1967-68 Messenger hollow body fretless electric bass with aluminum neck

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Previously on Guitarz we've taken an all-too brief look at a vintage 1960s Musicraft Inc. Messenger guitar (as famously played by Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad) and the more recent Eastwood reissue (which is itself a discontinued model... for the time being).

I've not previously seen a bass model of the Messenger, but this is what we have here now being offered for sale on eBay with a starting bid of US $1,500. The bass is a hollowbody and features an aluminium neck.

Intriguingly the neck is fretless (obviously with markers in this instance). The seller does not mention if its fretlessness is an original feature or whether this is a later conversion. In all other areas the bass does seem to be original - it even has the original hardcase.

It would be interesting if, like the Ampeg AUB-1, this was another pre-Jaco Pastorius fretless bass. Jaco famously claimed to have invented the fretless bass, but then again when you are a genius I think you are allowed to make such claims. He certainly invented that whole style of playing. Just look at the flatwound strings on this Messenger in the headstock photo. NOT good for lyrical playing with vibrato, swoops and slides. The best this is going to do is to emulate an upright bass thump.

The eBay seller also provides a few scans of Messenger brochures and sales literature from back in the day, and which I reproduce here for posterity.

If you wondered about that body design:

The perfectly contoured, arrow-straight neck remains thin and fast throughout its entire length. And the fingerboard begins where the soundbox ends, thereby eliminating the need for unsightly cutaways and making possible unobstructed access to all frets.

Regarding that metal neck:

Guaranteed not to bow or warp under normal usage, Messenger's rigid, patented alloy neck grows even stronger with age. Because of its strength, no truss rod is needed. Moreover, the neck requires neither a massive buildup at the heel nor a body support. Backbone of the Messenger is a single-piece alloy structure combining the head, neck and a "fork" extension passing through the sound chamber. The extension is tuned to a frequency of 440 cycles per second. Its constant response controls the tonal quality, reduces "?????" [sorry, can't decipher this word] to an absolute minimum and helps keep strings in motion to produce longer sustained notes.

The price list lists Messenger bass models as follows:

MESSENGER BASS GUITAR

Features: Dual pick-ups with separate tone and volume controls for maximum tone range and versatility. Semi-acoustic body with short scale neck. Available with the Messer tone distortion unit built in the body.

MB50    Morning Sunburst    325.00
MB52    Rojo Red    325.00
MBS60   Morning Sunburst with messer distortion unit    362.00
MBS62   Rojo Red with messer distortion unit    362.00

Note that no mention is made of a fretless model.

G L Wilson

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Rare Fender Deluxe Millenium Edition Telecaster

September 1, 2015, 6:52 am

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This simple, sober Telecaster may not look like anything special but it was apparently one of only 30 made in the first week of the new millennium. I'm not sure if that was even really a "thing' or not but it does make for a great sales pitch.

That said, I'd definitely welcome this Tele into my collection as it's likely a real player with Fender noiseless pickups, maple fretboard with pearl inlays, and red wine finish.

R.W. Haller

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Cort AS-1 thin bodied acoustic guitar with red binding and inlay

September 2, 2015, 6:55 am

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There is a part of me, one clearly rooted in the 1980s I'm sure, that would love to have this Cort AS-1 acoustic guitar. I did a quick search and found very little information about this guitar other than a few reviews that go from poor to a comparison to a Chet Atkins signature guitar. I would suspect that it was manufactured in the early 1990s even though it screams 1987 to me and that it was likely made in Korea. 

The seller claims that this is a "rarest of the rare" guitar and it may very well be. But sometimes items are rare because they weren't good enough to make a lot of them. That said, the seller also claims that this was a $1400 guitar when purchased new, so it may be an example of higher quality from Cort. There is a huge diversity in the Cort guitars I've played, so I guess it's possible that this is one of the better ones.

Has anyone played one of these?

Currently listed at $299 Canadian.

R.W. Haller

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Prisma Toledo Jazzmaster inspired guitar made out of old skateboards

September 4, 2015, 10:15 pm

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I came across Prisma Guitars quite by accident. I do love happy accidents. Prisma guitar bodies are made ( partially or wholly depending on the model ) of old skateboard decks and the results are amazing. They remind me slightly of Gibson's Zoot Suit from a few years ago only much more cooler in my opinion.

I particularly love this Toledo as it balances the line between whimsical and sober. It's a great take on the well known offset design. It's also the closest I'll get to a skateboard without fractures or contusions.

R.W. Haller

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1940 Martin 5-17 Mahogany guitar in excellent shape

September 10, 2015, 7:02 am

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This Martin 5-17 looks to be in awesome shape and is exactly the parlour guitar that I would buy if I had the appropriate funds. It appears to be original except for the added armrest, though the seller does not claim that it is such.
I love the look of the all-mahogany build and feel that it would lend a little warmth to what can be a slightly treble-rich design.

