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PostPosted: Sat 09 Nov 2013 04:48 PM 
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I got this 1980 CONN Les Paul copy last week. I was trying to find any info I can but there is very little on the internet concerning electric guitars made by(for)CONN which is best known for their brass instruments. I have read that Matsumoku did make some of their acoustic guitars(1969-1978) but there is no information about who made their electric guitars(1979-1980). Here are som photos of my guitar. The bridge pickup and tailpiece were later additions but the rest is original. Does it look like a Matsumoku made guitar to you? I think the top is hollow but the back is solid mahogany. It weighs 9.4 lbs.The neck is one piece mahogany and it has a unique profile. It has a volute and is sorta like a Gibson 60's thin but it gets wider and flattens out as you go up the neck to the small flat heel.Did Matsumoku make any Les Paul copies with a neck shaped like this?

Here are some links to photos of my guitar

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/ ... CF7518.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/ ... CF7493.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/ ... CF7515.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/ ... 64168c.jpg[/img]

The neck pickup is original

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/ ... CF7502.jpg

This is a CONN ad from 1979

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PostPosted: Sun 10 Nov 2013 12:35 PM 
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These are photos of the control cavities

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/ ... CF7600.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/ ... CF7608.jpg


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PostPosted: Sun 10 Nov 2013 02:11 PM 
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This is some other info FROM THIS LINK: http://theguitarmedic.sharepoint.com/Pa ... itars.aspx

CONN ELECTRIC GUITARS BRIEF HISTORY
Conn electric guitars may have only been made in 1980. This short run of electrics followed Conn's departure from making acoustic guitars from 1969 through 1978. It is thought that the attempt to enter the booming electric guitar market was a "last hurrah" attempt to capture some the market in the burgeoning electric guitar sales of the 70's and 80's. However, it was probably too little too late since many other manufacturers, who had seen the opportunity much earlier on, had already captured the loyalty of followers for their brands (examples, "big brands" Fender, Gibson, Washburn, etc). The quality of the electric guitars in the Conn line was rather good. Both quality and price were competitive with that of the big brands, but sales were too low for this essentially "introductory" line of guitars, so the project was scrapped.
This is all of the historical information that is currently known about G.C. Conn company's line of electric guitars. However, as new information is discovered, it will be included here.
G.C.Conn also had spinoff electric guitar brands which may have even continued on after the actual CONN brand was dropped. These spinoff brands--which may have actually become independent--are not not the subject of this web site (spinoffs include the brands "Continental" and "Drifter" and possibly others).

Below is a previously undocumented CONN electric a CSE-1 neck-thru strat copy similar to the CSE-2 but with a (brass)hardtail

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/ ... -1/_57.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/ ... 1/conn.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/ ... /conn2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/ ... /conn1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/ ... /conn6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/ ... /conn4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/ ... /conn5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/ ... /conn3.jpg


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PostPosted: Mon 11 Nov 2013 08:17 PM 
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Here is a CONN 335 youtube video


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PostPosted: Tue 12 Nov 2013 07:57 PM 
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These are some shots inside my CONN Les Paul.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/ ... CF7655.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/ ... CF7645.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/ ... CF7622.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/ ... CF7626.jpg

Goto PAF neck pickup

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/ ... CF7643.jpg

DiMarzio bridge

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/ ... CF7632.jpg


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