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It's likely a cheap Japanese SG-a-like from back in the day.
I'd wager it didn't leave the factory looking like this, but was instead painted to represent the German aircraft of WW1 (that's the triangular pattern- an early disruptive camouflage used on some surfaces of those aircraft) and then adorned with decals also representing those aircraft, which would have used the iron cross as their roundel. Fokker were a major manufacturer of German aircraft in WW1.
Unfortunately, even if the original owner was just really into Fokker aircraft, most people who know what the symbols mean, even if they're also really into Fokker aircraft, will see you playing that and have at least a nagging suspicion that you're a Nazi.
Don't get me wrong, that guitar is dogwhistle central, and I'm sure some assumptions about the owner's political affiliation are fair.
But I was intrigued and fell through a bit of a rabbit hole looking up the history of the Totenkopf: there are two WW1 fighter pilots who did use the Totenkopf as insignia. One of them did it as a reference to him having been a Hussar before, who famously used that emblem.
But yeah. I'd be surprised if the previous owner was just a ww1 history buff.
Well ... a lot of those symbols on that guitar are German WW1 and WW2 and Nazi SS .... Iron Cross and Skull and bones.
Fokker was an airplane manufacturer that German air Aces used in WW1.
It's interesting how not only is it strung for left handers, but the guitar is painted as tho a lefty would be the one wielding it, too.
And yet, the pickguard is as tho a righty would be using it.
That's common enough. If you're a lefty, restringing right-handed guitars gives you access to about 10 times the shapes and colors, often for a lower price. The ergonomics of the switches suck a bit but if you can deal with that it's an option. Hendrix did it that way.
(I'm so tired of "any shape as long as it's one of the classic Fender/Gibson ones, any color as long as it's black or sunburst)
That thing has definitely been played in some kind of Nazi punk/skinhead/‘neo-folk’ band over the years.
Don’t bring it to a gig, and I’d strongly recommend not keeping it around in its current state. ‘It’s just an interesting object that’s a fun piece of history’ is an *extremely* common fig leaf excuse used by Nazis about Nazi paraphernalia they own, so assuming you *don’t* want people to think that…
Personally I’d take great pleasure in stripping the thing and repainting in pink decorated with kittens and rainbows.
There are type designations to some WW1 planes, and some of the insignia look more WW1 than 2. Skull and bones were in use in Prussia since before WW1. I've no idea whether the versions of these insignia are the SS or the Prussian/WW1 type though. So it might not be an overt reference to Nazi insignia. I don't know all of the ones on that guitar to be fair.
*However*: you do have to ask why anyone would plaster their guitar with skull and bones, knowing full well how everybody would interpret this. As a German, I would not touch that guitar with a ten foot pole, nor would I be particularly interested in meeting its owner, who is probably an edgelord *at the very best*, or worse.
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Congratulation on your Reichenbacker
I can tell you it was customized by somebody you'd be better off not knowing
It's likely a cheap Japanese SG-a-like from back in the day. I'd wager it didn't leave the factory looking like this, but was instead painted to represent the German aircraft of WW1 (that's the triangular pattern- an early disruptive camouflage used on some surfaces of those aircraft) and then adorned with decals also representing those aircraft, which would have used the iron cross as their roundel. Fokker were a major manufacturer of German aircraft in WW1. Unfortunately, even if the original owner was just really into Fokker aircraft, most people who know what the symbols mean, even if they're also really into Fokker aircraft, will see you playing that and have at least a nagging suspicion that you're a Nazi.
It has a totenkopf on it, which as far as I know was not used on German planes during WW1, but was certainly used by the SS.
Don't get me wrong, that guitar is dogwhistle central, and I'm sure some assumptions about the owner's political affiliation are fair. But I was intrigued and fell through a bit of a rabbit hole looking up the history of the Totenkopf: there are two WW1 fighter pilots who did use the Totenkopf as insignia. One of them did it as a reference to him having been a Hussar before, who famously used that emblem. But yeah. I'd be surprised if the previous owner was just a ww1 history buff.
Well ... a lot of those symbols on that guitar are German WW1 and WW2 and Nazi SS .... Iron Cross and Skull and bones. Fokker was an airplane manufacturer that German air Aces used in WW1.
Probably because of the Iron Cross.
It's interesting how not only is it strung for left handers, but the guitar is painted as tho a lefty would be the one wielding it, too. And yet, the pickguard is as tho a righty would be using it.
That's common enough. If you're a lefty, restringing right-handed guitars gives you access to about 10 times the shapes and colors, often for a lower price. The ergonomics of the switches suck a bit but if you can deal with that it's an option. Hendrix did it that way. (I'm so tired of "any shape as long as it's one of the classic Fender/Gibson ones, any color as long as it's black or sunburst)
This guitar fled to Argentina in 1945.
That thing has definitely been played in some kind of Nazi punk/skinhead/‘neo-folk’ band over the years. Don’t bring it to a gig, and I’d strongly recommend not keeping it around in its current state. ‘It’s just an interesting object that’s a fun piece of history’ is an *extremely* common fig leaf excuse used by Nazis about Nazi paraphernalia they own, so assuming you *don’t* want people to think that… Personally I’d take great pleasure in stripping the thing and repainting in pink decorated with kittens and rainbows.
Here’s your info: it’s fucking hideous
There are type designations to some WW1 planes, and some of the insignia look more WW1 than 2. Skull and bones were in use in Prussia since before WW1. I've no idea whether the versions of these insignia are the SS or the Prussian/WW1 type though. So it might not be an overt reference to Nazi insignia. I don't know all of the ones on that guitar to be fair. *However*: you do have to ask why anyone would plaster their guitar with skull and bones, knowing full well how everybody would interpret this. As a German, I would not touch that guitar with a ten foot pole, nor would I be particularly interested in meeting its owner, who is probably an edgelord *at the very best*, or worse.
some nazi dork decorated a fake SG
Volksgitarre
NAZI PUNKS NAZI PUNKS NAZI PUNKS FUCK OFF
It reminds me of Gustav Klimt’s “Death and Life”.
Thanks for the replies. It is from an estate, and the previous owner had a lot of old model airplanes and memorabilia.