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1979 Greco GO700

I've written a lot about how much I love the great Fugigen factory in Japan who made guitars for many brands including, along with Matsumoku, Greco guitars. In the mid...

The new Tym effects series

Introducing the new series of Tym effects that are not only more affordable, but also more readily available AND for the first time in 20 years, you will be able to...

TMI Vibratone

As part of my 20th anniversary this year I was going to make some guitars to hang on the wall in the shop. This plan, like so many others has...

1960's Victor / NIVICO SG-12

I recently wrote an article about one of my all time favourite guitars, the Victor SG-18 and it's history with JVC in Japan. The only other guitar made by this...

1965 Zen On ES-70T

I've written about Zen On before here with their wonderful Morales Mosrite copies from the late sixties but prior to them they were making great solid body "offsets" with awesome...

Guyatone LG-50T and EB-1

The two things that influenced the Japanese guitar scene in the sixties more than anything else was the Beatles and the Ventures. The influence the Beatles had on guitar manufacturing...