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Brandless German ES model (astro?)
A very nice german lady, who had a rough life, better said a neglected life proberly been laying on an attick
somewhere for years.
He has some seriuos fretwear at a few spots, so a refret is needed, but he is still good playable on the whole
neck despite the fretwear, the finish has aged beautifull, nicely cracked which gives him loads of mojo.
I suspect it’s an Astro, mainly because of the used hardware except the tuners is similar to that on the Astro
i already owned before this one came along (same pu’s as on that one before i replaced these by
humbuckers because one was missing)
And to my amazement all the potmeters work without any noise very unusual on a guitar
that has been treated bad like this, the guitar was extremely dirty when i bought it, a real dirtbag.
Coming home i cleaned it polished it and restrung it, that’s when i discovered that someone has been
messing with the neck angle, there was a thick piece of plastic in the neckjoint,what offset the neck
in a way it looked like a bow and arrow.
I used a small piece of fineer in the right spot to get the neckangle right again, and now it’s a good player
Again.
The neck pu sounds nice and jazzy and the bridge pu has a unexpected bite and edge, these pu’s were
made by schaller if i’m not mistaken.
Again a good fleamarket find wich made my day.
If there is anybody who can give me a ID on this guitar i would apreciate this.
somewhere for years.
He has some seriuos fretwear at a few spots, so a refret is needed, but he is still good playable on the whole
neck despite the fretwear, the finish has aged beautifull, nicely cracked which gives him loads of mojo.
I suspect it’s an Astro, mainly because of the used hardware except the tuners is similar to that on the Astro
i already owned before this one came along (same pu’s as on that one before i replaced these by
humbuckers because one was missing)
And to my amazement all the potmeters work without any noise very unusual on a guitar
that has been treated bad like this, the guitar was extremely dirty when i bought it, a real dirtbag.
Coming home i cleaned it polished it and restrung it, that’s when i discovered that someone has been
messing with the neck angle, there was a thick piece of plastic in the neckjoint,what offset the neck
in a way it looked like a bow and arrow.
I used a small piece of fineer in the right spot to get the neckangle right again, and now it’s a good player
Again.
The neck pu sounds nice and jazzy and the bridge pu has a unexpected bite and edge, these pu’s were
made by schaller if i’m not mistaken.
Again a good fleamarket find wich made my day.
If there is anybody who can give me a ID on this guitar i would apreciate this.
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