Got a really cool guitar. 1984 Tokai. I think they might have only made this F65 model in 1984-1985 years. It only shows up in the old Tokai catalogs those years and nowhere else. Made in Japan and sold for 65,000 Yen new. ASWR all snow white 25.5” scale length – longer Fender style which […]
Read More »Had my Vypyr 15 amp for years. Out of the blue I read about “de-fanging” them (cosmetically). Was intrigued. Simply job, just remove 4 screws from the needlessly huge lousy material plastic band with logo under the knobs. It’s Great! Looks more vintage like and silly plastic blob can get stored or thrown away. I […]
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Wow. This neck is huge. Super thick. Might be the thickest neck I own except that vintage Japan Hy Lo hollow body I own. Measured 15/16″ at 1st fret. 1″ (-less than 1/64″) at 12th fret. Was expecting a thin shredder neck. Not at all. Super dense feeling thick solid maple neck. Normally I dislike […]
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I haven’t traveled with my #1 travel guitar. Stupid right? I only bought and sold four other guitars before selling off three of them. I grabbed my 2000 Steinberger Spirit the last several work trips. I wasn’t sure how to (best) solve my little problem: The Arbor slides a bit off the lap sitting. The […]
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Just picked this up. Only claimed issue was high action, but it’s not bad at all on cowboy chords. Might be a good beater / beach / throw in the car guitar.
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Here it is! Was searching a long time for this one. A group I’m on posted this. This shows exactly what I have and wondered what it was: My 1985 Arbor headless 505S guitar. Amazing neck thru guitar. They call it the ‘thru-body-neck guitar’ with two humbuckers. They also cite the Steinberger Licensed tremolo.
Read More »more more more. more buys less sales. Ratcheting up sales soon to clear out deadweights. Updates coming with pics soon! -The crazy ‘Gibson’ that wasn’t a Gibson after all… Took me 1-2 minutes to figure that out. BUT, a must buy anyway! Now my 3rd favorite guitar and everyday player at one location… -Toy junk […]
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Found this beauty online. On Reverb no less. Agreed to purchase. Oddly seller cancelled it. Then I spent some effort to get it back into play and presto! I got it! I received it totally gutted to wood. Obviously for large discount and wallet friendly price. Now, a long process begins on how to re-build […]
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Got this beauty. Very strange acquisition tale on this one. I got an alert emailed to me and responded within 17 minutes I think it was to a phone number. I think I have a 1.5 hour drive out of state coming up and find out seller is in my state! And only about 4-5 […]
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It is very very light. Like 5 something pounds. I had to re-do the wiring, was quite easy and then all of the electronics worked! Two solder joints were blown / separated. I also have 3x shimmed the neck to try to get it with decent playability using a scrap piece of cedar shingle. I […]
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I thought for quite some time this factory engraved guitar pots likely said: D.P. but it turns out they must say J.P. This turns out stands for Jung Poong which is a South Korea company. This first photo is from the control cavity of my (likely 1985) Arbor headless Licensed by Steinberger guitar. It’s a […]
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Hi all: EDIT Hi Resolution picture now added for description page!: I recently copied out a scanned 1984 Arbor Guitar catalog! I copied out 8 pages. 1984 Arbor Guitar catalog / pricelist. Here’s a few pages I copied out… You can see SIMCO is clearly listed. This also showcases the ‘Stilleto’ Series, a photo is […]
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Ibanez! PF4-NT Bored at work, – found it 30 min after posted on Craiggers! Pickup hours later. The action on this guitar is in the electric category, it’s like defying physics and like it should be illegal lol. For a low priced guitar, it sounds great, amazing I’d say. I do note some difference in […]
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Passed by local yard sale… thought I should stop ‘just in case they have any guitars…’ and they did. Junky toy one and then my favorite vintage brand: Aspen. Aspen made in Japan AD-18 acoustic. With case and strap. Tagged ‘$20’ and when I asked excitedly ‘is this $20 dollars?” the woman said, “No, it’s […]
Read More »After reading recommendations online I decided to try out Ernie Ball skinny bottom fat top strings. I was stunned how good this Hy Lo is as a player. Lowest action of any acoustic I’ve ever played by a long shot. NO buzz on this neck – holy crap! E Major chords sound amazing hitting it […]
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Hey there: Just picked up this headless Steinberger Spirit guitar. Ok ok… I got it after my dream headless showed up which I love. So why? Price was scorching deal and major goodies. Very nice seller, had it a long time and hardly played it so figured to move it. It was a bit of […]
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I just picked up a mid 80s Arbor branded licensed by Steinberger guitar. This thing is really great, it blows away my Austin Hatchet I recently traveled with. I had to wait two months, just to get this shipped from Texas to me from seller. I am wondering who built it and when and where. […]
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Just got this little guy. Was a little unsure about buying it, seller made a 40% off asking price so I bit. He nicely threw in a capo and it came with an old beat up cheapo chipboard case. The truss rod (I find out the next day) was completely loose. So the neck was […]
