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ger5791
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found your site coz i have just acquired a CMI guitar but there's no any label attached inside the body, was wondring what year and model is it...attached some pics of it..really gives great sound...loved it and oh, bought it at a bootfair and was really so lucky to have bought it, was really worth more than what ive paid for it:D
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Goodge
Joined: 18 Jul 2008
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Location: Cambs, UK
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Hi, I've recently been given a black CMI Telecaster shaped guitar from my brother in law which he says he bought new in the late seventies. It has the square extended C logo as pictured on one of the Les Pauls in the pics on this form thread.
Can anyone tell me anything about this? Is it a Cleartone or Chicago Music Company guitar?
And Can anyone tell me, is Cleartone basically now Ibanez and Chicago company is linked with Marshall/Gibson/Epiphone?
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Goodge
Joined: 18 Jul 2008
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In trawling through the many posts on this thread I have just seen a telecaster (although mine has not got 'artist model' on the headstock and has different pick up arrangements and hardware).
I also saw 1bassleft saying about talking to steve russell about selmer amps selling guitars under the CMI brand after being taken over by the Chicago Music company.
Well I am trying to get hold of Steve Russell as I have a rare Selmer practice amp from the seventies which he mentions on his sight but says they know little about.
Well it my be of interest to note that this CMI telecaster was bought at the same time as the Selmer Futurama M 10 Solid State practice amp as a package in the late seventies! Does this lead to a connection or is it just a coincident? |
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1bassleft
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Hello Goodge, welcome to the forum 
Steve Russell emailed me personally (I've helped him a bit with his Britamps site) to say that the "Chicago" CMI link with Selmer did not, in his opinion, involve guitars or basses. None of his Selmer catalogues makes any reference to offering guitars and basses. Your "extended C" CMI Tele will definitely be a Cleartone Musical Instrument, made in Japan and imported by Terry Marshall. Although I still cannot get a definitive "Yes, these were made at Fuji-Gen Gakki, like the other great Japanese lawsuit era instruments" answer, I am getting more confident they probably were in the later 70s. I have seen CMI copies of Gibsons with set-necks and FGG were one of the few Japanese makers at that time who were doing this.
If you have an unlisted Selmer amp (solid state or otherwise) with pics, please send me a PM including your email address. I'll make sure that Steve gets your info so that it can be added to his site. |
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Goodge
Joined: 18 Jul 2008
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Thats great, thanks for the reply, your a real detective!
Bit busy gigging this weekend but will get some pics sorted and get them to you early next week. Where do I email to?
Cheers,
www.myspace.com/thegoodges
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1bassleft
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Goodge,
Have a read of the sticky "posting pics on Guitarsite" and that'll tell you how to post up pics of your guitar and your Selmer amp. If you wish to PM me, just follow the same procedure and I can collect from there. Alternatively, I can tell you my email address on PM and you can simply attach pics to your email. |
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Goodge
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Goodge
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1bassleft
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