NFGD Cimar - Astra

Antique_Guitars

New Free Guitar Day!

It's a Late 70's Cimar - Astra

The pics make it look in a lot better condition than it really is.

I am pretty sure that it was left in a garage for a number of years, I have spent a long time cleaning it up. It was covered in mould and dirt and it had become somewhat of a graveyard for all types of creepy insect things including some weird wormy things (dead thankfully)!

Anyway gave it a good clean and it came up pretty nice, although the laquer is pretty much cracked everywhere and it has loads of marks and dings. Amazingly the neck was perfectly straight and the only thing missing was the nut for the toggle switch so I just bought a new one. I put new strings on and cleaned the electronics, I wasn't expecting much but to my surprise everything actually worked perfectly, the switch the pickups everything!

It's actually a really nice guitar I really like it, I can see we people rate the Cimar guitars now.

Bron_Yr_Aur

Nice! (and the cushions).

Antique_Guitars

Bron_Yr_Aur said:

Nice! (and the cushions).

Yep i'm not afraid of my feminine side, I let the wife sort out all that gubbins anyway :-)

impmann

Nice one - good looking guitar, that.

AlanP

"although the laquer is pretty much cracked everywhere"....

... normally, you would have to pay extra for that!

ThePrettyDamned

AlanP said:

"although the laquer is pretty much cracked everywhere"....

... normally, you would have to pay extra for that!

I was going to say, why is it that damage on an older guitar is bad, but being chucked in a freezer and scored with a razor blade is a good thing?!

Seriously though, that's a pretty cool looking thing, nice save.

Nunogilberto

That's an interesting bit of retro...

grungebob

Yeah i like that too, long looking neck in the photo. Id gig it.

TTony

4+2 headstock - don't remember seeing many of those back in the 70s. And a nicely different body shape too.  Definitely a good save.

Antique_Guitars

Yeah I have set it up for a band practice tomorrow so I am going to trial it, my only concern is no locking tuners! I am usually pretty anal about that!

richardhomer

That looks like a cool Japanese guitar. Isn't there some connection between the Cimar and Ibanez brands? My only recollection of them from the '70s was as a copy brand. Never seen an original design before.

steamabacus

Not bad at all for free. 4+2 headstock, 24 frets - I didn't know such things existed in the 70s.

Antique_Guitars

richardhomer said:

That looks like a cool Japanese guitar. Isn't there some connection between the Cimar and Ibanez brands? My only recollection of them from the '70s was as a copy brand. Never seen an original design before.

Yeah the Cimar guitars were made by Ibanez I believe.

Antique_Guitars

steamabacus said:

Not bad at all for free. 4+2 headstock, 24 frets - I didn't know such things existed in the 70s.

We are talking very late 70's though like 1979!

kelvinburn

Nice. It has a look of the Mark Morton Jackson sig about it

Lixarto

Antique_Guitars said:

no locking tuners! I am usually pretty anal about that!

"Antique guitars" and locking tuners?

ThePrettyDamned

Lixarto;197294" said:

Antique_Guitars said:

no locking tuners! I am usually pretty anal about that!










"Antique guitars" and locking tuners?

Upgrading

usedtobe

Nice.

Antique_Guitars

Lixarto said:

Antique_Guitars said:

no locking tuners! I am usually pretty anal about that!

"Antique guitars" and locking tuners?

Lol I am a confused person! I do enjoy "early music" and all things old but I also like new things like Metal for which I enjoy lockable love levers :-)

JookyChap

I really like that, kinda like they had one smaller body blank left and thought wtf..

horny cushions too

Fazer

i bought that owl cushion for my mum last year