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This is a picture of two
electric guitars
.
At left is a
Rosa Hurricane
solid body
, date and country of manufacture unknown. Two high-output
humbuckers
, conventional three-position pickup change switch, passive volume and tone controls, built to be played loud to extremely loud and dirty. Originally equipped with a
Stratocaster
style
tremolo arm
, this particular instrument has been converted to hard-tail ("blocked") which has improved tuning stability and provided even more sustain. This is an entry level student instrument, with good quality no-brand machine heads and pickups, and this example was originally sold with a major manufacturing defect... the body was set for a scale length of 25.5" but the neck was set for 24", which put the octave on the 13th fret, now corrected by the bridge modifications.
The
body shape
of the Rosa is one of several known as
star
. It possibly originated at
Jackson Guitars
and if so may be designed by
Rob Cavestany
, see
http://www.jcguitars.com/stardeath.htm
for some details and images.
Washburn Guitars
have from time to time produced a superficially similar
star
body, but with an extended lower horn at the tailpiece end, similar in this respect to the
Gibson Flying V
, and which favours the standing position for playing. On the other hand, despite its extreme looks the Rosa is an extremely playable shape both sitting and standing.
Rosa
is probably a
house brand
of
Australian
musical instrument importer
Rose Music
.
At right is a 1969
Maton
Freshman
archtop
. Two single pole pickups, similar passive electrics to the Rosa, built for low to moderate volumes and clean sounds. The Freshman is handmade, and is normally considered a low-end professional
jazz
guitar. No tremolo arm, but the open
tailpiece
responds particularly well to right-hand
vibrato
.
This is an original photograph by
Andrew Alder
, taken on 18 September 2003.
From
en wiki
:
"(usun') (biez.) 12:18, 13 maj 2005 . . The Anome (Dyskusja | wk?ad) . . 250×402 (12 001 bajto'w) (Colour grading of previous image file to get better blacks, slight retouching to get rid of worst JPEG chroma artifacts.)
(usun') (przywro'c') 14:32, 18 wrz 2003 . . Andrewa (Dyskusja | wk?ad) . . 250×402 (7 812 bajto'w) (Two electric guitars)
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