Just got this after the UNH game. In the rain. Gorgeous Mother of Pearl inlays with nice aged patina. Not solid white but has some yellowing that’s quite lovely. Seller cut off the strings in order to shave the bridge saddle down to lower the action, then never filed it down. I saw this is […]
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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 […]
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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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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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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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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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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 […]
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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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I bought this while in NYC for the US Open. Great sounding and playing Sigma acoustic guitar. Model 52 SDM-12-5 for the Martin Guitar Co. Unfortunately, it has a repaired headstock that is very solid, probably stronger now than it ever was. 12 string guitar converted to 6 string. Finish looks like the gloss was […]
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Just picked a piece of history. Quite beautiful to look at. Telestar RD2V circa 1965. The huge oversized mirrored pickguard is a real showpiece on this one. Made in Japan of 60s vintage. Maple neck which is very very thick, the thickest neck I’ve ever played. Edit 2022: From Reverb info page: “There […]
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I don’t know much about this guitar. I got it home a couple weeks ago, and I sure was surprised when I finally got it plugged in. I’ve never played a tele before amped and I just love the bridge pickup setting. I am a super newb and just learning guitar since a year ago. […]
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Bought this one for $60! Local CL philadelphia ad… I was working a week in DC that was mostly sitting around so pounding cragislists ads all up the atlantic seaboard for scoring deals on the drive back north… And I spots this one with my eye. Unfortunately, I only have this in my hands for […]
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A tale. And questions about what I have and who made these and when. Ok, finally getting around to post something online about my mysterious guitars I purchased. I flew down to Florida to buy these two almost a year ago. (Ok, I had a job there to travel to as well). I had been […]
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I was stunned I got gifted a brand new guitar this Christmas. Completely bowled over. I had been looking at buying an explorer type of cheap guitar since this past summer. Just before Christmas during December 22 I almost drove out to Hudson NH to buy an Epiphone Goth explorer. more details below. This Ibanez […]
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