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Johnson strat copy

Posted: 25 Oct 2016, 22:43
by aharon colman
A couple of years ago I bought a Johnson guitar body and neck at a flea market. no hardware and the neck was separate from the body ,it looked decent so i bought it for next to nothing ,the neck seems maple(the darker kind ) and the body who knows .I had parts at home so i decided to take a chance,last week decided to assemble it and to my suprise its a great guitar ,plays smooth fast neck,intonated very well but i cant find much info on johnson except that was a company out of arizona till they sold to china or korea.I know this guitar is not a late johnson it s an early usa model ,it's just too good,I have it with an HH pickguard and sounds really nice,does anybody have any info on this brand?
Thanks
Aharon

Re: Johnson strat copy

Posted: 31 Dec 2016, 18:44
by aharon colman
johnson strat.jpg
here is a pic of the almost finished rebuild,I'm waiting on a tusq nut cause it binds a little but otherwise a nice and cheap guitar

Aharon

Re:EPI special II Slash

Posted: 04 Jan 2017, 14:09
by aharon colman
Grabbed myself one of these,nice little guitar and nice finish,thin neck and the pups are better than average with a shadow tuner built in the bridge pup. All in all a score I think,took a while to track down but got it through long and mcquade.Next I'd like a Bonamassa green epi LP with a bigsby ,I know they've been out for a while but never got around to it.
The one in the background is a Lado Hawk series #100 with a khaler bridge and
a super distortion in the bridge.

Aharon