1962 guitar kit

Submitted by guitar-list on Tue, 2010-03-16 08:09
Popular Mechanics 1962 guitar kit

Popular Mechanics February 1962 carried this feature anouncing their build your own guitar kit. It was a simple one pickup single cut-away electric with a bolt on neck which sold for $42. I wonder if any of these guitars are still in use today? Here is the article in full:

DEFIL JULIA #unknown

Submitted by guitar-list on Fri, 2010-03-12 22:09

The Defil Julia 1 was a Polish made violin shaped semi-acoustic electric guitar. Dates of manufacture are sometime during the 1970s. The Julia 1 has a round sound hole in the centre of the body between the pickups, whereas the later Julia 2 model has a teardrop shaped sound hole at the top of the body.

GRETSCH RAMBLER MODEL 6115 #3790*

Submitted by guitar-list on Fri, 2010-03-12 21:37

The Gretsch Rambler had a single cutaway three-quarter size hollow body (13 inches wide). The maple body had single ply bindings, two f holes and a black pickguard with the Gretsch logo on it. The neck was maple with a 20 fret rosewood fretboard with white dot inlays.

Django's Hand

Submitted by guitar-list on Fri, 2010-03-12 01:37
Django's Hand and 3D anthopometric model

The jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, although limited by burn injuries, developed a musical technique that created a new musical genre. David Williams and Tom Potokar, of Morriston Hospital Swansea, analysed archive photographs and constructed a three-dimensional computer model of his injuries.

YAMAHA RGZ 611M

Submitted by guitar-list on Thu, 2010-03-11 14:48

The Yamaha 611M was a superstrat style electric with an alder body and bolt-on maple neck. It had a 24 fret maple