Unfortunately, they never sold well and were out of production after about a year. Dano had me laughing quite a bit because he was commenting on how complex the electronics were, and how only a true nerd could have come up with the schematic!! These were ambitious guitars, both in design and function, with some nice components and unique designs. The little rocker switches are preset tone controls that seem to aim for rock or jazz settings. Cougars were wired for stereo-they are among the first stereo guitars-so there is a fader knob as well as a 3-way pickup selector. The tones are definitely 1960s, albeit a little thin-sounding. The Sensi-Tones single-coils sound good, but suffer a bit from a complex wiring scheme with many capacitors buried under the pickguard.
The well-made pickups and tremolo were Holman-Woodell exclusives, produced in house. This factory produced some cool guitars, including the bizarre LaBaye 2×4 models made (somewhat) famous by Devo’s Bob Mothersbaugh. These wild things were made in Neodesha, Kansas, at the Holman-Woodell factory, which made guitars from 1965 until around 1968. Cougars were also available in “Taffy White” and “Lollipop Red.” There were two other Wurlitzer models (the Wildcat and the Gemini) and the entire lineup was referred to as “The Wild Ones!” Did Wurlitzer make spinet pianos Wurlitzer is most known for their production of entry level pianos. The dealer is likely to have taken the piano in on trade. See more ideas about ray charles, ray, charles. Under 1,500.00: For this price you can, with luck, find a reconditioned spinet or console from a dealer. It dates to 1966 and is called the Cougar model 2512 (the 2512 denotes the sunburst color). Explore Bob Stumpel's board 'Ray Charles Piano & El.P.', followed by 404 people on Pinterest. Back in the ’90s, I found this guitar shown in the same small-town piano store where it originally sold in the ’60s! The whole shop was a time capsule from that bygone era-so much so that I initially thought the guitar was brand new!
But for about a year in the mid 1960s, the company produced an interesting line of electric guitars. For most guitarists, the Wurlitzer name stirs up memories of cool electric pianos or the old organ in your grandparents’ sitting room.
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