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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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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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 […]
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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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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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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 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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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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Hi all! Well, this was a huge surprise. I found this listed 2 hours after posted and immediately contacted the guy. I chased this very same guitar last December. I was working about 500 miles away in D.C. for the week and had some back and forth with seller but it sold out under me. […]
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I forgot it was coming until Fedex showed up at my door! This is the only guitar I’ve bought sight unseen and only did so based on the Ventura (Japan vintage) reputation which seems to be quite good for a modestly priced old guitar. Winning bid $34 + shipping. Had to do a little […]
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I just scored a Washburn off craigslist Pretty poorly put together ad, little details, lousy pics. No serial number pictured. I just got my hands on it and back home. I think it’s an A20V. The headstock reads: “791233” only. Front of headstock says “Washburn”. It is definitely a neck through. I also believe it […]
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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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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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Just scored! FREE Aspen LC-5 Parlor classical guitar at the Eastham Swap shop. The lady working there said it was put down just a few minutes before I snatched it up. I loved this guitar for several weeks and played in on the couch a lot. Then I grew to hate the ‘plinky’ nylon string […]
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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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