This is a picture of two
electric guitars.
At left is a Rosa Hurricanesolid body, date and country of manufacture unknown. Two high-output
humbuckers, conventional three-position pickup change switch, passive volume and tone controls, built to be played loud to extremely loud and dirty. Originally equipped with a
Stratocaster style
tremolo arm, this particular instrument has been converted to hard-tail ("blocked") which has improved tuning stability and provided even more sustain. This is an entry level student instrument, with good quality no-brand machine heads and pickups, and this example was originally sold with a major manufacturing defect... the body was set for a scale length of 25.5" but the neck was set for 24", which put the octave on the 13th fret, now corrected by the bridge modifications.
The
body shape of the Rosa is one of several known as star. It possibly originated at
Jackson Guitars and if so may be designed by
Rob Cavestany, see
http://www.jcguitars.com/stardeath.htm for some details and images.
Washburn Guitars have from time to time produced a superficially similar star body, but with an extended lower horn at the tailpiece end, similar in this respect to the
Gibson Flying V, and which favours the standing position for playing. On the other hand, despite its extreme looks the Rosa is an extremely playable shape both sitting and standing.
Rosa is probably a
house brand of
Australian musical instrument importer
Rose Music.
At right is a 1969 Maton Freshmanarchtop. Two single pole pickups, similar passive electrics to the Rosa, built for low to moderate volumes and clean sounds. The Freshman is handmade, and is normally considered a low-end professional
jazz guitar. No tremolo arm, but the open
tailpiece responds particularly well to right-hand
vibrato.
This is an original photograph by
Andrew Alder, taken on 18 September 2003.
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