Guitar in wardrobe, any ideas ?

Vibetronic

I always forget that we have this - it's been packed away right at the back of my wardrobe for years. It belongs to my wife, and it used to belong to her uncle - I'm guessing it's from the early 70s. The electrics are in severe need of a dust-off (not really possible to select the neck pickup) and the tuners aren't great, but it plays fine going through the AX8. Here's a pic if anyone happens to know anything about Eros guitars - I'm guessing it's a cheap Japanese thing, I can't find too much after a brief look online.

http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz300/bmswanwick/EROS_zpszeoaijze.jpg

Sassafras

I'm no expert but it looks like it might be some sort of Les Paul copy.

barnstorm

Some of the guys over at Strat Talk are familiar with these. Let me see if I can find the thread.

barnstorm

Here we go: strat-talk.com/threads/eros-guitar-owners-unite.176658/

Vibetronic

Sassafras said:

I'm no expert but it looks like it might be some sort of Les Paul copy.

what the hell is a Les Paul?

Vibetronic

barnstorm said:

Here we go: strat-talk.com/threads/eros-guitar-owners-unite.176658/

cool, thanks - must have missed that one.

Richardj

Vibetronic said:

Sassafras said:

I'm no expert but it looks like it might be some sort of Les Paul copy.

what the hell is a Les Paul?

Lester

Sassafras

Vibetronic said:

Sassafras said:

I'm no expert but it looks like it might be some sort of Les Paul copy.

what the hell is a Les Paul?

You're better off not knowing.
  

guitars4you

looks like the late 70's model - should be a bolt on neck - imported into the UK via Rosetti, who later sold Gibson/Epiphone - similar to Avon, Columbus and other imported guitars of the day - late 70's and it was about £70 to buy and probably worth a similar price today - The only thing I can't recall is the Mark 11 tag

usedtobe

I vaguely remember them being around, but I don't know anything about them. Nice to see one again, though.

sweepy

Pressed top and laminate body iirc also the pickups might be e single coils under those covers

ICBM

Late-70s Japanese. But don't get too excited… the machineheads are usually crap, the pickups may well be pseudo-humbuckers - very poor, microphonic single coils inside humbucker casings - and they often have uneven fretting and sometimes weak neck joint where the screws won't do up tight in the too-soft wood.

But all of these things can be fixed, and they turn out to be quite characterful and not too bad at all. If it has sentimental value either keep it all-original, or you can upgrade all these things and make a usable guitar out of it for less than the cost of a new low-end Epiphone.

Rocker

Vibetronic said:

Sassafras said:

I'm no expert but it looks like it might be some sort of Les Paul copy.

what the hell is a Les Paul?

It is a type of guitar. The lighter ones are heavy, don't even think about playing a heavy one without first undergoing upper body strengthening exercises. The exercises that international front row forwards do.

rossi

Vibetronic said:

Sassafras said:

I'm no expert but it looks like it might be some sort of Les Paul copy.

what the hell is a Les Paul?

Les Cousins  relative .

tony99

Can see darth Maul in the background there, think he prefers something with a double neck!

boogieman

I've got an Eros brand 12 string jumbo acoustic. Similar sort of quality to an Eko Ranger. I bought it new in 1972 and it cost me £40..... that was three weeks wages back then. Even shite guitars cost a bundle in those days. 

usedtobe

Vibetronic said:

Sassafras said:

I'm no expert but it looks like it might be some sort of Les Paul copy.

what the hell is a Les Paul?

A guitar played by REAL men!

  

Vibetronic

thanks @ICBM and @guitars4you , thought it was probably something along those lines. I'm probably going to keep it as it is and just get the electrics cleaned up...if I do replace anything it'll be the machineheads. Yeah, pretty sure those are single coils going from the amount of hum

Sassafras

usedtobe said:

Vibetronic said:

Sassafras said:

I'm no expert but it looks like it might be some sort of Les Paul copy.

what the hell is a Les Paul?

A guitar played by REAL men!

  

You're not wrong there.

57Deluxe

you need a hanger to keep a guitar in a wardrobe...

thebreeze

I think if the guitar is still in the closet it must have a reason so don't out it unnecessarily.  It may not have told the family yet.