Vintage japanese electric guitars

A little walk through Japanese guitar history: Goya/Greco manufactured guitars since the early 1960's at the legendary Fiji-genGakki Plant. Greco was also one of the pioneers of the Japanese

Japan is home of many of the most iconic guitar brands in entire world. In this post we'll take a deep look at 11 of the best Japanese guitar brands out there.

16" Multiscale Archtop Guitar handmade by Tyler Wells with built in arm bevel and alternative sound hole placement.

guitarz.blogspot.com: The eBay seller AZ Guitar Worx claims that this vintage no-name tear-drop guitar is a Teisco, and whilst it's not a model I've seen previously, looking at the general construction, pickups and hardware used, I think Teisco is a fair bet; it certainly looks very Japanese. Like the violin bass, the tear-drop guitar is a design that has been pounced on by a myriad of copyists and imitators, although to my mind this one looks much more Kapa Minstrel than Vox tear-drop…

guitarz.blogspot.com: Here's a 1967 Japanese Teisco KB-2 bass, the bass sibling to Teisco's infamous ET guitar series (see here and here). It's a shame it doesn't have the striped effect metal pickguard that the guitar versions sport; it's actually quite conservative looking with only two pickups, the plain plate, and (obviously) no trem. Still, it's a great looking design if you like your basses retro-style. And - oh look - it has a headstock with a 3+1 tuner arrangement. Yes, the very same…

guitarz.blogspot.com: Here's another eccentric-looking (by modern standards) guitar from 1960s Japan. It's a TeleStar, which was a brandname used by Kawai guitars. I'm not sure if the model name is actually "Green Goblin" or if that is the name that the eBay seller has named it (I suspect the latter). Whatever, the $1,199 Buy It Now price on eBay is truly horrifying. These guitars may be "rare", but as I've said before, "rare" does not necessarily equal valuable. If I'd have to estimate a…

In part two of the early British solidbody electric guitars story, Paul Day documents the golden era enjoyed by UK companies during the early 1960s.