Comments on: Nectar of the Gods (Vintage 1967 Apollo Deluxe 2235 Electric Guitar)

By: Travis a. Moore Jr.

Travis a. Moore Jr. — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:31:15 +0000

this guitar sounds great, plays well, and really is a beautiful piece of art. My guitar has trouble with the electrical parts on the inside though. It almost is like a wire broke off the bond somewhere and i need to get it fixed.

By: Bobby Griffy

Bobby Griffy — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 20:59:53 +0000

The Apollo 2235 was my first electric guitar I played it for 20 years until the wiring needed to be replaced I still have it in the original case and reading the articles about the guitar has me considering having the wiring fixed.

By: David

David — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 20:52:37 +0000

I got one of these when I was 13 for Christmas in 1967 . My mom and dad bought it new at a local music shop in the suburbs of Detroit.I learned to play basic chords on it. We moved a few times after that and the guitar disappeared, wish I had it now, as it would be very sentimental to me. The Apollo name on the guitar follows the NASA missions and our journey to the moon that eventually happened in 1969

By: Tuffy

Tuffy — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 23:22:21 +0000

Hello, I had the same exact guitar when I was 15 years old. That would have been in 1975. I kept the guitar until I was in my mid 30’s and lost in in a pawn shop in Alabama. That was really a sweet playing guitar. I started playing guitar (by ear) at the age of 8. They say hind-sight is 20/20. I regret ever taking the Apollo to the pawn shop. This page really brings back memories,
Thanks,
Tuffy

By: Tom Wright

Tom Wright — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 03:04:08 +0000

I have this exact guitar in absolute great condition that I received for Christmas when I was 15 years old. It has been set up and plays as well as any Fender or Gibson I’ve ever owned . I believe I still have the original plastic case,although the interior is pretty rough. I would be extremely interested in knowing it’s value. Also if I were to send pictures and any serial or model numbers , I have a late 60’s model Gibson that I believe is a TS125. I’m not familiar enough with that era of instruments to be sure,do you possibly have any information on era of the Gibsons

By: Jon Fine

Jon Fine — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:43:31 +0000

I remember, in about 1964, seeing an Ibanez guitar with that same body shape and four pickups. As for the Greek mythological connection, yes, Apollo was definitely a god; the god of the sun and of music–how appropriate for a guitar brand, eh? But Electra wasn’t a god–there were actually three characters in Greek mythology named Electra, all of them female. Two of them were minor goddesses–one was an ocean goddess, and the other was an actual star; one of the Pleiades. The third Electra was a mortal woman, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. I’m not aware of any other Greek mythological names being used for any other guitars–well, Harmony made a Stratotone Jupiter, but he was a Roman god–the Greeks called him Zeus, and “Stratotone Zeus” doesn’t quite have the same ring, does it!

By: Walter

Walter — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 03:41:35 +0000

Electra is a character in a greek tragedy, not a goddess.LOL.