Old Czech/German archtop. Any idea what it is?

[buduranus2]

This is available locally. Not sure it's even worth driving across town to check it out. Your thoughts?

[buduranus2]

Hello. I am not an expert. I would think though that the guitar pictured is 1950’s East German possibly from the Musima collective, no truss rod, looks like solid woods, tuners replaced, volume and tone controls drilled into top is non-original/modification, the minibucker is aftermarket and a modification, there could possibly be a pickup under the unfretted part of the fingerboard, the controls would have been located on the pickguard, which is missing on this one.

So, not all original. It’s a player’s instrument. For $250.00usd though, if you are in the market for a player, I would check it out. With a little tlc it could have the possibility of being a lot of guitar for a little money. No risk in looking.

Thanks very much for your reply. Is it fair to say that Musima in Germany is equivalent to Regal in the US?

[supersoul]

for $250 I would definitely check it out.

It looks German. The front and back plates look like they're from solid wood, judging from the seam down the middle. Comes with a case. The neck is probably like a baseball bat, but that doesn't bother me. It's an acoustic instrument that someone has stuck a pickup on. It probably sounds great as an acoustic archtop.