What's that weird guitar on page 15 of the book "500 Guitars"?

guitarz.blogspot.com:

Via the Amazon.com page for "500 Guitars", Thomas Kelly has asked the following question:

What is the guitar on page 15? According to the book it should be the 57 Chevy but I can't find this model anywhere on the internet.

My answer (which a friend has posted on Amazon.com for me because having a UK Amazon account I am unable to post on the American site) is as follows:

Hi Thomas,

I wish the publishers had let me check through the proofs before going to print because they got a lot of the pictures wrong. I did offer to do this for them and was never taken up on the offer. Right at the start I was told I could choose ANY guitars I wanted to write about and that their art department would find the pictures, and that it wouldn't be a problem.

The guitar in the picture on page 15 is a guitar made by Auerswald Instruments, a German company specialising in innovative designs. On page 22 there is a write up of the Auerswald Model C guitar, but the picture on page 15 isn't a Model C. It's not a model currently on their website but you'll see from the other guitars in the range that stylistically it shares many traits including the "Sustain Bow" arm connecting the head to the body.

If you want to see a picture of a 57 Chevy, just Google "American Showster 57 Chevy" and check the images!

G L Wilson

STOP PRESS...  Antoine L tells us that:

"It is not a Auerswald. It's a model inspired by Auerswald made ​​by Ed Roman:
http://www.edroman.com/guitars/abstract/kingpin.htm

Grrrrr... This is what happens when you let your publishers collect together the photos to go in your guitar book.

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1993 Auerswald 'Chico Hablas'

guitarz.blogspot.com:

I really hate this kind of guitars, but hey, it's part of the family, and this one is quite noticeable with the Auerswald trademark 'sustain bow'. It's supposed to have a terrific sound and extra sustain (and I counted the frets, there are 31 ones, it's much worse than 8 strings).

Still the look is a little bit familiar since German luthier Auerswald built a couple of guitars for Prince (I never stopped calling him Prince, and that's cool because he calls himself Prince again now), including the iconic Love Symbol guitar.

Check the links for and more pictures and specifications.

"Purple rain, purple raaaaaaain !!"

Bertram

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