Ok Guys and Guyettes.
My first post.
This has been driving me mad.
Background as follows.;My son has recently purchased his 11th guitar.
As a result of his involvement with guitars I too am slowly turning into guitar geek.
This latest purchase is an SG Copy which I spotted in a 2nd hand record shop (Bring back LPs...I can spend hours browsing old albums I had when I was a teen) It was in pretty poor shape but worked.
After straightening the neck and putting a new gibson bridge on it it sounds great and plays relly well (according to my son.....I have the musical ability of a bog roll). We are still trying to source a trem bar and spring for it
The only identifying marks on it are are the neck plate which has "MIJ Steel adjustable neck and the serial number 0164825" on it. The wiring to the pots looks original and better than his 87/88 Pisley strat.
Our guess is that it could be an Aria but we haven't got further than that. This is only based on the research I've done (Lazt little B****R will only play it) and a picture of the interweb.
The trem roller bar ( is that correct term?) is a seperate item from the bigsbyesque trem. It has a two layered batwing scratch plate on the bottom and the truss rod cover is a matching two layered affaire. It also has an "open book" headstock
I have attached a photo "ripped" off the web which leads me to believe that it is an Aria.
Other options are possibly Jedson, Kent, Raven, Lyle or Penco .
If any of you know of any other options please could you let me know.
It'll stop me going mad and increase my cred with a 15 yo hormonal pain in the A**.
He has told me that he just wants it for bedroom bashing (not that kind!) and doesn't want to sell it as it is quite a curio. so for the £140 he paid for it its not lost, although I would be curious to know its sell on value in case he P****s me off so much that I sell it !
Thanks in advance, a father at his wits end
Swampy
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