Old Japanese guitars appreciation thread

Sarge

'85 Westone Raider 1 Alan Carr Edition

Sarge

'79 - 80 Westbury Standard, Dimarzio K-10s inside, beat up a wee bit but one of my faves.

Sarge

APII Urchin Deluxe, refinished

TTony

Sarge said:

similar in shape to the Kawai Aquarius range (must get an Aquarius!!)

Mine ...

Sarge

I have lots more, but all on my Flickr account, and no matter what link I enter it will not show the pic! #frustrating

Sarge

@TTony they look ace 8-> , I need one to compliment my Concords.

TTony

Sarge said:

I have lots more, but all on my Flickr account, and no matter what link I enter it will not show the pic! #frustrating

Copied from the "how to post pics" thread ...

When you get the photo on screen in Flickr, right click it and choose 'Copy Image Location'. You can then paste it into the image box and it will be in your post.  Make sure that the images are public, not private.

Sarge

Yeah I read that first, thanks.
I don't get that copy image location option, it's either down to Flickr or Firefox, or a combo of both

TTony

Sarge said:

@TTony they look ace 8-> , I need one to compliment my Concords.

@Sarge - the 12-string is gone, the black one is all beat-up and currently houses a set of Oil City Stone Tones, which makes it a very nice guitar ...

The white one on the right is in pretty good condition and could be looking for a new home ... PM me if you want to discuss.

Sarge

@TTony, would love to discuss,and it's the maple that catches my eye, but my GAS funds are at an all time low..unless I offload the red Thunder bass...

Sarge

'82 Westone Prestige 250, needs much work but plays beautifully, another fave.

Sarge

Got it working with Flickr, click download, then all sizes....only then can I right click and copy image location!

'84 Westone Concord II bass, a real beauty in a light sparkle Purple Red

Bucket

Fucking hell @Sarge!

Love that Westone Prestige 250, gorgeous.

Sarge

and my best work so far, '82 Westone Thunder 1A, went from this:


to this:



I changed out the ceramic magnets in the MMK45 pickups to Alnico II, and it still retains its awesome power, but with detail and clarity,

Sarge

Bucket said:

Fucking hell @Sarge!

Love that Westone Prestige 250, gorgeous.

maybe you wouldn't say that if you saw the rest of it....




I have all the binding for the headstock repair, and the neck break had been repaired well, just ugly...the neck tracks perfectly, I now am just waiting for some milder weather to strip,sand and stain/refinish the back/headstock.   #keepsmebusyinnit

Bucket

koneguitarist said:

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i278/bargoedboy/tokai.jpg

Must have missed this, I LOVE that scratchplate!

midlifecrisis

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d37/Richard_Kerber/2012-10-10161842_zps370fdd9d.jpg

madeira by guild.  I bought this I think in 1977, I was 15 yr olds.  I still gig it sometimes sounds and plays great. only ever seen a couple of them since. I tried to buy one a couple of yrs ago but it was in Scotland and the guy wouldn't post, wish id gone up there.

Sarge

@midlifecrisis, Never come across the Madeira before, very nice indeedy!

TonyR

Sorry the pics aren't great (all bit small and dark) but here are my Japanese guitars (in order of acquisition) all of which I still own -(with the exception of the Surfcaster):

My 1992 Charvel ST Custom

My 1992 Charvel Surfcaster (sold in September 2013)

My 1962 JVRI Fender Telecaster in Candy Apple Red

My 1965 JVRI Fender Stratocaster in vintage sunburst

57Deluxe

Is obvious statement, but the Yamaha SG2000s is an all time classic and deservedly so... this was when the Japs finally arrived!

Had mine since '86

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee301/snotmale/Things that make you go Ding/YamahaSG2000s.jpg

Yes - Those Cool Cats sound good enough to be used seriously with this company