This guide looks at all of the different guitar manufacturers working in Japan in the 1960s so that you can begin to differentiate between their products and get a better idea of what you're buying. The Norma brand has guitars that were made by Teisco Gen Gakki, Sakkai, and Tombo, as well as several other manufacturers. Often, these guitar brands would source guitars from multiple manufacturers to fit different price points in their catalogs. This means that a company (for example, Strum and Drum of Wheeling, Illinois) could approach a Japanese manufacturer (in this case, Sakkai) and ask it to produce a guitar branded for that contracting companyвЂ™s inвЂ“house brand name (Norma). I can send you photos and even a video I recorded using it 17 years ago.Like Kleenex for tissues or Dumpster for large garbage containers, the brand Teisco has become a kind of shorthand for вЂњstrange looking Japanese guitar from the 1960s.вЂќ When someone posts a picture on a forum of a vintage Japanese guitar that heвЂ™s trying to identify, five people will immediately shout out вЂњTeisco!вЂќ Occasionally, theyвЂ™re even right.Д«ut the reality of the matter is that while Teisco did produce over a million guitars during the course of its history, there are also a few million more JapaneseвЂ“made guitars that are decidedly not Teiscos.Д«efore we jump in, itвЂ™s important to note that all of these companies weвЂ™re about to discuss were Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) producers for a variety of brands both in Japan and abroad. It is in great condition except for dirty rocker switches. The back of the headstock had a small metal Made in Japan tag held on with tiny nails. It has the Guyatone G logo on the headstock and the truss rod cover says Tokoyo Sound Co. Where it is different from all the others I have seen is the two 3 position rocker switches on the upper horn. It has 2 single coil pickups with massive slugs, trem arm, 1 vol and 1 tone knob in the usual spot. I am wondering if I have one that was not mafe for export. I have been searching the web for a couple weeks, and canвЂ™t find a single photo, drawing or ad for this one.

I am trying to identify a Guyatone that I got at a swap meet in the S.F. I have had many guitars over the last 47 years. Even in its original state its value is only about 1,500 at best. Now before someone has a hissyfit that iвЂ™ve ruined a вЂњvintageвЂќ guitar, and diminished itвЂ™s value, remember it had already been painted five times before. An outstanding job! Shoot, ol Wilson Picket hisself played this guitar back in 66 or67. I just wish he could have seen the finished guitar. passed and he did get to see the oak veneer and he really liked it. I had started the refinish project before Charles. Never stripped! Just sanded and a new color applied. This guitar had been re-painted five times previously. I replicated the pickguard in carbon fiber.

I refinished the guitar by veneering the top in oak and a sunburst finish was added. IвЂ™m a short fella, as are my extremities.

IвЂ™ve been aquainted with this guitat since 1965. I have (and cherish) a1957 Fender Duo-Sonic, that was вЂњwilledвЂќ to me by a very dear friend who passed on a few years ago.

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