Japanese Guitars

O-hisashiburi It has been a long Corona year, and there really is no good reason to stop posting guitar photos and occasional thoughts about...

Old Tokai LS-80s are a real pleasure to play and photograph. This particular one is an early one from 1978 with mother of pearl fretboard i...

When checking email for auction alerts I had a Greco SG notice that was already an hour old. One click on the link, and right away I am ...

Happy New Year 2020! Stoptails, P-90s and gold.  Gold Jerry! Gold!!    Ok, excuse that Seinfeld reference. Here are a couple of mad...

This 46 year old Maxon U-1000 showed up on Yahoo Auctions needing a new home and a new pickup lead wire. I though the U-1000s started i...

Ace Frehley and Kiss have been big in Japan since the 70s and still make waves today. The current Ace-less KISS incarnation just finished p...

These "A" stamped pickups show up from time to time, with no real reason or rhyme. Why did they use an "A" stamp on so...