Currently listed at $1600 Canadian.

R.W. Haller

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Epsilon prototype

September 10, 2015, 10:27 am

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It's been a long time since I last posted on this blog (but the enthusiasm and the quality are still there!) but I didn't lose my time in the last months. You cannot only talk about guitars, you have to play them and in my case, to build them, that's why I have the pleasure and honour to present today my last baby the Epsilon, my humble attempt at combining ergonomics and coolness in a guitar...  

It does look quite cool to me, it's also very confortable seating and standing (it's meant to be played with high neck position) and it plays beautifully (thanks to its Custom Double Track Humbuckers by The Creamery). You can see a demo and have some extra info here.

Bertram

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Memphis MG-300. Made in Japan neck-through guitar from 1979

September 16, 2015, 6:05 am

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Because I've been away for a bit I was not able to post this beauty while the listing was still active, but this Memphis MG-300 did not sell so it may get re-listed.

This matsumoku made neck-through guitar is yet another fine example of a Japan made hippie-sandwich. It sports maxon pick-ups, a brass nut, and a pinup girl decal that I'd usually not be a fan of. But it does kind of work here.

R.W. Haller

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Specimen Electric 10 String Tiple

September 22, 2015, 8:53 pm

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The first time I'd ever heard of a tiple was years ago when a guitar repairman friend of mine showed me a box full of wooden shards and pieces that at one point was a turn of the century Martin Tiple. It had always been in my periphery as an instrument I'd like to try. With two sets of triple course strings and two sets of double course strings it has a bizarre outsider appeal.

I recently acquired a K. Yasuma Martin Tiple copy in a trade deal and have yet to play it. It requires a little work to get going and I just don't have the time these days for my own projects. I'll feature it here someday.

To the Specimen Electric Tiple above. I came across this while doing a little googling and think it would be great to try. I'd heard of Specimen before, mostly from Guitarz, but knew very little about them. This tiple is nice in that it maintains a lot of the acoustic aesthetic, but is an electric. 

You may want to check out their guitars as well.

Very nice Specimen indeed.

R.W. Haller

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Fenix D92RX Western Dreadnought made in the 1990s

September 27, 2015, 8:15 pm

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We looked at Fenix guitars back in January with the Fenix XL30 which was a very sober looking jumbo built in the Fender Japan factory in the late 1980s.
This Fenix D92RX Western is perhaps a little more ornate with blue tortoise-esque inlays in the binding, rosette, and soundboard. It was apparently made in Korea unlike the XL30 but sports a solid spruce top and rosewood back and sides.

It's really not to my taste to be honest, but I've always felt that dreadnoughts generally don't wear the "bling" as well as other guitars.

R.W. Haller

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1970s Made in Japan Lero Telecaster copy with original vibrato.

September 29, 2015, 1:44 pm

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This Lero Telecaster reminds me of the 1970s Ibanez Tele that I sold a few years back. I still regret parting with that Ibanez.

Lero were made by the same company as Ibanez back then and this one looks to be in great shape. I think though that these sported a thinner body and less than impressive pickups. But this is only based on vague memory.

Anyone own a Lero? What are they like?

R.W. Haller

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Taylor GT8 Baritone 8 String acoustic guitar.

October 2, 2015, 8:13 pm

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I'm not necessarily a fan of Taylor guitars. I've played a lot of them and they are actually quite playable, I've just never played one that sang to me in anyway and they really aren't offering anything unique. At least I thought they weren't.
It seems I was wrong.

This now discontinued Taylor GT8 is a baritone guitar and the middle 2 strings ( A and D ) are double coursed with an octave string. The result is rather piano-esque (or rather pianistical?) sound and I can see a lot of applications here for an acoustic performer. I'm a little surprised that it's no longer made. Perhaps the $3500 list price was too much for most.

You can get this one for $2500 Canadian.

Check out a demo here.

R.W. Haller

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Shonky 2-string fretless upright-convertible cigar box bass

October 20, 2015, 2:03 pm

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Here's an instrument that I've been using a lot recently. It's one I commissioned to be built by Antony Moggridge of Shonky Musical Instruments and its very simplicity is a nice juxtaposition against the over-the-topness of his previous build for me, the Shonky bass and guitar doubleneck.

Originally I had asked Antony to build me something along the lines of the LongBow American Classic 2-string stick bass, which ceased production quite a few years ago. The initial plan was to borrow the LongBow's design (if something so simple can be said to have been designed) but through discussions between the two of us we came up with quite a different looking instrument.

