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I apologize if my posts have been excessively Canadian-centric. I look here in Canada for guitars so it's where I find a lot of my source material. And, I'm learning more every day without breaching my own borders.
For example; Norman made electric guitars.Yes they did, just like this one listed in my own proverbial back yard.
I know enough about the history of Norman to know that they were a factory that existed before Robert Godin bought it and transformed it into the success it is today, and that they mainly built windows and only dabbled in guitars. There is a great profile here on the history of Godin. I've always known Norman guitars as being one of the entry to mid level acoustic guitar lines under the Godin umbrella not as a builder of electric guitars.
Nice to see this simple one pickup solid body that predates the Godin line of electric guitars. Nice nod to a tulip as well, and great to see the original cheque that paid for it in 1985.
R.W. Haller
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Rare Electric Norman from the Godin family of guitars
guitarz.blogspot.com:
I apologize if my posts have been excessively Canadian-centric. I look here in Canada for guitars so it's where I find a lot of my source material. And, I'm learning more every day without breaching my own borders.
For example; Norman made electric guitars.Yes they did, just like this one listed in my own proverbial back yard.
I know enough about the history of Norman to know that they were a factory that existed before Robert Godin bought it and transformed it into the success it is today, and that they mainly built windows and only dabbled in guitars. There is a great profile here on the history of Godin. I've always known Norman guitars as being one of the entry to mid level acoustic guitar lines under the Godin umbrella not as a builder of electric guitars.
Nice to see this simple one pickup solid body that predates the Godin line of electric guitars. Nice nod to a tulip as well, and great to see the original cheque that paid for it in 1985.
R.W. Haller
© 2015, Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - the blog that goes all the way to 11!
Please read our photo and content policy.
- Tele Tuesday - Buy This Smelly Old Effin Guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com: It's likely become apparent to you all that I am a huge Telecaster fan. I love all Teles. From the Fender Standard American to the wackiest take on the design, I can rarely find fault with them. I thought I could share that...
- Kay Ke-20 Solid Body Electric Guitar From The 1980s
guitarz.blogspot.com: For some reason part of my brain cannot believe that Kay made guitars after the 1960s. I know that they did and there is a lot of evidence to prove it. Exhibit A: This gorgeous KE-20 from 1985. Simple and dare I say, elegant. Especially...
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guitarz.blogspot.com The Godin Multiac Jazz is not designed to look impressive, but to sound impressive - and that's something that you can easily spot (and the F-holes are extremely elegant still) in this guitar combining classicism and high-tech...
- Hofner Archtop With A Gibson Headstock
guitarz.blogspot.com I like this slightly bizarre modification of an unidentified old Hofner archtop guitar from the late 1950s. It has now a dog-ear P90 pickup in neck position, smartly outlined in white to recall the white binding - a little bit like...
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