What is this curious old(?) guitar?

bluechargeboy

Our bass player received this for repair from one of his guitar students. All we know is that it was possibly made in Indonesia. Any ideas?

(more pics here)

Shark_Eyes

@HarrySeven ; might be able to shed some light on it, he's seen his fair share of guitar oddballs.

HarrySeven

Sadly not - I tend to ignore acoustics!

bluechargeboy

Haha cheers for looking! I think it is destined to remain anonymous. Maybe I'll move this to the acoustic section.....

Winny_Pooh

Weird thing that

ICBM

It's definitely not very old, or of any real quality - the bridge pin spacing is hilarious! Made in Indonesia sounds likely, but not from one of the major makers who have factories there.

What needs repairing? (Other than the string spacing...)

bluechargeboy

@ICBM I know, I took a close up of the bridge for comedy value!! It just has a tuner and the nut come adrift, and the saddle is a bit skew-whiff; then we have the decision of what strings to put on it that don't cause it to implode.

The owner has Indonesia connections in the family somewhere. It's for a young'un to practise on, doesn't play too badly actually! These kids show up with all kinds of shockingly bad instruments...

jellyroll

A Chowden?

bluechargeboy

I think it shall remain shrouded in mystery, and maybe that is for the best.

thecolourbox

jellyroll said:

A Chowden?

A Lowdenesia