Here is my latest buy...
Its *supposedly* a Sakai, which was a japanese make that were around in the late sixties early seventies which Hohner imported under their name. Here is a website with a picture of a sakai model: http://www.theguitarcollection.org.uk/gallery1/sakai.html
As you can see below, mine looks remarkably like it only the headstock appears blank, although the sakai name plaque could have been lost over the years.
It was on ebay for £70 (starting bid), and didnt sell, I noticed it was relisted as £50 but I was going to be away on holiday when the auction ended, so I put a bid in before I went. Only a couple of quid over the starting bid, and when I got into work this morning, it turns out I won it! I am a bit apprehensive as to whether it is the same guitar as on the link I supplied (mine has two pickups and a trem) and the fact it has no name badge is a bit dodgy too, but I though for £50, you cant complain, I like the look of it anyway and I've been looking for something a bit different. Btw, I am not going to use it in my pop-punk band, as I expect it to sound awful for that style. I'll be using it at home to write with, muck around on, and do the odd bit of psychedelic noodling! haha
Matt
It can also be a Silvertone like mine, which is a '59, the date is stamped on the back of one of the pickups. That's the one on the right. It was exactly the same color as yours before I painted red... It was the kind of guitars sold by Sears back them.
I already posted pics of my newer Teles, but these are my older guitars.
Aria Pro II '73 on the left, my Strat again, an homemade kind of thinline, my DeArmond, and the Silvertone '59
Gilles
