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Philco electric guitar
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Tony Cochran Guitars Custom #55
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Tony Cochran Guitars Custom #55
This is rumored to be a Philco electric guitar prototype. Before Ford Motor Compny purchased them on December 11, 1961, Philco was floundering and had filed for bankruptcy protection. Manny Taured headed a committee to come up with an electronic product that would save Philco. Since his cousin, Bobbie Rydell, had just become famous with his new hit "Wild One", he felt certain the future was Rock and Roll. With Philco's electronic know-how, they would fill that future with fine musical instruments. His big gun for this presentation was the S.D., or "Super Deluxe", as it says on the six-holed Halpering Chamber. It also had a white celluloid Culspar, or "Jack Rabbitter", as Manny liked to call it. It filled in flubbed or dead notes with tone approximations. Research and Development rang it up as a 'NO Sale." Following the meeting, the guitar languished in the trunk of Manny's car for years. His mechanic found it when changing a tire and traded it for an oil change and free tire rotation. Quite the bargain!
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Specifications
- Body Material: Basswood
- Design Elements: Celluloid, Leather, Multimetal
- Body Shape: Jaguar®
- Weight: 8.3 lbs
- Neck Neck Material: Maple
- Neck Finish: Polyurethane
- Neck Shape: "C" Shape Scale Length: 24" (610 mm)
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
- Number of Frets: 22
- Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
- String Nut: Synthetic Bone
- Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
- Position Inlays: Dot
- Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Standard
- Bridge Pickup: Duncan Designed™ HB-102B Humbucking
- Neck Pickup: Duncan Designed™ HB-102N Humbucking
- Stacked Concentric Controls Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup) - - - Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup Pickup - Configuration: HH
- Hardware Bridge: Fixed "Top Loader"
- Hardware Finish: Chrome Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
- Pickguard: 4-Ply
- Control Knobs: Knurled Black/Birdsbeak Concentric Switch Tips
- Strings: New Ernie Ball Slinky
- Unique Features: Concentric Volume/Tone Knobs, Duncan Designed™ pickups, Fixed "Top-Loader" Bridge
- Body Material: Basswood
- Design Elements: Celluloid, Leather, Multimetal
- Body Shape: Jaguar®
- Weight: 8.3 lbs
- Neck Neck Material: Maple
- Neck Finish: Polyurethane
- Neck Shape: "C" Shape Scale Length: 24" (610 mm)
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
- Number of Frets: 22
- Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
- String Nut: Synthetic Bone
- Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
- Position Inlays: Dot
- Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Standard
- Bridge Pickup: Duncan Designed™ HB-102B Humbucking
- Neck Pickup: Duncan Designed™ HB-102N Humbucking
- Stacked Concentric Controls Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup) - - - Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup Pickup - Configuration: HH
- Hardware Bridge: Fixed "Top Loader"
- Hardware Finish: Chrome Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
- Pickguard: 4-Ply
- Control Knobs: Knurled Black/Birdsbeak Concentric Switch Tips
- Strings: New Ernie Ball Slinky
- Unique Features: Concentric Volume/Tone Knobs, Duncan Designed™ pickups, Fixed "Top-Loader" Bridge