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Did you try Tineye?

 

https://tineye.com

 

The first one screams Italian, somebody swapped in a Strat bridge pickup. Super cool looking guitar!

The string retainer at the headstock on the second one suggests Japan. More or less a Fender knockoff from a classic Japanese era of copying?

 

Do you have any more photos? Details are important, the tuners, the neck plates, all hardware etc.

It took a chunk of my life to get here and I am still not sure where "here" is.
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In the Italian line, look up EKO Guitars, see what you see.

 

Hoyer (Germany) also comes to mind.

 

A lot of EKO Guitars and parts made it over here to the U.S. in the late 60's/early 70's; there was a place out near Laurel, Maryland that had a big stock of NOS oddball Guitars & Basses under the EKO label, and one or two other names I can't recall right now. One thing that happened is that they took some of the random parts and assembled them into cool 'one-off' Guitars that were neither fish nor fowl, meaning that they weren't representative of any particular model, they just happened to fit together. Fat Dog at Subway Guitars did much the same thing with Dano parts. If you have one of those Guitars, you may never quite run down what it was supposed to be, but if it works, just enjoy it.

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In the Italian line, look up EKO Guitars, see what you see.

 

Hoyer (Germany) also comes to mind.

 

A lot of EKO Guitars and parts made it over here to the U.S. in the late 60's/early 70's; there was a place out near Laurel, Maryland that had a big stock of NOS oddball Guitars & Basses under the EKO label, and one or two other names I can't recall right now. One thing that happened is that they took some of the random parts and assembled them into cool 'one-off' Guitars that were neither fish nor fowl, meaning that they weren't representative of any particular model, they just happened to fit together. Fat Dog at Subway Guitars did much the same thing with Dano parts. If you have one of those Guitars, you may never quite run down what it was supposed to be, but if it works, just enjoy it.

 

More interesting clues!

Hoyer is a good thought. I have a copy of "Elektro-Gitarren Made in Germany by Norbert Schnepel und Helmuth Lemme" and while there are some amazingly weird and beautiful German guitars in there (including a butt-load of Hoyers!) I don't see any body shapes quite like the photo above. The EKO parts legend is good stuff, LaDuca? Or was that a different operation?

 

Something about the body shape of the first one just says 'Italian" to me. I've been wrong before and some Italians certainly lived in Germany. Could be Czech? Not Russian most likely, doesn't look much like a malformed potato.

It took a chunk of my life to get here and I am still not sure where "here" is.
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It could also be Russian. A bunch of unusual guitars popped out of the USSR back in the day...not all potatoesque.

 

Whatever it is, I like it!

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In the Italian line, look up EKO Guitars, see what you see.

 

More interesting clues!

Hoyer is a good thought. I have a copy of "Elektro-Gitarren Made in Germany by Norbert Schnepel und Helmuth Lemme" and while there are some amazingly weird and beautiful German guitars in there (including a butt-load of Hoyers!) I don't see any body shapes quite like the photo above. The EKO parts legend is good stuff, LaDuca? Or was that a different operation?

 

Something about the body shape of the first one just says 'Italian" to me. I've been wrong before and some Italians certainly lived in Germany. Could be Czech? Not Russian most likely, doesn't look much like a malformed potato.

 

I'd have to ask some other old Guitar buddies about the name of the place in Laurel? Somehow, I keep thinking "Angelo's" or "D'Angelo's", but we're talking 40 years back. One of my old friends bought an EKO Violin Bass out there, back in the day, a copy (sort-of) of Paul McCartney's original Bass. The EKO was hollow-bodied, and neck-heavy in the extreme; strap it on, and it would dive for the floor.

 

The one on the right looks like it was inspired in part by Hagstroms, with those switches, while the whack job on the left looks to have borrowed its switching system from a Fender Jaguar?

 

Another name to look up: Kimberly Guitars, which were also made by Teisco. I remember seeing Kimberly Guitars at Lafayette Radio Electronics stores back in the early to mid-60's, and they looked a lot like the model on the right.

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I'd have to ask some other old Guitar buddies about the name of the place in Laurel? Somehow, I keep thinking "Angelo's" or "D'Angelo's", but we're talking 40 years back.

 

Do you mean the old Micro Frets brand?

 

No, I've seen Micro-Frets Guitars, and I recall they were a Maryland company.

 

This was a place full of beater Guitars, somewhere off the main road, with only a roadside sign to let you know you'd probably just passed it. Maybe my buddy who bought the EKO Bass long ago will remember the name.

"Monsters are real, and Ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win." Stephen King

 

http://www.novparolo.com

 

https://thewinstonpsmithproject.bandcamp.com

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I'd have to ask some other old Guitar buddies about the name of the place in Laurel? Somehow, I keep thinking "Angelo's" or "D'Angelo's", but we're talking 40 years back.

 

Do you mean the old Micro Frets brand?

 

No, I've seen Micro-Frets Guitars, and I recall they were a Maryland company.

 

This was a place full of beater Guitars, somewhere off the main road, with only a roadside sign to let you know you'd probably just passed it. Maybe my buddy who bought the EKO Bass long ago will remember the name.

 

You must be thinking of Angela?

 

https://www.angela.com

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I'd have to ask some other old Guitar buddies about the name of the place in Laurel? Somehow, I keep thinking "Angelo's" or "D'Angelo's", but we're talking 40 years back.

 

Do you mean the old Micro Frets brand?

 

No, I've seen Micro-Frets Guitars, and I recall they were a Maryland company.

 

This was a place full of beater Guitars, somewhere off the main road, with only a roadside sign to let you know you'd probably just passed it. Maybe my buddy who bought the EKO Bass long ago will remember the name.

 

You must be thinking of Angela?

 

https://www.angela.com

 

I think you found them! Howard Avenue in Kensington is just minutes from where I live, much closer than Laurel, and it's a small strip of Commercial/Industrial warehouses. While they don't seem to have any ancient EKO Guitars in stock, I wouldn't be surprised if this was the same outfit. Many thanks, zxcvbnm098! BTW, how do I pronounce that?

"Monsters are real, and Ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win." Stephen King

 

http://www.novparolo.com

 

https://thewinstonpsmithproject.bandcamp.com

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