Seafoam Green, and from the 70's, and naturally relic'ed?

robgilmo

Its a Hohner.
https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/lovely-vintage-1970-s-hohner-stratocaster-in-seafoam-green/1228806323


Don't see these too often.

milamber

Hi Rob - it's mine actually Still in two minds about whether I really want to sell it, but have my eye on something else and insufficient funds, as is usually the case!

Strangefan

Totally love it, is it Shipable? 

blueskunk

That's cool. 

mikeyrob73

Knew I had seen that somewhere before @milamber ;

milamber

Strangefan said:

Totally love it, is it Shipable? 

Not on gumtree to a stranger, but possibly to an established FB member. I do have a box suitable, just think it might be a bit pricey as it's going to be heavy when properly packed. Where in the midlands are you? We have relatives in droitwich we visit as seldom as possible.

Strangefan

I'm Stourbridge, let me kniw when you're next up this way

randella

@milamber Very interesting guitar that, proper 'lawsuit' job (not a dig at you, just the name given to the copies in the 70's!)

You can see what they've done to the lower horn shape to try and avoid the wrath of the big F's legal department.

Good luck with the sale, it's a curious artifact and a fair price I'd say.

ICBM

randella said:

@milamber Very interesting guitar that, proper 'lawsuit' job (not a dig at you, just the name given to the copies in the 70's!)

You can see what they've done to the lower horn shape to try and avoid the wrath of the big F's legal department.

I think that's more likely incompetence . Fender really didn't care, back then - which is exactly why they've lost the trademark rights on the body shapes now... for a long time they didn't even seem to bother much about the headstocks either.

From what I remember of these they're mostly quite well-made - good woodwork and most of the hardware - apart from the pickups. In fact I think I have a set lying around somewhere - very cheap construction with a metal baseplate, a central ceramic magnet and polepieces stuck on top, with very loosely-wound and extremely microphonic coil.

And the tiny little pivot screws for the bridge - although these are easily replaced with proper ones.

Still a cool thing at a very fair price.

milamber

I have to be honest. I don't really play electric at all and bought it almost entirely on the basis that it looked so cool. Plus it matched my cabinet in the music room........

http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp15/chriseast/IMG_2563_zpshalafw4y.jpg

ICBM

An interesting thing I hadn't noticed before or remembered about these is that it's a full 22-fret neck, so none of the dimensions can exactly match a Fender… it's funny how it looks like they just moved the neck pickup a bit closer to the middle to leave room .

Stuckfast

Is the body made of solid wood, or ply?

MrBump

I think that's a very cool thing.

milamber

Stuckfast said:

Is the body made of solid wood, or ply?

It's ply - that was one of the things that the owner of the German Hohner forum used to date it and confirm place of manufacture.

http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp15/chriseast/IMG_1003_zpsjqtvqunh.jpg

ICBM

Is that one of those folded-plate trem 'blocks' too?

Those are a complete pig to restring!

Stuckfast

Apart from the headstock and the colour, it looks pretty similar to a Japanese Strat copy I have that was made by Cimar (supposedly a sub-brand of Ibanez). Not in the same league as the later Tokai and Greco guitars but perfectly playable.

milamber

Possibly. I don't recall any specific problems restringing it though it did take me longer than my acoustics. Assumed that was inexperience. 

ICBM

milamber said:

Possibly. I don't recall any specific problems restringing it though it did take me longer than my acoustics. Assumed that was inexperience. 

If it's one with the folded plate, you have to get the string through the hole at the back where the ball ends are, and then through another one at the front of the guitar, with about an inch and a half gap in the middle... which needs a good light and a steady hand - otherwise known as very challenging, especially somewhere like a gig!

Quite a lot of cheaper 70s Strat copies have them. They look like this out of the guitar:

https://www.strat-talk.com/data/attachments/148/148990-ecb7974dfd62a325eeba8cc682a830b7.jpg

milamber

It's not identical, but similar I think. The procedure sounds about right, but went easily enough as I recall, though I wasn't under any pressure

rossi

As I live in Norwich I took note of this guitar .Looks good