Givson Guit tars and other neat shtuff

[TommyK]

I always thought this was a euphemism for a Gibson knock-off. There really are Givson guit tars.

 

http://rajmusicals.in/index.php?manufacturers_id=18

 

If you Lurk around a bit, KSDADDY, you'll see they make or maybe market sitars. Looks like you have an outlet for sitar parts. Maybe that's what make yours is.

 

Also, an Indian instrument called a Tau. Looks like a sitar, but with a pheasant like bird for a body. Real cool looking.

 

I wander if you can plug the electrics into their Indian made Tata automobile?

[TommyK]

If you check their 'brands' you can search on, they include a Hobner brand. Not sure if it's supposed to mimick a Hofner or a Hohner. Keep checking back for updates.

[ksdaddy]

I've had a blonde top/rosewood b&s Hobner arctop with a bolt on neck that was good but I dumped it when I thinned the herd and a Hoyer archtop won out. Later I bought a set-neck Hobner archtop, all black. Perfect fretwork, shoddy everywhere else. The hardware is a joke, something you'd find on a plastic Elvis guitar in 1960. Sold it in a mass sell-off to fund my brother's Dobro. Somewhere in the mix I had a Hobner Jumboo (yes I spelled right). It was a generic dreadnaught. I didn't keep it long. I also had a Givson or Gibtone thin archtop that was also horrible.

 

They absolutely suck but I keep buying them. I have drain bamage.

 

So there's Hobner, Givson, Gibtone, and I've heard of Yemaha. I think there's one called Signature that is made by Givson. In the early 80s there was a line of acoustics called Geeta made in India but I've never seen one in real life.

[TommyK]

So... the Hobner and Hoyer... Indian? Chinese?

[ballcorner]

Indo-Chinese?

 

And speaking of cross-cultural delights. Last night I ate in a German Chinese restaurant. An hour later I was hungry for power.

[Red 333]

I'be veen looking for a bery veautiful guitar like a Givson. They are the vest. Eben vetter than Mertin.

 

Red 333

[ksdaddy]

So... the Hobner and Hoyer... Indian? Chinese?

 

Hoyer is German' date=' all others mentioned are Indian. None of the companies have websites that I know of (trust me, I've looked). Only sites for wholesalers/retailers, so theres nobody that can answer a technical question such as "are these guitars made of wood?"

 

And now we can add Grason to the mix:

 

Guitar 150 Model Comfort In Playing .. Fret Board Comfort .. Guitar Very Successive ... Selling nearly From Years.

[Red 333]

 

 

And now we can add Grason to the mix:

 

 

That "Grason" is cheap Givson knock off. They even copied the logo font so that someone would confuse Grason with Givson. Buyer beware! Only a Givson is good enuf.

 

Red 333

[ksdaddy]

Hand to God, strike me dead if I'm lying, some (all?) Givsons have a holographic decal on the upper bout with beaming countenances of Mujibur and Rashneesh. If you can see their faces in the decal, you know you're buying the real deal!

[DonCarlos]

Well of course I am wondering what type of bridge pins they are using on their guitars; bone or plastic? I guess I could join Givson Forum and start a thread.