A Real Electric Guitar

[Tom Phillips]

I ran across the attached photos recently. It looks to me like it was built in the 1950's.
I don't think we should bother looking for a UL sticker on this one.

[TomCarlos]

No room for a built in speaker.... !!!!

[mozz]

Plug the guitar right into a speaker cabinet, hhhhhhmmmmm. Could also be a radio and not a guitar.

[Bill Moore]

Just trying to one up the Airline folks with their amplifier case!

[The Dude]

I thought I'd seen most everything, but that's a new one to me!

[Chuck H]

Voodoo!!! It looks like the case, neck and else are some resin.?. And it looks like there's a nixie tube in there? (reason?). Bizzarre and the first time I've seen anything like it

EDIT: I wouldn't plug it in before completely anylizing the circuit and doing some tests. Which I might never do if "I" had it. Crazy!

[The Dude]

If I had that, I'd absolutely have to make it work. My brain wouldn't let me do otherwise. To let it sit would be like not scratching a mosquito bite.

Edit; I just did several Google searches and can't find a picture of anything even close. The construction sure looks like a production piece, but I have to wonder if it's a one-off somebody made?

[Chuck H]

Ok... Not a Nixie. Probably some kind of regulator? The outer screening threw me. What the heck! Looking forward to a schematic (if you're inclined). (<period) Something I probably wouldn't get to right away at all. But I'll be watching.

EDIT: Just looking up the UBF80 tube and my brain exploded.

[tedmich]

cant even make out the peghead name. Hufman?
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[Greg Robinson]

There's some info here: https://www.audioculture.co.nz/artic...z-made-guitars

[Chuck H]

There's some info here: https://www.audioculture.co.nz/artic...z-made-guitars

Look close... It's the exact same guitar. I think the above link implies the guitar in the photo is a prototype so that would make sense.

[Greg Robinson]

Look close... It's the exact same guitar. I think the above link implies the guitar in the photo is a prototype so that would make sense.

I'm sure I saw some more detailed information on this very guitar posted to a forum sometime in the last few weeks (not one I frequent or I'd have a better recollection), but I can't for the life of me remember where. Fairly sure it was the son or grandson of the builder doing some investigation. I found the above link by doing a reverse image search, but wasn't able to find any further info besides a few links to Twitter which I didn't explore.

[Justin Thomas]

Getting strong ElectroBoom vibes here...
I wonder if it will make you ACT like a rock star after you shock yourself with it?

I'd rock it.

Jusrin