To start with, it's not just a simple "stick". We decided that to accommodate ordinary off-the-shelf pickups and the electrics, controls, etc, that a small body would be a good idea, and as Antony already had experience with cigar box guitar builds, it seemed the logical step to make this a cigar box bass. My main stipulations were that it be a fretless 2-string bass, with a 34" scale length and with magnetic pickups (not being a particular fan of piezos).


Antony had a number of cigar boxes already in stock, so I chose one from his selection, with dimensions 9"x7"x1.5" and Jamaican in origin. We opted for a tapering neck with a separate fingerboard (the LongBow's neck is parallel along its length and is one-piece with integral fingerboard). Bridges are two individual single string units which gave us some flexibility when it came to deciding upon string spacing.

The cigar box body does seem to be pretty solid. I'm guessing the neck goes right through into the body and I believe the spaces either side have been filled in too.


For pickups, a standard P-Bass split pickup very conveniently became a pair of 2-string pickups. Three controls on a cigar box bass does admittedly seem like overkill on such a simple instrument but I really wanted individual volume controls for each pickup and a separate tone control. I'm glad to report that this set up does indeed generate a very wide range of sounds; this bass is NOT a one-tone wonder.


Like the LongBow, the neck is very thick and chunky in depth but Antony has rounded the back of it for comfort, whilst the very attractive piece of Sapele used for the fretless fingerboard has been left flat but softly rounded over at the edges. The neck has no truss rod either. Hopefully, given its chunkiness, it's not going to bend in one direction or the other. Along the top edge of the neck there are dot position markers in the key fret positions of 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, etc. These dots appear to be metal (brass rod perhaps?) which does look very pretty, although to be brutally honest, they are not very easy to see in low lighting conditions (e.g. as often when on stage).


The two strings I have tuned D and A. That's a D below the low E on a regular bass. I do prefer to play in Drop D normally, and for a 2-string bass, D and A seems all the more logical because it allows for a greater range whilst at the same time conveniently aligning the notes on the D string with their respective 5ths on the A string.

So some people out there are still thinking, BUT WHY TWO STRINGS? Well, why not? In a way it's a reaction to all these basses with 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 strings and more which so often seem to me to be ridiculous. And the thing is, you can do a lot with just two strings. This is actually a really versatile bass and because it only has a pair of strings it encourages creativity in playing. This bass is NOT all about just playing the root note.

I've played this bass at gigs a few times already. I play it with a largely acoustic-based group I sometimes perform with, and I take it with me to Open Mic sessions where I usually don't know who I'm going to be playing with or what songs; the bass copes admirably. It also gets a lot of comments from people, many are surprised by the huge sound that comes out of it. I've had the comment, "But it sounds like a ... BASS!" several times. Well, of course! Actually the fretless voice is quite glorious; I don't know if that is thanks to that sapele fingerboard, but it certainly puts my ESP LTD Vintage-214 FL (fretless P-Bass clone) to shame. It is also fantastic for reggae and dub basslines... quite appropriate for a bass made from a Jamaican cigar box!


Some have commented that it sounds like an upright bass... Speaking of which, this bass CAN indeed be played as an upright thanks to a clever piece of design using the brass fitting from a 2-piece snooker cue set into the base of the cigar box - plus the business end of the snooker cue itself which acts as a spike. I have played on stage with this bass in upright mode and it feels quite liberating. Of course, with such a small body, the bass can move around quite a bit when played as an upright, so I usually position my righthand-thumb behind the heel of the neck at the top of the body to steady it.

And of course, without the snooker cue "spike", it can be played horizontally guitar style. I use a piece of string (Seasick Steve style!) tied to the strap button at the base of the body and the other end tied around the headstock. I admit, it doesn't hang particularly well, that's part of the problem in having such a small body on a bass with a 34" scale.


I absolutely love playing it and usually have it within reach at home. Of course its portability is another factor that makes it so appealing.

Such a great instrument, I'm beginning to wonder if there might be a market for the 2-string bass. Not only would it make a great learner instrument, but it is perfect for more seasoned players too and encourages inventive playing.

Antony certainly delivered the goods with this one. If doing it again, I'm sure we could tweak the design some more, most notably where balance on a strap is concerned, but that is one very minor niggle.

Photographs by Antony Moggridge Shonky Musical Instruments.

G L Wilson

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Rayco ResNick Resophonic Banjo

October 22, 2015, 6:12 am

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As a struggling Dobro and Banjo player the thought of adding a hybrid of the two to my arsenal is both appealing and daunting.
Perhaps this Rayco ResNick Resophonic Banjo designed by Ross Nickerson could be a replacement for the other two.

Less gear to carry is always a good thing, right?

Currently listed for $2200 Canadian.

