself during his short time in the company. By the time...
- Gibson Les Paul Vixen, A Real Guitar For Women!
guitarz.blogspot.com: The now discontinued Gibson Les Paul Vixen was introduced in 2006 and was marketed as "A real guitar for women". It was basically a stripped down Les Paul with a lightweight mahogany body, narrow string spacing with slim-taper...
- Prestige Early Pointy Guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com This Prestige has everything of the 1970s plywood Japanese cheapos you still find everywhere for a few euros (or pounds, or dollars) under various brands (and often assumed to be Teiscos): plywood body in redburst finish, mahogany...
- The Jaguaro-bisonesque Antoria 993
guitarz.blogspot.com Here is a 1960s Antoria 993 that seems to combine the body of a Jaguar with the horns of a Bison (something that might interest also cryptozoologists, mythologists and readers of Jorge Luis Borges) for a unique feel. Antoria...
- Squier M-80
guitarz.blogspot.com: At first sight, this M80 doesn't look much like a Squier - isn't Squier supposed to just released budget versions of Fender guitars? -, but more like these Matsumoku guitars from the early 1980s that prepared the guitar...