Two extreme relic/vintage guitars
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Interesting!
I say put it in a glass case and hang it on the wall... ?
yup - me family heirloom
the story of the guitar is as follows.
In 1951, my grandpa joins your garden-variety Boere-orkes (he's an accomplished slider/fingerpicker, mind you) and runs down to the local pawn shop. He picks up that Rosscelli for a whopping R50, and manages to barter in the case and a set of Hoffner strings.
He plays it until 1976, at which point the family takes priority.
Along with this guitar and case, he buys (for R20) a 15W RMS valve amp (which I now own). Along with these, frankly priceless heirlooms I get from him, I get a few doodads and accessories, like a full set of Gibson guitar strings bought in 1972, still sealed, for a wallet-busting R7.50...
The amp still works - it just uses a power jack which I've never seen before, and subsequently can't find.
A shout out to my boy XL for posting my grampa's git - affectionately known as Grampy-Bone (Fallout fans will know).
the story of the guitar is as follows.
In 1951, my grandpa joins your garden-variety Boere-orkes (he's an accomplished slider/fingerpicker, mind you) and runs down to the local pawn shop. He picks up that Rosscelli for a whopping R50, and manages to barter in the case and a set of Hoffner strings.
He plays it until 1976, at which point the family takes priority.
Along with this guitar and case, he buys (for R20) a 15W RMS valve amp (which I now own). Along with these, frankly priceless heirlooms I get from him, I get a few doodads and accessories, like a full set of Gibson guitar strings bought in 1972, still sealed, for a wallet-busting R7.50...
The amp still works - it just uses a power jack which I've never seen before, and subsequently can't find.
A shout out to my boy XL for posting my grampa's git - affectionately known as Grampy-Bone (Fallout fans will know).
Just an uneducated guess based of the finishes and fixtures detail work I would say that the Primus sounds real purty and the the Roscelli is... well a piece of furniture
The Primus is in need of a input jack, but as said before, there's no indication of there ever being one except for on the heel of the neck. The Roscelli screams like a mother when pushed through the Marshall, not bad electronics i.m.o.
Wow...real nice...definately keepers for future genrations
Wow, I really dig vintage guitars. Regardless of whether they are "good" or "bad" instruments. The Primus does look like the better guitar, but ya I don't know nearly enough to make that guess.
This looks like a job for The Rat.
This looks like a job for The Rat.
14 years later
All I know is that the Roscelli's were made by a Mr. Rousouw in Robertsham in JHB in the 1960's, my dad lived down the road from him and bought one straight from him back then.
There is one of the early 3+3 headstock ones up for sale on facebook at the moment too, they are very well finished and apparently dont play too bad, My dad played with his son Piet for a while, but he always used a les paul and fender showman amp even though he had access to all the Roscelli's he could want according to my dad. Apparently the headstocks where made 6 inline after the Shadows hit big in SA and the strat became a thing. My father the also chopped his up to look more like a strat aswell.