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Doctor Dread · 03-10-2008, 03:58 PM

OK, I guess no one outside of the former Soviet Block would know this. But it's an interesting guitar trivia.

It's a Resonet Futurama, manufactured by the Delicia company in Czechoslovakia. That company later produced Jolana, and that cheesy guitar was first electric for almost all of the Eastern Block young guitarists up to the colapse of the USSR. Neck like your forearm, and one could literally put a thumb below the strings at 12th fret.

In the 50's, Europe was still recovering from the WWII, USA imports were expensive and this cheap import from Chechoslovakia was the first "proper" electric for Harrison, Page and Clapton.

here's the full story on Harrison's
harrison2

OK, ayone can take the ball now.

03-10-2008, 03:58 PM	#309 (permalink)
Doctor Dread Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Out of all places, in Belgrade Serbia Posts: 255 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: The Official Rock Trivia Thread ..... OK, I guess no one outside of the former Soviet Block would know this. But it's an interesting guitar trivia. It's a Resonet Futurama, manufactured by the Delicia company in Czechoslovakia. That company later produced Jolana, and that cheesy guitar was first electric for almost all of the Eastern Block young guitarists up to the colapse of the USSR. Neck like your forearm, and one could literally put a thumb below the strings at 12th fret. In the 50's, Europe was still recovering from the WWII, USA imports were expensive and this cheap import from Chechoslovakia was the first "proper" electric for Harrison, Page and Clapton. here's the full story on Harrison's harrison2 OK, ayone can take the ball now. __________________ In my youth I rocked with a Strat, but with age came an appreciation for class and style... so I bought me a Les Paul. Cherry-red with gold hardware. Goes well with my greys.