What model is this?

[parker_knoll]

Thinline, single cut but with Venetian cutaway, master volume.

Doesn't look like a Duane and no signature on the scratchplate.

 

[AcornHouse]

That pic is in Hans book, titled, “George Barnes having a go on a Duane Eddy model.”

 

[parker_knoll]

Thank you. So an unsigniatured Duane is the answer

 

[wileypickett]

George's guitars were never in a smoke free home!

 

[hansmoust]

So an unsigniatured Duane is the answer

No! But it is a Guild Duane Eddy and it does have the signature on the pickguard. You can't really see it in the photo, but it is there.

Actually, the instrument bears 2 signatures; one on the pickguard and a smaller one on the truss-rod cover.

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[parker_knoll]

I miss my Duane, but the top had sunk making it hard to play. I don't think it had a sig on the TRC but it was a later one, 1966.

 

[hansmoust]

I miss my Duane, but the top had sunk making it hard to play. I don't think it had a sig on the TRC but it was a later one, 1966.

If I remember correctly that was the one that was parted out and that you were able to re-assemble with the original parts except for the pickguard, right? That one should have had the stairstep pickguard with the signature and a 'generic' Guild metal truss rod cover.

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[parker_knoll]

If I remember correctly that was the one that was parted out and that you were able to re-assemble with the original parts except for the pickguard, right? That one should have had the stairstep pickguard with the signature and a 'generic' Guild metal truss rod cover.

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

absolutely right. i did get a pickguard later on, after waiting about 4 years