Guitar
Bertram D
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- Herbert Todt / Pergold Violin Bass
guitarz.blogspot.com This astonishing violin bass was created by luthier Herbert Todt for East-German company Pergold - that was probably a brand used by workers of bigger companies in Markneukirchen like Musima when they made higher end instruments...
- Migma Hollow-body
guitarz.blogspot.com It's been too long since I last shown a Migma guitar here - the odd twin company of more famous East-German Musima. This hollow-body model has their trademark strangely shaped pickguard, extra long whammy bar and sound-holes...
- See A Migma Thinline Guitar In A Wall Of Death Video
guitarz.blogspot.com: In this video of French band Wall of Death (who opened for the Black Angels on their last tour, the guitarist mimes playing on an übercool Migma thinline such as this one (we also posted about the blue model with floral pattern...
- Meinel Und Herold Jazz Guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com Meinel und Herold was a renowned German late 19th century accordion and harmonica company that later turned into a music instruments mail order distributing company - though they didn't build them, their violins, flutes or mandolins...
- Ibanez Prestige Saber 2020xav With Piezo And Floyd Rose Trem
guitarz.blogspot.com This Ibanez Prestige Saber 2020XAV has two jack outputs - one for the regular magnetic pickups and one for the piezo pickup, something that allows a quick change from electric to acoustic sound (don't know...
Guitar
Migma 2000
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In the second half of the 20th century, it was common to add '2000' to a brand or to the name of a product to sound futuristic - could be cars, radios, vacuum cleaners, toothpaste, street artists… Now in 2014, when people carry around smartphones that are more powerful that the computer that helped Apollo to fly to the moon, it sounds very retro, like putting data on audio-cassettes, the stratocaster or Soviet Union…
So here is the Migma 2000, that must have been something very advanced at some point, the acme of socialist technopop! I still wish a guitar company would revive some east-european models from the 1960s/1970s. A few months ago Eastwood made a 'cheesy guitars' (what a stupid and insulting name) contest to have their fanbase choose a bizarre guitar to reissue, and I think they finally picked a Wandrè, but there were a Tonika and a Jolana in the lot. The choice was based on oddness, I wish they'd be genuinely interested in these guitars, and I'd love to see a brand new Migma or Orpheus or Defil, with decent wood and good electronics, like they do in China these days...
Bertram D
© 2014, Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - the blog that goes all the way to 11!
Please read our photo and content policy.
- Herbert Todt / Pergold Violin Bass
guitarz.blogspot.com This astonishing violin bass was created by luthier Herbert Todt for East-German company Pergold - that was probably a brand used by workers of bigger companies in Markneukirchen like Musima when they made higher end instruments...
- Migma Hollow-body
guitarz.blogspot.com It's been too long since I last shown a Migma guitar here - the odd twin company of more famous East-German Musima. This hollow-body model has their trademark strangely shaped pickguard, extra long whammy bar and sound-holes...
- See A Migma Thinline Guitar In A Wall Of Death Video
guitarz.blogspot.com: In this video of French band Wall of Death (who opened for the Black Angels on their last tour, the guitarist mimes playing on an übercool Migma thinline such as this one (we also posted about the blue model with floral pattern...
- Meinel Und Herold Jazz Guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com Meinel und Herold was a renowned German late 19th century accordion and harmonica company that later turned into a music instruments mail order distributing company - though they didn't build them, their violins, flutes or mandolins...
- Ibanez Prestige Saber 2020xav With Piezo And Floyd Rose Trem
guitarz.blogspot.com This Ibanez Prestige Saber 2020XAV has two jack outputs - one for the regular magnetic pickups and one for the piezo pickup, something that allows a quick change from electric to acoustic sound (don't know...