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 »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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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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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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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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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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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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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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