I have an early 1968 or 69 Univox Hi-Flyer (a Japanese Mosrite copy). All original parts (except audio pot, see below) and paint. Extremely nice condition considering its age and the fact that these guitars werent really given 2 craps about until Kurt Cobain came along using them... Now everyone wants one. The guitar could use some very minor work to get 100% but right now it plays fine and sounds amazing. The main problem is it has some minor fret buzz which seems to almost completely go away when the guitar is strung right-handed (I'm a lefty). The fretboard is in very good condition - Probably a quick leveling of the frets would get the few buzzes out (NO dead spots!). Overall the paint and body are great. From 3 feet away this guitar looks brand new. It has some chips and dings in the paint around the edges (as seen in the pictures) but nothing hideous. There are some screws missing from the pickguard and pickup rings. The bridge pickup ring also has some wear on it (notice in pictures) because this guitar at one time had a Seymour Duncan JB installed - For this reason a 500k audio pot was installed. The guitar is light and well balanced, the frets are small, the neck is smooth and on the thin side - Makes for a great fast playing hard rock / punk kind of guitar.
I LOVE this guitar so much but its such a bitch to play left handed. The knobs and plug jack arent in a great place to be used for a lefty. I find myself constantly turning the knobs with my wrist. Playing this guitar while sitting down is especially difficult left handed... As much as I love the sound of it its just too annoying for me to play.
Heres some high res photos of it. I took these pictures when the guitar was pulled right outta the closet after sitting for a few months. You can see its dusty and has finger prints all over it... cleaned it looks twice as good!
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...I've had this guitar for awhile. I'm not sure what its worth but I've seen later models in worse condition on Ebay go for over $700! I think thats a bit nutty... Maybe half that price would be a good deal? If nobody local wants this its definately going on Ebay where I'm SURE someone will pay too much for it.
