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Bertram
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- 1978 Music Man Sabre 1
guitarz.blogspot.com Usually I don't care for strat-shaped guitars but the Music Man Sabre has an interesting story and it's not a mere copy, since it was conceived by Leo Fender himself during his short time in the company. By the time...
- What Is This Plasma-labeled Guitar?
guitarz.blogspot.com This Plasma guitar feels like a one-off - and if not it's been anyway retrofit because you wouldn't find a wooden pickguard on any factory guitar! Or maybe it is a Frankenstein, because neck and headstock are typically...
- Voss Jazz Guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com What a poor guitar blogger I am, today again I cannot say much about this Voss jazz guitar, but a rough description. First of all, I never heard about the Voss brand so far, even after a few years spent glorifying German schlaggitarren,...
- Azumi Nanyo Subtly Pointy Guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com Azumi is a very obscure Japanese guitar company, once I've written that they were (most likely) made in the Chushin Gakki factory, I've exhausted all I know about it... But looking at the sober design of this Azumi Nanyo,...
- Seiwa Jazzman Bass. . . . . .
Seiwa Jazzman - Not many of these about? I have put out various enquiries about this and still know very little about it. Names offered for similar instruments are Azumi and Chushin Gakki (Cushin) and in Canada, Onyx. Onyx I have had it for...
Guitar
1970s Lew Chase with piezo pickups
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I found only two entries about Lew Chase guitars on Google and they are divergent - one states that Lew Chase was a luthier who worked for Peavey and Azumi in the 1970s, the other that it's a UK importer that rebranded Azumi guitars before designing its own models.
Both could be true, but this guitar is far too special for a mere rebranding so there must be a failed visionary behind it. This late 1970s Lew Chase has piezoelectric pickups - one for each strings, and each having its own sliding volume behind the bridge, in addition to the general volume knob.
Its design is similar to the Azumi Nanyo we saw a few months ago - Azumi is slightly less obscure that Lew Chase - and the guitar is made in Japan. Anybody with extra information is welcome of course!
EDIT: check the comments for extra information!
EDIT: check the comments for extra information!
Bertram
© 2012, Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - now in its 10th year!
- 1978 Music Man Sabre 1
guitarz.blogspot.com Usually I don't care for strat-shaped guitars but the Music Man Sabre has an interesting story and it's not a mere copy, since it was conceived by Leo Fender himself during his short time in the company. By the time...
- What Is This Plasma-labeled Guitar?
guitarz.blogspot.com This Plasma guitar feels like a one-off - and if not it's been anyway retrofit because you wouldn't find a wooden pickguard on any factory guitar! Or maybe it is a Frankenstein, because neck and headstock are typically...
- Voss Jazz Guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com What a poor guitar blogger I am, today again I cannot say much about this Voss jazz guitar, but a rough description. First of all, I never heard about the Voss brand so far, even after a few years spent glorifying German schlaggitarren,...
- Azumi Nanyo Subtly Pointy Guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com Azumi is a very obscure Japanese guitar company, once I've written that they were (most likely) made in the Chushin Gakki factory, I've exhausted all I know about it... But looking at the sober design of this Azumi Nanyo,...
- Seiwa Jazzman Bass. . . . . .
Seiwa Jazzman - Not many of these about? I have put out various enquiries about this and still know very little about it. Names offered for similar instruments are Azumi and Chushin Gakki (Cushin) and in Canada, Onyx. Onyx I have had it for...