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Thread #130748   Message #2989852
Posted By: GUEST,artwest
19-Sep-10 - 03:54 PM
Thread Name: Can you identify this guitar?
Subject: RE: Can you identify this guitar?
I've just bought a very similar guitar myself. Again, no maker's label.

Mine is just like the eBay pic which spb123 posted - except for no added pickups.

Mine looks like a cross between Will's initial pictures and Alex's.

The "Folk 12" label looks to be the same font as Will's. Too close to be coincidence at least. It would have to be a deliberate fake if it wasn't the same manufacturer. The tailpiece looks exactly the same. (not as angled as the one in Alex's pics)

The main differences between Alex's and mine:
I have no zero fret. The rosette on mine is slightly different. The bridge on mine is angled. Mine has a brown marble effect scratch plate - it's not as ornate as the one in Will's pics but it seems to me that the way that the curve of the edge of the scratchplate relates to the curve of the guitar is quite distinctive and is similar.

One thing which hasn't been mentioned: On my guitar, and the eBay example, there is a little plastic shield on the headstock which reads, on mine, "PATENT 34-4127".
I got temporarily excited about this until I googled "PATENT 34-4127" and everything from Gretchs to Harmonys came up with that patent number.

Also the very faint markings on the back of the headstock - which can be vaguely seen on the eBay pics reads "JAPAN".

I'd be intrigued if anyone knows more.