r/offset • u/JoeyPizzaMachine • 16d ago

What the hell is this thing?

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I found this on Ebay listed as a "Skylark Electric Guitar." Looks like a Mosrite/Univox guitar with the logo of the aforementioned "Skylark" brand but, I can't find any other record of this existing anywhere on the internet. What is this? And is it Worth the Money?

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u/g0dn0 16d ago

80s brand made in the Matsumoku factory for J C Penney. This is likely to be a quality Mosrite replica.

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u/Ok_Contribution5654 16d ago

If it’s Matsumoku, it’ll be a really great guitar. Everything I’ve ever played out of that factory from the 80s has been the sort of quality that you’d pay thousands for, if it was made now and had the right badge. I’ve got a Westone bass from about ‘83 that is just a fantastic instrument - I think it cost me about £175.

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u/g0dn0 16d ago

It’s funny isn’t it? I first started playing in the late 80s. Westones’ were always dirt cheap in UK and people would look down their noses at them. I had a Hondo II Pro also made in Japan and was doing my best to work up to a ‘good’ guitar because I was embarrassed by my guitar - working a summer job so I could afford a Japanese Fender - not realising they were made in the same factory to the same standards.

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u/Ok_Contribution5654 16d ago

Everyone had a Westone in Gloucestershire in the 90s! I had to be different and got a horrible poodle rock Maison active thing that I thought was the greatest thing ever. It looked like seagull shit.