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D.M.N.:
I'm one of the few active members over there, and I don't think I can recall ever seeing anything like this. I know there were some Sunn branded guitars made post-Fender buyout, namely the Mustang, which was a cheap Strat variation. Never seen anything like this. Given the red logo, it definitely fits into the Hartzell-era, and the 80s. Best of luck with the search for info, let me know what you manage to find out. It's a rare one if it's legit, that's for certain. Whether that make it valuable or not is hard to say.
chromium:
Cool find (both the guitar and article!). Wouldn't have made that connection to Renaissance visually...
17 guitars and basses... amps? Maybe share a FS list here as you get things sorted 8)
gweimer:
--- Quote from: chromium on June 07, 2017, 10:10:09 PM ---Cool find (both the guitar and article!). Wouldn't have made that connection to Renaissance visually...
17 guitars and basses... amps? Maybe share a FS list here as you get things sorted 8)
--- End quote ---
They will be going up for auction on EBTH next week. There's a cool Samick Greg Bennett a/e bass in the bunch. Here's a crude copy/paste from the list
Taylor
910 (made in 1994)
Taylor
XXMC (made in 1994)
Ibanez Classical six-string acoustic
AE450 (1983)
Ibanez Artist electric semi-hollow body
AM255 (1983)
Hohner 12-string acoustic
HG731
National Estralita resonator
Made in 1999
Ventura Bruns 12-string acoustic
7390 (needs neck adjustment)
Ibanez Artist 6-string acoustic w/star inlay
2603 (mid '70s)
Samick Banjo
(very heavy)
Charvel by Jackson – 4 string electric bass
Samick – 4 string electric/acoustic bass (Greg Bennett designed)
S00105414
Epiphone 6 string acoustic/electric
PR7E
Taylor – Baby Taylor acoustic (signed by Sonny Landreth)
301
Gibson Les Paul Studio electric guitar – black no binding
Studio (1990)
Danelectro – 6 string electric
Dual pickups ('98-'01)
Charvell – 6 string electric – w/Floyd Rose tremelo bar
Charvette model 4 ('81-'86)
Ibanez Talman – 6 string electric w/three lipstick pickups
Talman
Samick – 6 string electric Telecaster copy – Gregg Bennett design lipstick S-S-H
Fender Stratocaster 6 string electric w/whammy bar
Stratocaster ('92 made in Japan)
Fender Stratocaster 6 string electric hardtail
Stratocaster ('92 made in Japan)
Fender Telecaster 6 string electic
Telecaster ('95 made in Japan)
Ibanez Flying V 6 string electric
Flying V copy (Korina)
Sunn plexiglass 6 string electric w/two humbucker pickups, probably designed by John Dragonetti – EXTREMELY RARE
Possibly a prototype. From Vintage Guitar Magazine (Feb 2009) in an article about Renaissance guitars:
"John Dragonetti’s efforts actually briefly looked like they might be successful. At the summer NAMM show of 1980, Sunn amplifiers, enamored of Renaissance basses, approached him about building a line of guitars. Just at that moment, another company’s sales rep knocked a bass over and broke it, pointing out how poorly made it was. Sunn got spooked and backed out. Which probably was okay, because they promptly went out of business. And Renaissance’s number finally came up at the I.R.S. By the fall of ’80, Renaissance guitars were no more."
gweimer:
I'll post the list of amps, and a list of pedals later.
chromium:
Thanks, Gary. I signed up there- neat site!
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