Shown here is an Ibanez Musician MC100 solidbody, bolt-on electric built during 1978 and 1979 by Fuji-Gen in Nagoya, Japan. The Musician models were original design and very high-quality instruments and marked Ibanez’ move away from relying on copying other designs.
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Here is an excellent Epiphone Elitist ES-335 /NA in Natural finish, built during 2006 at the Terada plant in Nagoya, Japan. This is the same plant that builds many pro-line guitars, including Gretsch models, and this guitar illustrates the quality of their work. The Epiphone Elitist ES-335 is based on an early 1960’s Gibson ES-335 with dot position markers, but it is not an exact copy.
Built from 2002 to 2008, the Epiphone Elitist Sheraton was one of a line of top-quality instruments showing off how good these guitars can be. All the materials, hardware, fit and finish are top notch and are unquestionably professional grade. Assembled in Japan, they use US-made pickups, electronics and other components. This Epiphone Elitist Sheraton is in excellent shape with vanishingly small amounts of wear. It plays very well, has a great feel and a very classy appearance.
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MORE →This is an Epiphone Elitist Byrdland in natural finish, built during 2008 at the Terada plant near Nagoya. This plant builds many top quality instruments, including much of the Gretsch pro-line guitars. This guitar is in very good condition, and seems to be entirely original and in excellent condition with very little wear of any kind.
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MORE →The Fender Made in Japan Modern Telecaster adds many features from high end models at an affordable price. These features include a compound radius fingerboard with medium-jumbo frets, compound neck shape, locking tuners, contoured heel and back, fourth generation noiseless pickups, and a push-pull tone control giving a series/parallel option for the middle pickup switch position.
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MORE →The Gretsch 6120 archtop electric guitar first appeared in 1954 with the Chet Atkins name, and quickly established itself as as a top tier instrument. It’s been used successfully in every genre that allows electric guitars, from Jazz to country to harder Rock styles.
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