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Ural hotrod |
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Ural V8!!! |
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Ural bass |
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Ural bass hotrod |
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Spektr 4 |
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Vibrato |
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Heavy Metal |
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Electronika B12-011 |
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Handmade Wha-Wha |
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Hello and welcome to the Cheesy Guitars! |
This site is dedicated to vintage instruments made in Europe and Soviet Union during the "communist" years. The first reason we've made
this site is that there's no information
about these guitars, no pictures and no
reviews. But they exist, and they
definitely worth checking out.
The other reason is that we love them. Too many of us started our carreer with those cheesy axes.
Currently our site is one of the largest internet resources dedicated to guitar production behind the Iron Curtain. You can already find most of the popular Czechoslovakian, Soviet, Polish and DDR instruments here. We hope to expand this list and cover all the brands ever existed under communist rule, but that's not an easy task. That's why we need your help.
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Will Gibson with his URAL gigs with it in his band, AELITA. Hear this fine red psycho at work here.
Want to be featured on the front page of www.CheesyGuitars.com? Send us your picture with your guitar (but it must be a cheesy guitar made in Europe or USSR during the "communist" years!) and if it's cool enough we will put it here.
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| Do you own one of those monsters? | | If you do, contact us, send us pictures of your guitar, and we will put it on our site.
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Search cheesyguitars.com!
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| CheesyGuitars.com updates: |
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Hungarian guitars |
Thanks to Sandor Berger and Morula from Hungary - as well to Ivan alias Lordbizarre from Belgium - CG now features a Hungarian section as well. Hungarian guitars are quite rare, they were made at Szegedi Hangszergyár (Instrument Factory of Szeged) in the 60's. Check out Moni Solo, Moni Bassus and Regina guitars.
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Updates' list |
It was a bit hard to see all the changes and updates on CG, so here's the brand new updates' list. If you want to see what's new on the site you can now track it. The list was started on December 2007 and will feature only the updates made after this date.
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December 2007: 250+ guitars |
CG is proud to host information on more than 250 unique guitars and basses made behind the Iron Curtain in 1955-1990. Although it looks like a very small quantity - compared to Japanese or American production - it's more than half of everything made by communists. Our approximation is that the Eastern block countries designed not more than 400-500 electric guitars/basses in some- 40 years.
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1973 Musima catalogue: |
A super-welkom addition to the site is the 1973 Musima catalogue. It shows all of their electric guitar and bass models alailable during the 'Dark Side Of The Moon' era + specifications.
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Jolana serials |
In an attempt to decode the mysterious Czechoslovakian serial numbers a list of Jolana serials was compiled. If you enjoyed D. Brown's Da Vinci Code you might like it. And by the way, if you have
Jolana serials - send them to CG and they'll be added to the table.
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Defil guitars |
Important update on Polish guitars - Electric guitars and basses from Poland article written by LordBizarre. Parental advisory!
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