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2022

That's 2022 done and dusted. I'd like to say a genuine thanks to everyone who follows my place and supports it, even in the smallest ways. As challenging as things...

1968 Teisco May Queen

In the plethora of bizarre vintage Japanese guitars few stand out as beautifully iconic as the Teisco May Queen. I've written about the May Queen before, along with its close...

1960's Aria 2000T

I've been collecting vintage Japanese guitars for many years and as I've mentioned before, 2 things changed everything in the 90's for a budding collector stuck in the far reaches...

Teisco K4L

I've written about the K series Teiscos a few times, but I thought I'd do something a little different with this blog since I have had these 2 here waiting to...

Arai Diamond 1850T

There's really not a lot of info out there about this particular model of Aria, or more precisely this Arai Diamond hollowbody which was an early Matsumoku made semi acoustic....

Honey SE-29VD 1967/68

I've written about Honey quite a few times before but not about this particular model so I won't go too much into the history as you can read about it...