podel Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Hello and sorry for my very bad english, i'm french... A friend has discovered this mysterious guitar, but we didn't found any information about it. It's an hollow-body epiphone, used by Chet Atkins (we can see him with the same guitar in the last picture, a cover of a french magazine in 1989), but we haven't seen this guitar elsewhere on the internet... Could someone help me ? Thanks a lot http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/9605/epiphonechetatkins001.jpg http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5466/epiphonechetatkins002.jpg http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/7250/epiphonechetatkins003.jpg http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/8228/epiphonechetatkins004.jpg http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/6883/guitepiphoneavecchetatk.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larens Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Hello and sorry for my very bad english' date=' i'm french... A friend has discovered this mysterious guitar, but we didn't found any information about it. It's an hollow-body epiphone, used by Chet Atkins (we can see him with the same guitar in the last picture, a cover of a french magazine in 1989), but we haven't seen this guitar elsewhere on the internet... Could someone help me ? Thanks a lot http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/9605/epiphonechetatkins001.jpg http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5466/epiphonechetatkins002.jpg http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/7250/epiphonechetatkins003.jpg http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/8228/epiphonechetatkins004.jpg http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/6883/guitepiphoneavecchetatk.jpg[/quote'] It's an Epiphone Chet Atkins model from the late 80s/early 90s that was sold exclusively in Japan. I believe they were made by Terada starting about 1988. They're quite rare outside of Japan but it's difficult to put a "value" on it. "Rare" doesn't always equate to "valuable" but the guitars made by Terada are usually very high in quality and I'm certain that it's a very nice guitar. Larens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
podel Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 Thank you very much Larens for this quick and absolutely perfect answer. You're right, it's a very nice guitar that my friend does not sell, he's really happy to have these information about this guitar he loves. Thanks a lot Larens ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caramello Koala Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Nice guitar, but I noticed that in the photo with Chet Atkins playing the guitar, the pickguard has a thicker white binding on it, looks a lot better in that picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
podel Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 Thank you Caramello Koala, you are right for the binding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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