Can Anybody Identify This Brand?

[toomanycats]

This is like a game I play with myself, and maybe some of you do it too. I’ll come across a guitar I’ve never seen before, and I feel compelled to try to identify it’s make, model, where and when it was made. This one has me at a dead end.

It has a particularly odd combination of features. While it has very super Strat elements like an RG style body, HSS configuration, and direct mount pups, it at the same time has a hard tail bridge and Klusson style tuners aligned in a slight arc.

The only identification on the instrument is a logo on the headstock that looks like the letter H inside a red circle with a swoosh going through it. I have not been able to find reference to that logo anywhere.

My best guess is that it is from the 90s, maybe an off brand made by somebody like Cort?

[Bullcat]

OMG @toomanycats I know this one! It's a Hal Leonard 6 String Electric Style Guitar. They used to sell them at Best Buy.

download-1.jpeg (4.75 KiB) Viewed 1154 times

[BatUtilityBelt]

It looks like a Jennie Carver to me.

[bc rich]

It looks like a Jennie Carver to me.

Yes , that is her guitar .

[toomanycats]

OMG @toomanycats I know this one! It's a Hal Leonard 6 String Electric Style Guitar. They used to sell them at Best Buy.

5579095_sd.jpg
download-1.jpeg

Thank you! It was driving me nuts not being able to find any info.

It's not a bad instrument, about on par with a Squier or SX. I like the direct mount pups, hardtail bridge, maple fretboard, tuners, and grey burst finish.

They're only asking $55 for it so I may pick it up on Monday if it hasn't been sold. Sometimes I just want to bring home these poor neglected guitars and show them love.

This is the entire ensemble the guitar was originally sold with at Best Buy.

[redman]

OMG @toomanycats I know this one! It's a Hal Leonard 6 String Electric Style Guitar. They used to sell them at Best Buy.

5579095_sd.jpg
download-1.jpeg

This is the entire ensemble the guitar was originally sold with at Best Buy.

Everything needed for a kid to keep dad out of the garage and off his back so they can get a proper start to their Rock and Roll career.

[toomanycats]

OMG @toomanycats I know this one! It's a Hal Leonard 6 String Electric Style Guitar. They used to sell them at Best Buy.

5579095_sd.jpg
download-1.jpeg

This is the entire ensemble the guitar was originally sold with at Best Buy.

Everything needed for a kid to keep dad out of the garage and off his back so they can get a proper start to their Rock and Roll career.

Every kid's garage amp fantasy.

[yesca]

[quote=toomanycats post_id=37116 time=1






9EDEFF2D-0BF5-45EB-BD8C-CDF971CD9134.jpeg
[/quote]

Ah, Zose were the days. How could I forget those contoured tuners. Bullcat naiedi it the old Hal Leonard. I rhink I may have lost more than a couple jobs for that one.