This is a
Shergold Modulator 3 - that I first noticed because of its square knob plate, the kind of things that I love in a guitar (the general shape is not so exciting)!
Then I deepened a little bit the subject and I discovered that the square knob plate actually allows to interchange the electronics of the
Modulator series - there are 6 versions -, and that
Shergold was a kind of spin-off of
Burns - actually a company that provided woodwork to
Burns and
Hayman and other British brands before making their own guitars in 1975, first from left over material.
Shergold's guitars and basses have been used by
Joy Division /
New Order musicians, and
Genesis's Mike Rutherford played a
famous double neck 4/12 custom guitar that could be reassembled in different combinations of basses and guitars... - I'll come back on
Shergold double-necks in a following post.
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