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Bertram
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- Mahogany Fender Toronado
guitarz.blogspot.com 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...
- Washburn Mouradian Prototype Guitars And Basses
guitarz.blogspot.com: In March 2010 we took a look at a supposed "one-of-a-kind" prototype Washburn Mouradian guitar, supposedly owned and played by Nuno Bettencourt. However, reader FastKev commented that: This is not a ONE OF A KIND guitar. It is a...
- Late 1980s Washburn Sbt-21 Piezo-powered Tele
guitarz.blogspot.com: This Washburn SBT-21 is a Tele-style guitar with a pointy 1980s-style headstock and looks like it is a relation to the Washburn Tour 24 Tele. At first glance it would appear to be an electric guitar with no pickups, but the acoustic...
- Ibanez Talman Intermax Tmx 20
guitarz.blogspot.comI've been interested in Ibanez' Talman line since I discovered it - too late unfortunately, all models have been discontinued but the acoustic ones (I owe one and use it everyday), you might remember seeing some on Guitarz...
- Dean Psychobilly "picasso" (actually They Meant Matisse But Hey, They're Just American Guitar Makers!)
guitarz.blogspot.com I'm usually not a fan of custom paint job but sometimes something stands out of the lot, like this Dean Psychobilly Picasso - one of three models of the short lived mid-2000s Psychobilly series. I like how the classic full hollow-body...
Guitar
Washburn MR-400 Custom
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Usually I loathe this kind of paint jobs, the easy and intruding horror comics/graffiti style that reduces everything it touches into pathetic boyish machismo. But I must say that in the case of this Washburn MR-400 it's surprisingly good, with this close-up framing that turns the image into a quasi -abstract pattern - it's unusually intelligent for this kind of things, and gives it an enjoyable second degree.
On top of this, the guitar is quite cool I must say. As far as I understood, the Washburn MR series models are Sammy Hagar signatures - the 400 being the P90s version - and look like thinline wider LPs with strangely shaped and placed soundholes - a very nice touch, mostly combined with the florentine cutaway. The paint job comes from Washburn's custom shop.
I have problems understanding Washburn's policy: it's an old company that has been there for ever and that could claim to belong to the holy ancients, but they seem to keep low profile, for example they don't keep archives of their discontinued models - and they've had prestigious users like Brian May or Roger Waters who even had a signature model (not to mention Paul Stanley, but who can still think that KISS is attractive?) - and don't try to claim a 'cult' status like many of their competitors on the guitar market... They have original though classic designs, also innovative technology, but their catalogue is full of LPs clones and superstrats... I have a good feeling though about their products, but it's a blur impression really not based on how they communicate about themselves!
Bertram
© 2011, Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - now in its 10th year!
- Mahogany Fender Toronado
guitarz.blogspot.com 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...
- Washburn Mouradian Prototype Guitars And Basses
guitarz.blogspot.com: In March 2010 we took a look at a supposed "one-of-a-kind" prototype Washburn Mouradian guitar, supposedly owned and played by Nuno Bettencourt. However, reader FastKev commented that: This is not a ONE OF A KIND guitar. It is a...
- Late 1980s Washburn Sbt-21 Piezo-powered Tele
guitarz.blogspot.com: This Washburn SBT-21 is a Tele-style guitar with a pointy 1980s-style headstock and looks like it is a relation to the Washburn Tour 24 Tele. At first glance it would appear to be an electric guitar with no pickups, but the acoustic...
- Ibanez Talman Intermax Tmx 20
guitarz.blogspot.comI've been interested in Ibanez' Talman line since I discovered it - too late unfortunately, all models have been discontinued but the acoustic ones (I owe one and use it everyday), you might remember seeing some on Guitarz...
- Dean Psychobilly "picasso" (actually They Meant Matisse But Hey, They're Just American Guitar Makers!)
guitarz.blogspot.com I'm usually not a fan of custom paint job but sometimes something stands out of the lot, like this Dean Psychobilly Picasso - one of three models of the short lived mid-2000s Psychobilly series. I like how the classic full hollow-body...