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Zen-On Electric Guitar

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 4:38 pm
by octagon
I bought this guitar in a local store last week. I thought it was kinda cool. I think it was made in japan the early 60s but I'm not sure if it was actually made by Zen-On or another manufacturer. The pickups are a low output single coil. The open back tuners work great!

The body is small and the headstock is nearly the same size,lol. Neck is huge,no truss rod. Kinda reminds me like a late 50's television. Rocker switches 1 and 2 turn the pickups on and off and 2 others roll off the treble: Clear-Soft and Solo-Rhythm.

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Elvis Costello has a similar guitar that is badged Futurama

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Mine is a Zen-On 1400SD

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This is the same model guitar as min in this video below


Re: Zen-On Electric Guitar

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 5:28 pm
by Grey
You must have a "thing" for weird guitars.

Re: Zen-On Electric Guitar

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 6:01 pm
by callmepaulguitar
hey man...i'm new around here..that jap is nice..betcha it's a tone monster....i got a chickenbacker 3pup 5ctl that needs rewiring..and i can't find a diagram..any help???

Re: Zen-On Electric Guitar

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 7:17 pm
by cjj
Here's the schematic for a RIC 5 control 3 pickup mono guitar:
http://www.rickenbacker.com/pdfs/19512.pdf

And for stereo:
http://www.rickenbacker.com/pdfs/19514.pdf