The brand is, "El Kabong". It has a unique s/n: "M-A-D-E--IN--I-N-D-O-N-E-S-I-A". It has plastic pickups in it and comes with a zippered dust cover. I know it is quite valuable but how much is it really worth?

Also, what pickups would I have to put in it to make me 'nail' Jimi Hendrix's tone? I play mostly nursery rhymes and have an equally rare, battery powered amp of the same name with a 2" speaker and the same s/n as my guitar which I'm sure makes it even more valuable!

TIA.

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Sorry somethings you just cant hang a price tag on..it should probably be in a museum so the world can enjoy its "rareness"

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"Music is What Feelings Sound like"

Pics, laddie......WE NEED PICS!



Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

Here you go. Note the matching neck and headstock which makes it even more rare and hopefully even more valuable.

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That is a rare guitar Martian!! There is no telling what its worth!!

I have to ask does the bottom of the three bridge pickups have that classic strat "quack"?

This is a great thread!

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"Music is What Feelings Sound like"

Maybe we should as Toppscore.

It's more like a, "cluck".

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That fellow in the middle doesn't look anything like Quick Draw McGraw.


(El Kabong reference)

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Just think of how awesome a guitar player you could have been by now if you had only spent the last 10 years practicing instead of obsessing over pickups and roasted maple necks.

I was going to attempt a joke about it being an obvious fake since El Kabong would never lend his name to an electric guitar. He was as much of an acoustic purist as Segovia.

But I actually learned something while looking for an El Kabong photo. I grew up with those cartoons and I never noticed that El Kabong always used a 4-string tenor. Every image I could find -- no six strings.

I'm certainly nowhere close to the expertise of those of you who have offered advice on this fine instrument, but I have to ask....
Are those 3 sets of pups...single coil, humbucker, single coil? Also, what's up with the 3 tuning pegs?
Great post, btw....

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......it's a topsy-turvy world when noses run and feet smell...

That means that mine is even more rare and valuable as it only has three!!!

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Actually, the pickups and wiring are over my head on this one. As to the 3 pegs, maybe I have the world's only electric shamisen, thus making this piece exceedingly rare and valuable!!!

I'm glad you like my post.

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And the FRETS!!! OMG!!! Such a collection of metals. Cobalt (blue), copper (green), iron (red) and lastly, gold. You lucky SOB!! That thing's gotta be worth a fortune.

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Just think of how awesome a guitar player you could have been by now if you had only spent the last 10 years practicing instead of obsessing over pickups and roasted maple necks.