Who’s got the coolest guitar on The Fretboard, right now?

Kittyfrisk

Just realised, this whole thread has more than a hint of ...
"Magic mirror in my hand, who is the fairest in the land?"  

Harry 7, how is your "Mwahahahaha!!!" laugh coming along? 

TheMarlin

I love that you care for these poor unfortunate things. Loving the unlovable.... good for you!

Freebird

HarrySeven said:

Dodgy stickers aside, it’s a Formanta Solo-II. 

Weighs as much as a ‘70’s Moskvitch saloon.

Sounds like one, too.

It looks good, but probably sounds shite! I'd hang it on the wall and forget about it 

JMP220478

just looked on ebay - and theres an interesting mix of old soviet pieces ... and that 5 pin din plug is there again 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/192887723853?rt=nc&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20160908110712%26meid%3D2fa659ff1ab74c378fb02538f44fed43%26pid%3D100677%26rk%3D9%26rkt%3D9%26sd%3D173900900309%26itm%3D192887723853

stimpsonslostson

That's typically bizarre & awesome. I love your threads, there's absolutely NO way of knowing what I'm going to see! 

My nomination for coolest guitar is (as ever) the @WezV home made Firebird 1. It's cooler than a Polar Bear's toenails. 

fandango

.... but I thought H7 was downsizing, no?

ICBM

Freebird said:

It looks good, but probably sounds shite! I'd hang it on the wall and forget about it 

If it’s anything like the Ural 650 I worked on recently, no - the pickups are very good, and it sounded fine. The problem with it was the physical crudeness of the guitar, it took a lot of work to make it properly playable, and even then it still had all the finesse of a Lada.

Very heavy, clunky neck profile, poor fretting, and a loose neck joint. I fixed the frets and the neck joint but it still felt like driving a tractor.

thecolourbox

Based on pure numbers alone, the coolest guitar on the fretboard is, on average, more likely to be yours H.

But not this day I'm afraid!

Typically offbeat awesomeness though good sir

fretfinder

ICBM said:

Freebird said:

It looks good, but probably sounds shite! I'd hang it on the wall and forget about it 

If it’s anything like the Ural 650 I worked in recently, no - the pickups are very good, and it sounded fine. The problem with it was the physical crudeness of the guitar, it took a lot of work to make it properly playable, and even then it still had all the finesse of a Lada.

Q: What’s the difference between a Jehovah’s Witness and a Lada?

A: You can shut the door on a Jehovah’s Witness.

Bridgehouse

HarrySeven said:

Kittyfrisk said:

Very cool. Is that a co-axial output ?

DIN plug, not co-ax.

Din? Clearly meant for punk then, no?

guitars4you

HarrySeven said:

Kittyfrisk said:

Very cool. Is that a co-axial output ?

DIN plug, not co-ax.

that lead alone deserves a first place tag

starwarsnosebleed

Its bloody magnificent. I want one.

axisus

Not my kind of guitar at all but glad that you like it!

Personally I think that the coolest guitar is my Tele that I built, but then I guess I'm biased!

NelsonP

Subjective thing, the coolest guitar

Who am I to argue with this fella

munckee

I'd have a few quid on @peteri if he hasn't flogged them all yet : )

JezWynd

guitars4you said:

HarrySeven said:

Kittyfrisk said:

Very cool. Is that a co-axial output ?

DIN plug, not co-ax.

that lead alone deserves a first place tag

They fitted DIN plugs so the backstage KGB could rip it out easily if things got too decadent.

fretmeister

All failures so far.

No LEDs in the neck = fail.

fretmeister

If I had the money I would own this, and then I would win, now and forever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_e8T0djrrA

LastMantra

That is cool. Will you be able to make a cable to use it? How does that work?

Wonder what would have been at the other end of the DIN cable.

axisus

fretmeister said:

All failures so far.

No LEDs in the neck = fail.

I have one of those ....