Here is a very nice 2005 Alvarez by Kazuo Yairi FYM95V steel string.
Alvarez guitars are built in the Yairi plant in Kani, Gifu, Japan, a small town in a mountainous area. The Yairi family has been involved in classical guitar and violin building since perhaps 1935
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Here’s a very clean 1985 Yamaha SBG1200. Featuring a mahogany body with maple cap, and a maple neck (similar to Gibson Les Paul construction at the time), this is a seriously good guitar.
Yamaha built a range of solidbody electrics from the 1970’s and achieved some success with them, though not as much as with their acoustic line. A number of prominent players were seen with the higher end models, including Carlos Santana and more recently, John Frusciante.
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Here is a mid 80’s Ibanez George Benson model – the GB10 – with some minor wear selling for $2250.
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The classic Gretsch 6120 is orange, in various shades of faded. But this 6120 looks so good with the gold hardware and white binding on black, that black just has to be the new orange. Sold at $1699 CAD.
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Ibanez started making copies of North American instruments like the Johhny Smith archtop in the early 1970’s, but before long, lawsuits were threatened.
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This is a visually interesting Japanese-made Bass IV from 1967. Six-string basses did not really catch on in this format but there are a few examples, like this, around.
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