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Early 70's Guyatone SG-22T

The Guyatone SG-22T was their most expensive hollow body when it was introduced in 1966/67 at 35,000 yen and was only beaten in price by the LG-200 and the LG-350T...

Tym pickups, kind of ...

Because my brain never stops and have lots of silly ideas and ... anyway, I've been holding off mentioning this for a while but, here goes. A few months ago I...

Late 60's/early 70's Greco VB

I've been on a bit of a Violin bass kick lately with a couple of Guyatones and a couple of Firstmans heading over to the shop (more coming) so I thought...

Late 60's Aria Diamonds hollowbody

While Japan spent the sixties copying a lot of US and UK guitars they mainly concentrated on the "big brands" but every so often you come across a Japanese guitar...

Early 70's Guyatone LG-20

This wonderful "Teleish" guitar was introduced by Guyatone in '69 and mixes parts from the Tele and the Jaguar into a beautiful mash of wonder. At first glance you say...

Early 70's Guyatone VB-28s

You all know how much I love Guyatones and I've written about their history a few times and mentioned different factories that made Guyatones around this period, which was a...