help indentify this guitar

[brianxtr]

but a trs(ll) will not fit in the cafety.i have tried that.the edge would fit but the cavety is too small.coud it be a proline?

[nuno]

hey i've got the same exact guitar myself, i was going to ask for ID too one of these days. i have no clue what it is but i can confirm it's NO a modded guitar, and the only fitting trems are those with Floyd shape and dimensions (small plate, not à la TRS). the trem route is factory made, as well as the 22-frets neck and neck joint. no idea...

[Ibateur]

There are historically several TRS versions. TRS101, Lo-TRS, Lo-TRS II. There's even an ILT bridge but I don't know which one is which anymore with regards to years.

Funny thing with your body is that the trem route is square (not slanted) which implies a non-TRS bridge, as most TRS bridges were slanted. Does the neck look stock? Maybe it is as Lefty Robb said, a 350 with a 140 neck. Don't know how that would affect intonation.

Just for my curiosity, why do you need the exact model? Is it so you can get parts?

[nuno]

Originally Posted by Ibateur

Does the neck look stock?

definitely. everything looks (i'd dare say "is") stock, no mods in there. and yes, the trem route allows OFR-shaped trems only, not TRS alike.

[Ibateur]

Very strange indeed. Strange that we can't seem to identify them, but stranger even that there are two of you with the same guitar.

[nuno]

true. i'll be posting bigger and more detailed pics pretty soon

[brianxtr]

hello nuno

could you place a picture here?i hope so.im 97%sure that everything is original!maybe we have the same guitar??the guitar felt very good and is heavy.cool that there is another one! pictures pleas.who have another 'same' guitar??

[mike570]

My guess is a old 350 from when they came with the Lo-TRS2, an aftermarket pickguard, and a neck from another model.
Cheers!

[nuno]

oh, here i am, click HERE for detailed "inside" pics

[brianxtr]

Nuno

thats my guitar also..but the back of the neck is not painted.
cool to see those pictures...strainge that no one knows what it is..
and i'm sure that it's not a cheap one...look at the parts.
i bought it for my mom to play electric guitar...smile..

[nuno]

cool mom
yea it's not a cheapo. Schaller tuners and trem on what seems to be Japan-made parts. nice pots but cheap pickups though.

[Dee]

Originally Posted by brianxtr

DEE i think you could know this one?

You got me stumped, my friend. I have no clue, and I've studied Nuno's mystery RG pics before. I can barely make a (probably inaccurate) guess, but maybe it's a guitar that somehow got leaked out before the RG550 entered full production and before they settled on the specifications as we know them. They certainly wouldn't have made anything like this after the 550 was created. Could it be from around 1985 before the Edge trem was invented? I can't think of a reason why they would use the Floyd Rose II rather than the Edge.

[nuno]

Originally Posted by Dee

...maybe it's a guitar that somehow got leaked out before the RG550 entered full production and before they settled on the specifications as we know them. They certainly wouldn't have made anything like this after the 550 was created. Could it be from around 1985 before the Edge trem was invented? I can't think of a reason why they would use the Floyd Rose II rather than the Edge.

agree 100%. it makes sense.

[Dee]

It's certainly a rare one. I'm really curious to know about this now. I wonder if it's worth emailing Jim Donahue or someone?

[Ibateur]

Time to go to Jim Donohue I think. I've been looking at catalog scans for the better part of the day looking for that body (let alone that guitar). I cannot find it.

Obsessive disorder...