Has anyone played or owned a Russian guitar? They made some wild looking guitars.
https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/24921-russian-guitars-beasts-from-the-east?page=3
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Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2675 Ventura, CA |
Has anyone played or owned a Russian guitar? They made some wild looking guitars. https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/24921-russian-guitars-beasts-from-the-east?page=3 |
Joined: Jul 30, 2016 Posts: 853 |
I have an Aelita like the one in the first link. It didn't play well well I got it and I immediately took it apart. The action was super high for some reason. They really aren't very good. The neck on mine has a crack in it that could probably be repaired but I decided I'm going to put a different neck on it when I rebuild it because of something else: the tuners aren't in line with the strings. The low E has a pronounced change in direction right after the nut (it's just a guide, as there is a zero fret.) I'd really like to retain the sparkle gold headstock mine has, since it matches the pick guard, but I don't know if it will be possible. I'll probably get some paddle headstock and try to make it as close in shape as possible while retaining straight string shots. The fretboard is not rosewood as it appears; it's some lighter wood with stain on it. The body is kind of junky with a huge swimming pool route and has a super thick coating of some epoxy-like paint, which I removed with a heat gun to a nasty smell. I think the bottom of the swimming pool is only about 1/4" thick. The bridge is a decent design executed terribly. Unusable. It has stamped rollers but they're super loose and just terrible. It does have a mute, though, which I can hopefully retain. The one good thing about it is the pickups and accompanying electronics. They sound quite good and there is a wide variety of tones available, though I don't think all my switching is working properly. I bought it really because of the pickups. I didn't play it first but I naively assumed they'd be like Teisco pickups. They are but that's not because they're genetically related; I believe the Russians did make them themselves.
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A delightful catastrophe? — |
Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2675 Ventura, CA |
Those pickups look like the ones in my Sekova (Teisco) and they sounded great. |
Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 2131 Kiev, Ukraine |
I had the same Aelita, the blue one, in the end of 80th Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine New Single is out! https://waikikimakaki.bandcamp.com/album/rhino-blues-full-contact-surf-single Waikiki Makaki https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki Lost Diver https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com Last edited: Dec 11, 2019 12:05:37 |
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I just realized that mine is missing its bridge in that picture. I guess it runs in the family! Gotta say, though, I am looking forward to putting it back together with some upgraded parts because it did sound really cool! |
Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 2131 Kiev, Ukraine |
Redfeather wrote:
yep, mine had a kind of weird tunomatic bridge) Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine New Single is out! https://waikikimakaki.bandcamp.com/album/rhino-blues-full-contact-surf-single Waikiki Makaki https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki Lost Diver https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com |
Joined: Nov 21, 2010 Posts: 118 surfin' Lake Ontario |
About a year ago I was thinking about starting a new surf band in which we would all play Soviet Tonikas with some kind of cold war themed band name. Due to personalities the group didn't get past our first jam (so I didn't invest in the gear) but the idea is still with me. —the Undead Bureaucrats The Rum Sweats Last edited: Jan 06, 2020 19:25:16 |