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  • #31
    Re: oddball Fenders and Gibsons

    yup, that's the one ... a Performer



    I remembered that as looking kind of cool, but now it kinda looks like a jigsaw puzzle part.
    or something a blues guy might play
    Last edited by Curly; 12-21-2004, 06:58 PM.
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    • #32
      Re: oddball Fenders and Gibsons

      Originally posted by Curly
      yup, that's the one ... a Performer



      I remembered that as looking kind of cool, but now it kinda looks like a jigsaw puzzle part.
      or something a blues guy might play
      it's a pretty interesting piece, I might go down there and play it sometime.

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      • #33
        Re: oddball Fenders and Gibsons

        I just traded a beat up Strat straight across for one of these last week:



        I played it at my gig this weekend and it stinking roared. Very nicely built, retro looking and feels great in your hands. Not much info on the net about them. Epiphone Genesis Deluxe made from 1979 to 1981. Epiphone's first shot at overseas manufacturing. Very impressive guitar. Anybody seen one before?

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        • #34
          Re: oddball Fenders and Gibsons

          Weird, looks a little like a Yamaha SG2000, but not quite, nice though!
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          • #35
            Re: oddball Fenders and Gibsons

            Originally posted by Mattt
            Does anyone have an information or links to these Fender Espirit guitars...? I can't find information anywhere! My best friend owns one, it was his first serious guitar (he did own a broken strat copy before that), though he hardly plays it these days. He might be interested in selling it.
            For one thing it's "Esprit" (Espree). (Sorry... my car's called an Esprit too, so I should know). They made a smaller version (I think) called the Flame. Made in japan from what I remember
            look here

            or here

            wouldn't mind one myself
            slade

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            • #36
              Re: oddball Fenders and Gibsons

              Was the Fender Katana their try at a Rhodes-esque V shaped guitar? it looks like it was of the same era as that Performer pictured above. I saw it in the 50th anniv. Fender book on the same page and it was a black V and I recall the body had a stepped bevel around the perimeter.

              Anyhow that guitar struck me as a nice collector piece, not sure how it would play but it looked nice!~

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              • #37
                Re: oddball Fenders and Gibsons

                Originally posted by Fusion1
                Was the Fender Katana their try at a Rhodes-esque V shaped guitar? it looks like it was of the same era as that Performer pictured above. I saw it in the 50th anniv. Fender book on the same page and it was a black V and I recall the body had a stepped bevel around the perimeter.

                Anyhow that guitar struck me as a nice collector piece, not sure how it would play but it looked nice!~
                Not a V... more of a slanted triangle. With a wedge taken from the bottom. They made a squier model too.

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                • #38
                  Re: oddball Fenders and Gibsons

                  here's a site that has info & pics of some of the other Fenders mentioned - Katanas, Esprit, Flame, etc ...:
                  other Fenders
                  Last edited by Curly; 12-22-2004, 08:59 PM.
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                  • #39
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                    To me that's close enough to at least say inspired by a Rhodes guitar, but I see what you are saying about it being more of a triangle than a V. Too bad it never caught on. Reversed tele headstock and that would be gold! Gold I tell ya!

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                    • #40
                      Re: oddball Fenders and Gibsons

                      A friend of mine had a Katana it was a real cheap piece of junk like the starter guitars at Wall Mart. Another friend of mine had a Gibson USA1. The USA1 was a weird guitar.

                      Snowdog

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                      • #41
                        Re: oddball Fenders and Gibsons

                        Originally posted by Fusion1
                        Was the Fender Katana their try at a Rhodes-esque V shaped guitar?
                        here's a quote:

                        "This is the Japanese-built version of the guitar designed by Bill Schultz to compete with other futuristic guitars of the 80s, such as Jackson's Randy Rhoads model. It incorporates many features that are unusual for Fender, such as a tilt-back peg head, a set neck and dual humbucking pickups. This model also features a locking nut and vibrato with micro-tuners. Later versions of this model were built in Korea with the more Fenderish bolt-on necks and flat head stock"

                        this, and a little more info on Katanas, is here:

                        Katana
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