Hey Wes,what is the guitar in this video?

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Hey Wes,what is the guitar in this video?

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Hey Wes,love this video.I have been showing my friends the ubercool 365 OS you are selling and I was asked about the guitar with the horse shoe pickup? Is it an Electro Combo 800? What is the color called.Just curious to hear the 411 on that guitar.Thanks alot.

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I'm going to venture out and say it's a Combo 800 with HS pickup. Dunno how he managed to score it, but as Wes said in a YT comment on that video (or another featuring them, I dunno), it (and a Jetglo 6-string brother) isn't his.
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Re: Hey Wes,what is the guitar in this video?

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They're both one-off guitars made by Dale Fortune. As most of you know, Rickenbacker hasn't used this combo design in 50 years.
Other companies like Fano have produced their take on it. Dale made two of these guitars for educational purposes.

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Re: Hey Wes,what is the guitar in this video?

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1965 wrote:Dale made two of these guitars for educational purposes.
Built as part of a wonderful series called "Let's Build An Electric Guitar".
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Wow thats cool! Thanks!
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It's a great read. Pretty much everything on that guitar was hand-made, except the tuners and frets.
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