Help identifying this guitar!!

ledzepkickass

Hey lads, I got this guitar cheap in december from a repair guy in Kerry secondhand. It had extensive repair work done to the bridge system, one of the trem posts had given way, so now its a hardtail. Its a real relic, theres dings and scratches averywhere and the paints wearing. It plays surprisigly well considering its price. Its a hohner solidbody, i reckon around 15 years old based on wear and what the repair guy knew of its history. There is no serial number and the truss rod cover had been replaced, so the model name is absent. The closest models ive found in body shape are the hohner osc, pearl or the Black widow, though different in specs

http://www.photoshop.com/accounts/646fdc731e0342ca820ad93f9ea0b6d9/px-assets/8cf6b1aac166462c9a87dc6f00b54b81

http://www.photoshop.com/accounts/646fdc731e0342ca820ad93f9ea0b6d9/px-assets/0d0776c3db444dbebb85f7b6f9ba4dc3

http://www.photoshop.com/accounts/646fdc731e0342ca820ad93f9ea0b6d9/px-assets/b314aebb696f4c6caa0857a97fe0eb31

Sorry bout the poor quality pics, i spend my money on music gear not cameras! Anyone know anything about this guitar??!!:D thanks!

goblin59

that a troubling one im gonna be honest. it nearly looks like a musicman body with the hohner neck. does it say anything under the spring guard on the back?

ledzepkickass

Its definitely not a mix of two guitars, all hohner anyway. Theres no serial number on it anywhere. The trem cavity has a metal plate on its base, there was some damage to the body at some stage, the trem posts shifted, possibly due to a fall. So if it was there its now gone. Thanks anyway!!!

balducci

Howeye, It looks like it's one of the Oscar Schmidt designed Hohners - here's a few others, I couldn't find your exact one but a quick email to Hohner would probably sort it.

http://oscarschmidtguitars.com/products.php?cat=166

ledzepkickass

Ya, its the same shape alright, its a lot older though id say, the guy i bought it from said at least 15 years old, Ive found a few guitars similar in shape but no luck on the actual model yet. Thanks for the input!:)

artvandulet

Had a quick go of ID'ing this. A toughie. #A bit o'googleing and my conclusion...

Definitely part of the same series as the Black Widow and The Flame, which were released around 92. Same headstock design, logo and emblem, same body shape, same trapezoid inlays.
Its gotta be another guitar in this series.

ledzepkickass

Cool, id found a pic of the black widow but no info. Ive a good reference point now artvandulet, so thanks!! I cant find anything on the flame, any links?? Thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

artvandulet

Here's the 2 flame links I found earlier

http://www.guitarmaniacs.de/cgi-bin/gallery.pl?action=gallery&id=2707

http://en.audiofanzine.com/misc-shape-guitar/hohner/The-Flame/

That, the blackwidow and yours all share those similar features I mentioned previously so I'd assume they are from the same series.