Saturday 14 December 2013

Prestige 19½" scale electric / child's guitar

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Prestige are one of those interchangeable brand names that we see on Japanese-made electric guitars from the 1960s and 70s. This one is a bit more unusual than most in that it is a diminutive shortscale guitar with a scale length of just 19½". It was most likely supposed to be a child's guitar, although of course - depending on playability - it could be tuned up as a soprano or piccolo guitar. It's a very simple affair, with a very crude bridge assembly, just a single volume control and no tone, and a single pickup (which does appear to be a gold foil unit, still popular with some and raided from cheapo guitars like these for their tone).

Currently being auctioned on eBay with bidding at $19.99 at the time of writing.

G L Wilson

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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous4:39 pm

    I might actually bid on this as I have stupidly small hands and this might be right up my street. I'll let you know what it's like if I win it, although my ebay skills are terrible and I'll probably end up getting outbid at the last second.

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  2. Good luck for the bid, hope it will be cheap because an old piece of crap never makes a good playing instrument. It can be collectible for rarity but still remain a piece of crap!

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