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PERSPEX DUO SONIC

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 2:02 am
by rahbro
Da Fuq is this?????

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Re: PERSPEX DUO SONIC

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 10:37 am
by Doog
Looks like a melting ice sculpture, kinda dig it

Re: PERSPEX DUO SONIC

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 10:42 am
by Bacchus
"1960"

EDIT: Oh, is this actually from 1960? I'd assumed it was some weird reissue at some point and thought it was therefore funny that it would be made from perspex.

Source, rob?

Re: PERSPEX DUO SONIC

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:27 am
by Gavin
yeah, I'm calling shenanigans on this

Re: PERSPEX DUO SONIC

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 1:55 pm
by markarkark
I like the idea that someone might make a 22.5" scale, 1.5-inch-nut toothpick neck guitar with a 15lb body

Re: PERSPEX DUO SONIC

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:54 pm
by NickS

Re: PERSPEX DUO SONIC

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:41 pm
by Bacchus
Good find!

Re: PERSPEX DUO SONIC

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 10:07 pm
by Doog
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Re: PERSPEX DUO SONIC

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 12:13 am
by dots
that thing's gotta be heavy af.

Re: PERSPEX DUO SONIC

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 12:24 am
by plopswagon
Maybe it’s made of the same stuff as these

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Re: PERSPEX DUO SONIC

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 12:31 am
by Gavin
you could get Iggy to play I wanna be your dog on it
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Re: PERSPEX DUO SONIC

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 8:42 am
by NickS
dots wrote: Wed Feb 23, 2022 12:13 am that thing's gotta be heavy af.
Reverb_seller wrote:Weight: 10lbs 10oz

Re: PERSPEX DUO SONIC

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 7:07 pm
by paul_
Gavin wrote: Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:27 am yeah, I'm calling shenanigans on this
It’s been in a lot of those history of Fender books and posted around forums like this for like 20 years. I remember people wondering wtf was up with it on JS and the early years of SS.

The weird body shape around the forearm area was probably to cut the weight down a bit.

Re: PERSPEX DUO SONIC

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 7:27 pm
by Gavin
I probably posted the same thing on a thread like this 15 years ago and have completely forgotten.

Re: PERSPEX DUO SONIC

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2022 4:57 pm
by dots
NickS wrote: Wed Feb 23, 2022 8:42 am
dots wrote: Wed Feb 23, 2022 12:13 am that thing's gotta be heavy af.
Reverb_seller wrote:Weight: 10lbs 10oz

Damn! That 2.5lbs heavier than my avri jag which definitely feels heavy when it's strapped in.

Re: PERSPEX DUO SONIC

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2022 8:44 pm
by Fakir Mustache
Interesting. I know there was some plexiglass Musicmaster Bass from the early 70s and some strat from roughly the same period. The strat actually had a transparent neck, unlike the others. Oh, and that weird Beach Boys transparent guitar (wooden neck though).