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1970's Tomson Mustang copy

In the world of offset copies the Mustang (Musicmaster, Duo-Sonic) is kind of the forgotten little sibling. Maybe it's because it was the "student" model, or because it was never...

Late 60's Burns offset

Well, this one is rare bird indeed.  Part of the fun of looking for these old Japanese guitars is seeing a blurry pic of an old catalogue or a small...

More Morales Mosrite copies

I've written pretty extensively about these before so this blog is more just a visual nerd out of these great Mosrite copies from Morales in Japan. Made by Zen-On in...

1960's Guyatone LG-140T

The Guyatone LG-140T was introduced in late '64/early '65 and was a more deluxe version of the simpler fifties and early sixties Guyatone solid bodies that Guyatone had been selling...

1968 First man Baroque Special

I've written about First man before in previous blogs and mentioned how much I love them and what they turned into. Coming from Teisco after the Kawai takeover they only...

Late 60's Teisco KB2

If you're a regular here you've read a lot about Teisco and you know how much I love them, especially the K series guitars and basses. And pretty much everything...