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<p>[QUOTE="sabre123, post: 6637242, member: 8258"]Looks like an archtop with f-hole sound holes, in a pseudo tobacco burst finish. I don't know if the floral stickers are original to the guitar. Doesn't look like solid wood for the body. Maybe a veneer or some type of laminate. Tail piece looks a bit crude but I actually saw one with a very similar.</p><p><br /></p><p>As you suspect, it's beyond the point of restoration.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a similar, minus the pick guard and with a different tail piece, and better fingerboard, from the looks of it:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7EKomEag1yk/UesHuQiMbcI/AAAAAAAAmmM/da3UGq0qx5c/s400/rebsanta-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>They're calling theirs an "Oscar Schmidt made"</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://jakewildwood.blogspot.com/2013/07/c1935-oscar-schmidt-made-santacilla.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://jakewildwood.blogspot.com/2013/07/c1935-oscar-schmidt-made-santacilla.html" rel="nofollow">Reference-></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sabre123, post: 6637242, member: 8258"]Looks like an archtop with f-hole sound holes, in a pseudo tobacco burst finish. I don't know if the floral stickers are original to the guitar. Doesn't look like solid wood for the body. Maybe a veneer or some type of laminate. Tail piece looks a bit crude but I actually saw one with a very similar. As you suspect, it's beyond the point of restoration. Here's a similar, minus the pick guard and with a different tail piece, and better fingerboard, from the looks of it: [IMG]https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7EKomEag1yk/UesHuQiMbcI/AAAAAAAAmmM/da3UGq0qx5c/s400/rebsanta-1.jpg[/IMG] They're calling theirs an "Oscar Schmidt made" [URL='https://jakewildwood.blogspot.com/2013/07/c1935-oscar-schmidt-made-santacilla.html']Reference->[/URL][/QUOTE]
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