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Can anyone identify these??

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NerineNerine Frets: 1659
edited March 2016 in Acoustics
These are coming into my possession in the next few days.

Does anyone have any idea what they might be?

Specifically the one on the left.

I haven't the slightest... They just look quite old.

Cheers. :)

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  • KKJaleKKJale Frets: 967
    edited March 2016
    The archtop is most likely German but not one of the bigger names. Other choices would be Scandinavian, East European or Italian, but German is most likely IMO. 

    Has it been nine-stringed? I've got a '58 Epiphone that once suffered the same mod...

    What does the logo say?

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  • NerineNerine Frets: 1659
    Apparently the logo says "Olympia" or similar. I was also unsure about the additional three peg holes...
    I don't have it in my possession yet.
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  • KKJaleKKJale Frets: 967
    edited March 2016
    My guess is Musima... big East German factory near the Czech border.

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  • SkippedSkipped Frets: 2371
    I agree that the archtop has a German 1950's look about it.
    Maybe it is an Otwin Olympic guitar?

    http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-1950s-otwin-olympic-archtop-500633618



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  • NerineNerine Frets: 1659
    Cool. Thanks for the infos guys. I'll report back when I have it in my possession. To be fair I'm going to sell it anyway, so I'm also open to offers. I have no use for it.
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  • StrangefanStrangefan Frets: 5820
    If you're going to buy it to sell it, would it not be worth looking at alternatives, you see these types all the time in charity shops and car boots, unless you're going to totally transform, I can't see them making anything really.
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