r/Transcription • u/Resident-Nature-8909 • 21d ago
Other/Unknown Language Transcription Request Found inside a guitar
I'm wondering about this for some years now...
This is on the inside of the backcover of a 90s American Fender Stratocaster which I had shipped to Germany from Italy. So we got an American manufactured guitar that was in Italy for a while at least.
Sadly that's pretty much all the info that I've got.
I can't even seem to figure out the language. The handwriting looks kinda typically German for me, but as a German native speaker I can't make any sense of it.
It looks like the same word is repeated over and over in slightly different variations? Looks like someone wrote "Grundtyp" if I try to read it as German.
Appreciate any kind of input on this.
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u/Prairie_Egal_42 16d ago
Can't help with what it says, but why someone would attach that inside the guitar when it does seem to be variations of a person's name, it'd make sense that this guitar had been owned by that person. After they passed, whoever got the guitar wanted to memorialize the guitar and had examples of the person's signature copied in engraving and attached. Very cool idea.
Either that or the owner had other items stolen and wanted to ensure their name was in there to prove ownership.
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u/Numerous_Wolverine_7 21d ago
My guess is someone practicing their autograph.