Japanese Acoustic junkies - show your guitars...
 

I've been hearing a lot of '70s Japanese knockoffs that are very good guitars. I'm just curious if anyone else has a Made in Japan guitar that they like.

Brian

My '85 Lowden.

_____
gh1

It's a classical but I love it so much I'm going to post in this thread anyway. One of Masaki Sakurai's finer pieces of craftsmanship from 1976.

http://www.dreamguitars.com/images/p...11640/full.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...g/4yamahas.jpg
Yamaha's Left to right; N500 (Japan Only release), FG350w from Tiawan (love that one too) It is thier "AJ" Great great player, A Handmade LA18 Solid African Mahogany (Looks like the wood Collings uses), Mahogany neck, Ebony Fretboard, it has a special setup for tremendous sustane. The King; FG300, nothing sounds like her. The notes drip with honey.
I have a couple others.

Those are not cheap Yamaha's. I have an FG335 from probably around 1980 and it doesn't come close to any of those 4 in terms of eye candy.

I'm Japanese and I'm an acoustic junky. Does that count?
:D

one of my many Yamaha Dynamics, this is a #1 from the mid/late `50s...

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...ars2007076.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...ars2007074.jpg

1950 Kiso Suzuki...

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1.../suzuki093.jpg

1948 Suzuki...

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...ss/1948011.jpg

early `50s Yamaha Dynamic #50 export model, hard to find in Japan...

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1.../gibson095.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1.../gibson093.jpg

1960`s Sadao Yairi...

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1.../gibson047.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1.../gibson049.jpg

early `60s Yamaha No. 45...

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1.../suzuki051.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1.../suzuki030.jpg

on the left is my $1.oo Masao Koga all laminate that sounds better than you think...on the right is my .21 cent all solid wood made by someone whose signature can not be read by anybody I`ve shown it to so far...amazing pair for a grand total of $1.21 CDN. People think everything is outrageously expensive in Japan but for some unknown reason many old MIJ nylon strings
are still dirt cheap, I have 29 Yamaha Dynamics, 14 of their first run classical types and 7 Sadao Yairis...among other assorted makers...but I`ll stop now `cause there are just too many to post em all.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...dynamic032.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...dynamic029.jpg

http://philsfenders.com/index.html

Here's the link to my Japanese '70's Fenders

Series I Ibanez Artwoods, post-lawsuit era (1978-1980):

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/c...0/IMG_0755.jpg

ya
 

i have a westminster 12 string model 275 and i love it, i am having a hard time finding any info about it tho besides it being made by some matsasomething company in the 70's i believe

eh, I'll join in an the thread necromancing.

70's Sekova OM MIJ

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...o/DSCN1510.jpg

77 Takamine F-360S

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...o/DSCN1379.jpg

Me and my Takamine EF341SC

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...525c74224a.jpg

Thats a cool pic!