Guitars that never made it

[AAT65]

The Bond Electraglide from 1984-85. A stepped sawtooth-shaped fingerboard replaced the frets. I played one - hard to bend notes - basically "meh".

Bond Electraglide - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I saw one of those for sale (secondhand) in a local shop just a few years ago. I was not tempted…

 

[fretknot]

Giannini Craviola electric.....rarely seen.

 

[Blazer]

Not many people know that Jeff "Skunk" Baxter had an Epiphone signature model acoustic.

But even less people know that he had an electric signature model with Epiphone as well. A model produced in very few numbers, if at all.

 

[Lacking Talent]

The T40 basses are still well regarded to these days, by people who can lift them

They're really versatile -- so many tones!

 

[badscrew_projects]

Not many people know that Jeff "Skunk" Baxter had an Epiphone signature model acoustic.
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But even less people know that he had an electric signature model with Epiphone as well. A model produced in very few numbers, if at all.
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Oh wow I would totally rock this 3 minihum tele!

 

[Jim622]

Only made it five years..

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I liked them, but at the time they were out of my price range. Now I just don’t need anything else. Actually thinking on down sizing

 

[stratisfied]

Neil Young paying an obscure, unknown vintage guitar.

Here's an interesting guitar I had for a long time. The infamous Silvertone Effector with built-in effects. I sold it a few years back but really wish now that I'd kept it. It was like new and actually played pretty well and the effects were pretty whacky sounding.

 

[El Tele Lobo]

I know someone posted some earlier in this thread, but for me, the Gibson Moderne. I'll never forget the first time I saw a picture of what in the CD insert of a Tinsley Ellis album (Storm Warning)...I was like "What on earth is THAT?!" Completely impractical shape, but so cool looking. I would love to own one. My favorite version is the one with the mushroom-shaped headstock like Tinsley had. So cool!

 

[El Tele Lobo]

Here's a pic, so you don't have to dig back through the thread:

 

[Spox]

What this thread proves is that guitar designers make the guitars as phallic shaped as possible to appeal to young men.
It also proves that many of the designers are inbred or have suffered terrible wounds.

 

[Blazer]

Ibanez is a successful company, but they have a history with producing short-lived signature models.

I don't get Steve Lukather, he had this KILLER looking signature model, but there's no footage of him EVER using it live.

Different from Lukather, Allan Holdsworth did use his signature model live and in the studio, regardless, that model wasn't produced in large numbers whatsoever and many don't even know it existed in the first place.

In the early eighties, Ibanez had three signature models for Jazz artists: Lee Ritenour, Joe Pass and George Benson. Of the three, Benson's is the only one still in production.

 

[John C]

Ibanez is a successful company, but they have a history with producing short-lived signature models.

I don't get Steve Lukather, he had this KILLER looking signature model, but there's no footage of him EVER using it live.

Different from Lukather, Allan Holdsworth did use his signature model live and in the studio, regardless, that model wasn't produced in large numbers whatsoever and many don't even know it existed in the first place.

In the early eighties, Ibanez had three signature models for Jazz artists: Lee Ritenour, Joe Pass and George Benson. Of the three, Benson's is the only one still in production.

I have wondered about Lukather actually using that Ibanez as well - I used to have the Guitar Player issue where he was the cover story circa 1983-84 and there were photos of him using a different completely custom Ibanez, but never with the RS1010SL.

That being said it was easy for Ibanez to do the Lukather model - the only differences between it and the regular RS1000 model were the color (RS1000s were cherry sunburst), fingerboard wood and inlays (SL had ebony and those cross inlays; RS1000 was rosewood with dots) and the bridge pickup. So they didn't have to do too much to create this one to market. Photo of an RS1000 from Reverb:

 

[Blazer]

I have wondered about Lukather actually using that Ibanez as well - I used to have the Guitar Player issue where he was the cover story circa 1983-84 and there were photos of him using a different completely custom Ibanez, but never with the RS1010SL.

That being said it was easy for Ibanez to do the Lukather model - the only differences between it and the regular RS1000 model were the color (RS1000s were cherry sunburst), fingerboard wood and inlays (SL had ebony and those cross inlays; RS1000 was rosewood with dots) and the bridge pickup. So they didn't have to do too much to create this one to market. Photo of an RS1000 from Reverb:

Yup, the only Ibanez he played for real was THIS one.

Very cool guitar.

But I don't know if I'm the only one who noticed...

And now look at THIS...

I mean, the similarities are striking. So much so that it cannot be a coincidence. I wonder if Lukather went through his old collection and went, "You know, there was SOMETHING about those..."

 

[JohnnyThul]

Erlewine Automatic

 

[Blazer]

Erlewine Automatic

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I love those early eighties Sunburst Strat-o-Paul guitars.

A Robin RV-2

 

[ChicknPickn]

"Whut th'?"

 

[ChicknPickn]

Never could warm up to the "Relish" guitar.

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Yeah. I reckon sometimes "form follows function" doesn't work out.

 

[John C]

Yup, the only Ibanez he played for real was THIS one.

Very cool guitar.

But I don't know if I'm the only one who noticed...

And now look at THIS...

I mean, the similarities are striking. So much so that it cannot be a coincidence. I wonder if Lukather went through his old collection and went, "You know, there was SOMETHING about those..."

That's the one I was thinking of!

You might be right; that blueberry burst color he used on the EBMM Luke III was pretty close to the Ibanez color. I have never seen any Luke III in person other than the old Olive Gold color but from the photos it looks a little bluer/purplish in the inner area of the burst while the Ibanez (at least the 2 or so I've seen in person) is a touch more green in the burst. But close enough for horseshoes as they say.

 

[John Backlund]

 

[John Backlund]