R.W. Haller

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1973 Hayman 3030. The Happy Birthday to R.W. edition

October 27, 2015, 7:48 pm

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Firstly, my apologies for a minimal amount of posts recently. Life has been pretty busy and though the actual posting of cool guitar pictures doesn't take long, the scouring of the web to find said guitars takes a while.
I do miss it. Both the posting and the scouring.

That said, not all is sad and busy in my world. I finally got a guitar I've been coveting for years. A Hayman 3030. I sold a bass and some smaller gear and got myself this awesome birthday gift.

The good:
1) This thing is in impeccable shape for something nearly my age. So very clean with just enough wear to show it's been properly used.
2) Almost everything is original and even has the oft-lost headstock disk.
3) It's super quiet. I've not had a chance to test it in a band environment, but at studio levels there is no noise at all.
4) I love the neck on this thing. It feels like home.
5) About 1/3 the cost of the last few 3030s I've seen for sale.

The Bad:
1)It's not all original.
2) The trademark pickguard with appliance style control plate is gone. The replacement is well made and in my opinion it looks pretty great.
3) The Re-An pickups are gone too. The replacements look similar to the humbucker on my Burns Steer, but more research leads me to believe that they could be late 1970 Dimarzio Super 2s. I'm not sure how to feel about this as I've never had Dimarzio pickups in any of my guitars. Time will tell.
4) The tuners have been replaced with Sperzel locking tuners. I know this may not be a bad thing but I'm the guy that wraps as much string on the post as he can. I've been that way for 30 years, going to take a lot to get past that.

The good very much outweighs the bad here. It's going to be a very happy birthday for this fella!

R.W. Haller

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The Phantom Acrylic Telecaster by Logical Guitars

November 3, 2015, 5:41 am

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I'm neither for or against acrylic guitars. I think that in the right form, they can look awesome. In fact I'm very open to non-wood guitars of all kinds. If anyone has ever played a Rainsong carbon fibre acoustic they'll likely agree with me.

There is a lot to like about The Phantom. It looks to be constructed well, has wilkinson pickups, and sports a bigsby style tremolo. Also, it's a Canadian made guitar. I probably could never get past the large missing portion of the upper body. It would probably make a convenient handle, but I'd be more worried that my girthy mid-section would occupy the missing space.

Not the most attractive onstage look.

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No name Baritone Electric guitar with 4 pickups. What is this guitar?

November 5, 2015, 8:26 pm

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I'd love to hear the pickup combinations on this no-name baritone guitar. I could probably spend hours playing with those rocker switches. I also love the volume and tone controls, they probably aren't very convenient, but who cares.

A bit of research leads me to believe that this is a Lindell or Tiesco VN-4. Anyone know this guitar?

Currently listed for $450 Canadian.

R.W. Haller

Amendment: It seems we looked at this guitar here on Guitarz back in 2009. And that the name Demian was an actual name and not just something I lost in translation.

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Suzuki Three S AD213S. My $30 Martin

November 16, 2015, 9:14 am

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I picked up this Suzuki Three S when we decided to slightly renovate our living room. The wall mount guitar holders came down and I would be using a floor stand again. With 2 young kids and a blind dog in the house, the thought of my Lowden getting knocked over was not a pleasing one. So I looked for a guitar that i could fix up, play, and not care if it hit the floor every once in a while.

The problem with that now is that this $30 "beater" is now one of my favourite guitars. I had to reattach bridge, glue the fretboard and a brace, and cut a new nut. It's from 1980 according to my research and the solid spruce top has aged sweetly. I added a pickguard and put in a $30 pickup.

Also note the obligatory headstock cigarette burn. 

R.W. Haller

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1970s Greco telecaster-esque black beauty

November 26, 2015, 5:53 am

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We've looked at a lot of Greco guitars here on Guitarz but I've never seen this particular Greco before. The telecaster similarities are quite obvious but it retains a style all its own with a funky tremolo, awesome pickups ( deArmond?), and more pronounced cutaway on the upper horn.

Listed for $495 US.

R.W. Haller

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Homemade Upright Bass-Banjo. Awesomely unique instrument.

November 27, 2015, 6:52 am

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I'd love to hear how this Bass-Banjo sounds. I think it's a great idea and I had one of those " how have I not thought of this" moments. This particular bass looks like it was made quite cheaply It makes me wonder if it's a viable concept to make a higher end version.

Has anyone seen something like this before?

R.W. Haller


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Homemade Upright Washtub Bass.

November 28, 2015, 7:02 pm

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As a compliment to yesterdays post with the homemade upright bass-banjo I thought I'd share this take on the washtub bass.

The design and construction are simple yet ideal and I feel that its not the builder's first time making an instrument.

R.W. Haller

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