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1966 Guyatone EB-7

Here's another Guyatone that went through the shop. I'm a huge fan of Guyatone and have owned hundreds, maybe thousands over the years. For me, Guyatone and Teisco are the...

1960's Burns AG hollowbody

No, not THAT Burns ..... Burns of Tokyo. I've written about Burns of Tokyo before and I've had a few through my place over the years despite them being quite...

Late 60's Firstman Barons

I've written plenty about several brands that came from the Teisco-Gen-Gakki factory in the late 60's including Firstman, Idol, Excetro and Honey, but this factory in fact made MANY more...

Maxon WRHB rewind

I've rewound a few of these old Maxon WRHBs over the years and I do have pics of the other rewinds somewhere but this was the latest one I did...

Cor-Tek Greco LP Std

I've written about these Korean made Grecos before but I thought I'd do a quick story on this one that went to the shop recently. These early Korean Cor-Tek and...

Excetro Ric copy

I've written about Excetro before with my Mosrite copy, which is one of my favourite Mosrite inspired guitars from Japan and, like the Mosrite version, this Ric copy is very...