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Jerry Jones


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Franklin, Tenn.
Post  Posted 6 Jun 2023 1:31 pm    
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Ran across this in a junk shop.... any ideas?





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Doug Beaumier


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Northampton, MA
Post  Posted 6 Jun 2023 1:36 pm    
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It has a Japanese look, possibly a Teisco. And I doubt that it’s 1930s. Probably 1950s or 60s.
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Jerry Jones


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Franklin, Tenn.
Post  Posted 6 Jun 2023 1:45 pm    
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No way it's from the 30's. I'm thinking Guyatone, perhaps?
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Jack Hanson


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San Luis Valley, USA
Post  Posted 6 Jun 2023 1:52 pm    
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Looks like a cheesy Japanese knockoff of the National that Valco never built. Previous owner had a unique method of stringing it up. Agree with Doug that it's postwar. Some of those sound pretty good. And some don't. Were you able to plug it in?
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David Matzenik


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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
Post  Posted 6 Jun 2023 5:15 pm    
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I have to say I like the position of the tone control instead of right under the player's hand, as in a lot of early electric Hawaiians.
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Jerry Jones


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Franklin, Tenn.
Post  Posted 6 Jun 2023 5:17 pm    
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It does resemble this Guyatone HG-56. I was not able to plug-in but that booth did have a few other odd-ball instruments.... mostly acoustic.


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