Three13
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I have very little direct experience with these and only handled/played a handful at guitar shows and Sunset Strip vintage shops over the years. They are definitely cool looking and having grown up in Southern Ca, they've always seemed to be around. What other electric guitar do they most sound like?
It depends upon which era you get - the early '60s examples have Semie's hand wound copies of Carvin AP-6s in them, which to my ear have a glassy, hifi quality to them. The later ones are more like p90s with a lot of pop and bite.
I'll try and bring one with me the next time I come to dinner in Studio City - hopefully someone will have a decent amp and you can hear it in person.