Guitar
Bertram D
© 2012, Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - 10 years and counting!
- Prestige Early Pointy Guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com This Prestige has everything of the 1970s plywood Japanese cheapos you still find everywhere for a few euros (or pounds, or dollars) under various brands (and often assumed to be Teiscos): plywood body in redburst finish, mahogany...
- 1957 Ibanez Hi-tone Early Japanese Solid Body
guitarz.blogspot.com This 1957 Ibanez Hi-Tone is a collector's dream (if its eBay seller is right about it - I couldn't find any other information source). One of the first Ibanez ever built, it also has an original though very simple design,...
- The Jaguaro-bisonesque Antoria 993
guitarz.blogspot.com Here is a 1960s Antoria 993 that seems to combine the body of a Jaguar with the horns of a Bison (something that might interest also cryptozoologists, mythologists and readers of Jorge Luis Borges) for a unique feel. Antoria...
- Canora Vintage Japanese Semi-hollowbody Bass Guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com: Here's a 1960s Japanese-made Canora semi-hollowbody bass. Anyone out there heard of the Canora brand? It appears to be the same model as the Sekova Vulcan and very likely was available under other brandnames too. The eBay seller...
- Unique 60's Victoria (japanese?) Electric In Charlotte Nc Area - Cool Funky Design
This seller is offering a unique and pretty darn funky looking Japanese solid body electric. I've never seen this particular model - it could be a Guyatone or a Prestige or any of a dozen 1960's era brands. Check out the unique...
Guitar
Teisco, Guyatone, Maestro, etc...
guitarz.blogspot.com
A couple of days ago I posted about a 1957 Ibanez Hi-Tone guitar, about which I knew almost nothing. I inquired since, with a little help from our readers, and though I don't know much more about the Ibanez (but that the model should be a EG-1580), I found many guitars that are very similar (with different headstocks, pickguards, control plates, bridges, stoptails, cutaways, one or two pickups, in bridge or neck position, different woods, etc...) - if not identical - under various brands: on top is a Teisco, on the right is a Guyatone LG 50 H, down are a Maestro LG 50 and a Guyatone LG 40.
There were also Star and Antoria models, and I also found out that there's been a vintage Japanese Hi-Tone brand... So this is another complex cross-branding story for a cool guitar!
And let me wish you all a happy new year for 2013!
Bertram D
© 2012, Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - 10 years and counting!
- Prestige Early Pointy Guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com This Prestige has everything of the 1970s plywood Japanese cheapos you still find everywhere for a few euros (or pounds, or dollars) under various brands (and often assumed to be Teiscos): plywood body in redburst finish, mahogany...
- 1957 Ibanez Hi-tone Early Japanese Solid Body
guitarz.blogspot.com This 1957 Ibanez Hi-Tone is a collector's dream (if its eBay seller is right about it - I couldn't find any other information source). One of the first Ibanez ever built, it also has an original though very simple design,...
- The Jaguaro-bisonesque Antoria 993
guitarz.blogspot.com Here is a 1960s Antoria 993 that seems to combine the body of a Jaguar with the horns of a Bison (something that might interest also cryptozoologists, mythologists and readers of Jorge Luis Borges) for a unique feel. Antoria...
- Canora Vintage Japanese Semi-hollowbody Bass Guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com: Here's a 1960s Japanese-made Canora semi-hollowbody bass. Anyone out there heard of the Canora brand? It appears to be the same model as the Sekova Vulcan and very likely was available under other brandnames too. The eBay seller...
- Unique 60's Victoria (japanese?) Electric In Charlotte Nc Area - Cool Funky Design
This seller is offering a unique and pretty darn funky looking Japanese solid body electric. I've never seen this particular model - it could be a Guyatone or a Prestige or any of a dozen 1960's era brands. Check out the unique...