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Location: Upper Left USA | While perusing a local Goodwill store I found this interesting guitar for $9.99.
Its a "Chris" Adjustomatic made by Jackson-Guldan in Ohio. These were the featured student guitars at Montgomery Ward in the 50's and 60's.
I like the innovation it shows so I had to grab it.
It needs a bridge, but I need a life, so for $9.99 it was a deal.
Chris Adjustomatic on Ning |
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Location: Texas | That's pretty cool.
Here's one on EBay with a starting bid of $50:
Chris Adjustomatic on EBay
We'll await the "after" photos… |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | That looks to be in terrific condition for its age!
Neat find... |
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Location: NW Washington State | I expected the "Chris Adjustomatic" to be some sort of Seesquare Frankenstein. That reminds me, I gotta send him something for the lab... |
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| Originally posted by numbfingers:
I expected the "Chris Adjustomatic" to be some sort of Seesquare Frankenstein. That reminds me, I gotta send him something for the lab... same here.... I always thought it was one of his nicknames that he gives his restorations..
Duh on my part.
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | "The Eagle" landed some time ago. And, about that Frankenstein reference; I resemble that remark!
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | The instrument history:
The info I have found is that it was produced by the Jackson-Guldan Violin Company (Columbus, OH). They were in business from the 1920's through the late 1960's.
They produced some guitars in the 50's and early 60's and were distributed by Montgomery Wards.
The guitars were machine-crafted and mass produced, (using inexpensive materials). So, they probably are not very valuable, except perhaps to a collector.
: In particular are the Chris Adjusto Children's Guitars which were sold by The Cunningham Music Studios of Santa Monica, California. These are highly sought by Western and Oldtime Guitar Collectors because The Cunningham Music had a long list of celebrities who bought guitars for their children. I pay about $85 - $125 for a Chris Adjusto if it is in functioning condition, which is about market price for Western Collectors. If it has the scrolled embossed decal reading 'Cunningham Music Studios - Est 1939 Santa Monica, Calif' with the Cunningham Music Custom Diamond, then you have a real find here, and the Cunningham Music Chris Adjustos in good to better condition sell at around $180 - $250 if the Cunningham Music Studios decal is well centered and intact.
My instrument is very economically constructed. The kerfing appears to be cardboard! The tone is surprising, though, and the action, as expected, is pretty good. No trussrod, though.
So, Mike, have fun with it. I think I gave about $25.00 for mine, but I had to pay for shipping, also.
BTW, you'll eventually figure out how the mechanism works. Pretty ingenious, really. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Okay, I searched around and found Nothing...
Somebody want to explain the Adjust-O-Matic part of the this Guitar's Name?
[Is this like the F.A.S.T. neck system on my incoming Ibanez?] |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Adjustable neck-set angle. |
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