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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...

Harmony gold foil rewind

I've rewound a few of these but always forgotten to take pics (which is common for me) of the process and I like pics in my blogs so this time...

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...

Guyatone LG-127T but, different again. Part 1.

While a lot of guitar nerds obsess about the shape of a rout in a vintage Strat body or whether the screws in their vintage Gibson are original I have...

Mid 60's Teisco MJ2L

I know, you're saying how much can you write about Teisco? Well, a lot more it seems. I know I've covered A LOT of Teisco models in this blog but...