ID this... Univox?!

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ID this... Univox?!

Post by Pacafeliz » Fri Nov 10, 2017 12:46 pm

I thought i knew my shit, but i've never seen this. Seems to have (had) Univox printed on the guard. Definitely 60s MIJ.
Not mine, but it's for sale in Mexico.

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Just curious. But it IS kinda cool, eh?

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Re: ID this... Univox?!

Post by BoringPostcards » Fri Nov 10, 2017 12:56 pm

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Re: ID this... Univox?!

Post by PorkyPrimeCut » Sat Nov 11, 2017 3:07 am

BoringPostcards wrote:
Fri Nov 10, 2017 12:56 pm
Photo not working.
You can click the quote icon & copy the IMG line to see the image :)


....or just click this.... https://http2.mlstatic.com/guitarra-ele ... 017-F.webp
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Re: ID this... Univox?!

Post by Pacafeliz » Sat Nov 11, 2017 4:26 am

weird, i can see it! :-[

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Post by Logrinn » Sat Nov 11, 2017 7:02 am

Your image link is not an image link (should end with ".jpg"), but a webpage. You can probably see it because it's "on" your webbrowser (Chrome, right?).
Try copying the image adress and paste that into the post.

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Re: ID this... Univox?!

Post by s_mcsleazy » Sat Nov 11, 2017 7:04 am

it's the same kind justin trosper from unwound used in this clip. i dont know model..... sorry man.
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Post by mynameisjonas » Sat Nov 11, 2017 7:38 am

Changing the file extension from .webp to .jpg allowed me to view the image, hopefully everyone can see it now:
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Post by Logrinn » Sat Nov 11, 2017 8:19 am

Yep, I can see it now. But I have never seen anything like it.

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Re: ID this... Univox?!

Post by Mike S » Sat Nov 11, 2017 8:37 am

It looks like a Univox Badazz. The body does anyway. The rest looks like parts from a few different guitars.

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Post by BoringPostcards » Sat Nov 11, 2017 10:20 am

Whatever it is, I like it.
Det er mig der holder traeerne sammen.

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Re: ID this... Univox?!

Post by raphaël » Sun Nov 12, 2017 2:35 pm

Love the headstock!!

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Re: ID this... Univox?!

Post by HorseyBoy » Mon Nov 13, 2017 1:17 am

Very cool shape - body and headstock look great!

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Re: ID this... Univox?!

Post by sumlin » Mon Nov 13, 2017 2:58 am

Mike S wrote:
Sat Nov 11, 2017 8:37 am
It looks like a Univox Badazz. The body does anyway. The rest looks like parts from a few different guitars.
It's definitely not a Badazz - any part of it.

Looks like the sort of thing you'd see badged as a Conrad or a Norma:

Univox was just a brand name for export (I think it was Unicord's brand name for guitars they'd bring into the USA which is why the Hi Fliers you see outside the USA are badged Aria or Pan) so the Univox badging just indicates who imported it and decided on the spec from the manufacturer. Like the Epiphone ET270 which is also an Aria 1802 (but with a different spec for the headstock).

Those Conrads/Normas were made by Shiro I believe and badged St George, or Pleasant also.

Looks cool!

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Re: ID this... Univox?!

Post by Mike S » Mon Nov 13, 2017 8:02 pm

sumlin wrote:
Mon Nov 13, 2017 2:58 am
Mike S wrote:
Sat Nov 11, 2017 8:37 am
It looks like a Univox Badazz. The body does anyway. The rest looks like parts from a few different guitars.
It's definitely not a Badazz - any part of it.

Looks like the sort of thing you'd see badged as a Conrad or a Norma:

Univox was just a brand name for export (I think it was Unicord's brand name for guitars they'd bring into the USA which is why the Hi Fliers you see outside the USA are badged Aria or Pan) so the Univox badging just indicates who imported it and decided on the spec from the manufacturer. Like the Epiphone ET270 which is also an Aria 1802 (but with a different spec for the headstock).

Those Conrads/Normas were made by Shiro I believe and badged St George, or Pleasant also.

Looks cool!
Makes sense.

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