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After loosing a white spider web graphic beat up needs-a-lot-of-work guitar more than a year ago, I found THIS little beauty. Instead of a 8 hour drive it was a mere 40 minutes away. It had been listed for 3 days when I discovered it, and my work schedule was brutal – 46 hours in […]
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Just purchased arm. It’s a Bigsby arm, which I was able to easily adapt to fit the Hy Lo. Looks terrific. Now to get the Hy Lo making any noise… Noted from Reverb info page: “Fujigen went on to achieve lasting fame as the manufacturer of Greco guitars in the ‘70s and Fender Japan in […]
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Just got this little beauty. Not much online about this guitar, so here’s what I know: Either made 1980, 1981 only or 1980 – 1986. Nothing made after that anyway. Made in Korea by Cort, and had same guitar with different trim / hardware and badging in the “Kay 45” aka “Kay Rifle” guitar and […]
Read More »2.5 hours today of cutting filing and measuring again and more filing… Bone is a tough pain in neck to work with. I started with likely a cow bone. Was found in Cambridge yard by the g.f. Although clean and white, I boiled it for about 40 minutes or so. Then let it sit in […]
Read More »Guitar metrics. Because who doesn’t love stats and measurements… You have to click below to view this as PDF. Working on having it auto display… guitar metrics Hot mess below mumbo jumbo – thanks for shit interface WP. Weight 1st fret 12th fret Larger 1 + 11/16” nut aka 1.6875 Washburn A20V neck thru, 1979 […]
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NGD x 2 for me! Bought at Vermont old family farmhouse from great guy seller who is packing it up and moving to Poland. First guitar I chased thru FB Marketplace for last 3 weeks waiting to get to Vermont: ( I had recently lost out on a Steinberger Spirit Pro at a pawn shop […]
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Getting ready to sell or trade this. Not a scratch on it. Perfect shape. Gorgeous plush case – the nicest I’ve ever seen. I’ve got too many explorers, and I’m devoted to my Washburn A20V as I’ll never have a better player than that. I also cannot stand the goofy split headstock. I had planned […]
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I’ve waited a long time… Finally got the neck leveled and re-strung this beauty. I used a standard cedar shingle and cut it to size and then hand block sanded it down a lot to thin it and go paper thin on the headstock end. I used a paper hole punch to make the four […]
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Just got this little guy in Burlington, Vermont. Came with gorgeous Yamaha case that looks brand new, acoustic amp, tuner, unopened bag of guitar picks and cord for amp. Crazy deal. Can’t say right now how low I got it but it was super deal. I guess this guitar has a solid (cedar) top, not […]
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New guitar day!! Just got this little (and I mean little) beauty this week 🙂 I’ll never buy a strat, but I’ve been eying JM / Jags for over a year. Most of the ones I consider are big money – big money for me. I discovered the 1532T about a year ago in old […]
Read More »Full write up coming soon. But… I have multiple copies now. Most of the heavy hitters. -Epiphone Goth Explorer MIK 2004 24.75″ setneck -Aria Pro II ZZ Deluxe 1983 MIJ Blueburst Black bolt on 25.5″ -Dean Z “Chicago Series” set neck 24.75″ -“Gig” Explorer MIJ (Matsumoku factory build) bolt on 25.5″ -Washburn A20V 1979 built […]
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I went for a beautiful country drive in the sunshine through Mont Vernon and the Francestown turnpike thru Francestown and on to Deering NH to meet a guy for a potential trade… Recall, I acquired two ‘Gig’ brand MIJ vintage guitars in Florida two years ago. I never liked or bonded with the V at […]
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Today was the day… over a year later… I finally re-wired from the ground up my very first guitar. I got this guitar gutted Jan 3rd, it only had the bridge and tuners. Not even strings. I bought (2) EMG 81 active pickups in New Jersey last September 8th, driving all the way back from […]
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I still have a cold trail as to what this beauty is. I’ve been playing the heck out of it and I really love it. Through tons of internet searching I found this guitar looks nearly identical to it. Unfortunately it’s listed as ‘unknown’ maker and country of origin. The headstock looks exactly the […]
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omigosh omigosh omigosh! I just plugged this mystery mahogany Explorer in. I was afraid to – didn’t know if it was going to be a huge letdown. The sound: it’s gorgeous. I think on this home stereo no less and not even a guitar amp it may have catapulted to my favorite of all time. […]
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Very excited, just bought this beauty. I did not even realize what I had until later. I did not notice it was definitely a solid wood guitar. Or that it was 2 piece only and the grain goes front thru side to back! I also didn’t measure the scale length until later. I had guessed […]
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Well, that just happened. I don’t think many have ever tried this trick. Bought a 26 year old Korean built original series Epiphone PR5E/B guitar. It’s gorgeous, featuring a “florentine” cutaway body with “snowflake” fretboard inlays and all black body and neck with double white binding. It’s pretty stunning, and has a great looking headstock […]
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Got this made in Korea. Ultra beater. Bought it at online auction cheap, but turns out to be horrible buy. Twisted and warped neck, not even ‘nylon’ strings but some horrible black plastic. Ruined saddle on bridge and buzzing all over… a complete P.O.S. good for nothing – not even playing at a beach at […]
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