Comments on: Off With Her Head (Vintage 1985 Austin Hatchet Electric Guitar)

By: robert

robert — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 10:40:34 +0000

hatchet!!!!!!

By: Lee Lea

Lee Lea — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 21:07:14 +0000

Sounds just as good as my aluminum neck Kramer! The Cort 45 can do that sound without much effort. Crazy power from such a small axe. Brilliant.

By: Steve H

Steve H — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 02:38:54 +0000

Hey mat swine!!
I think I may have your guitar from back on the day. Purchased it on eBay and this has exactly what you described!

By: Ronnie Oliver

Ronnie Oliver — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 14:45:11 +0000

I have an Austin Hatchet without the built -in strap is there a way I can modify it with one

By: chris myslinski

chris myslinski — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:21:36 +0000

Great article

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 17 May 2015 21:58:42 +0000

Cort 45 Gun shaped guitar!

By: Loren Wright

Loren Wright — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 19:36:00 +0000

I actually have an Austin Hatchet. I bought it off of E-bay for under $200 about four years ago. I installed a strap lock system on it but kept the rest original. I use it for a travel guitar and like it very much. To offset the heavy head, I use a carabineer and attach it to the bottom of the guitar strap with the other end attached to my belt or belt loop on my pants. This actually fixes the bad balance of the guitar just fine. Without this little modification, the balance is so bad that playing while standing is quite difficult. But the neck and frets are nice, the pickups provide a nice robust and full tone. It’s not my primary guitar, but I don’t think I’ll ever sell it. It is such a great little travel guitar and a lot cheaper than a Steinberger!

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By: mat swine

mat swine — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:42:14 +0000

I had a copy of this as my first guitar in the 80’s made by kay! The strap was attatched thru the back of the body and the option of two attachments on either the base of the neck or at the back of the headstock. It also had a shaped leather case. It was replaced in 1988 and i have no idea what happened to it!!!

By: Bayard

Bayard — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:00:23 +0000

If you go to YouTube an search “Austin Hatchet” you’ll see me playing a couple of these. A really good guitar. Sounds great and it’s perfect for slide.

By: Larry Smiley

Larry Smiley — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:39:34 +0000

Dear Michael Wright,
I thought I would share information in relation to this article with you. First, if you follow the news of the NAMM show on Premier guitar web site or their emails, then you know that the Gittler is back. I saw singer Nico in 1980. Her accompiest played a gittler. I imagine they have a web site. Check Premier for news of the resurrected Gittler.
I had a Cort 45.I purchased it in 1984. It looked like the Austin Hatchet almost exactly. I no longer have it. I traded to a guitar dealer in Canton, Ohio in 1990. The differences on my Colt were this: There was a 2 inch groove in the headstock where the letter A is on the Austin Hatchett. There was a built in guitar strap on it. A bracket in the back held the strap in the body. The other end of the strap had a hook similar to those on a gig bag. It attached to a metal loop drilled into the body where a regular strap button would normally go.
My 45 was modified. I added a Bill Lawrence pickup in the bridge position. I also put gold flat rings on the guitar and a black cover on the Cort neck pickup. If you see one like that, It was my old one.

By: Juhan Leemet

Juhan Leemet — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:53:16 +0000

I guess you actually mean “first minimalist production guitar”? Apparently (according to Wikipedia) Les Paus experimented with his minimalist steel body in the ’20s, did the wooden “log” in the ’30s, approached Gibson in the ’40s (and was rejected), and his experiments were finally marketed by Gibson (with him as consultant) in ’52 as the “Les Paul” (no longer minimalist, for marketability).