however, the head stock is sawed off. i personally like the shape of the head stock.
will be interesting to see if anyone actually buys it. I love mine....
Statistics: Posted by cL — Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:28 am
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It's listed as a "Teisco/Kawai", but the headstock logo is missing, so that's no doubt just an assumption on the sellers' part.
Auction 180320490444...sorry, guys, I'd link it, but I don't know how
Statistics: Posted by jeff mercer — Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:25 pm
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Statistics: Posted by sneakypete — Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:09 am
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I know some US made guitars used European hardware- Gretsch Corvette's w/ Burns whammys, Guild Thunderbirds w/ Hagstrom whammys etc.
Might this be a Japanese/ European hybrid- y'know, body & neck MIJ, hardware from Italy ?
Nice (& interesting) guitar, mate !
Statistics: Posted by jeff mercer — Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:33 pm
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I think it is kinda interesting that Pleasant is not mentioned in the English description of the Shinko Company. All of the Pleasant guitars listed in Bizarre Guitars of the 60's were produced between 1965-66. I'm wondering if Pleasant had ceased to exist as a guitar brand by 1968.
Statistics: Posted by VintAxe — Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:41 am
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top kanji say...it is a new born middleman operation...[ seems like an advertisement for a new corporation]
the 5 lines that follow read something like this...
- I will help you sell music books, notation etc
- I will advise you on selling.
- I will hwlp you publish your music.
- I know famous writers. [?!]
- I have foreign and Japanese music notaion. [ scores I think it means ]
and the big kanji at the bottom...
RAKU HAN... means... "music sell"
and thats it.
Statistics: Posted by sneakypete — Fri Jan 09, 2009 6:19 am
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this guitar is gonna be rocking with me for a Long, Long, time. Thanks for the help guys, you guys know your guitars!!
now, any suggestions on a vintage amp to accompany this guitar? (300-500$ range?)
cL
Statistics: Posted by cL — Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:05 pm
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Statistics: Posted by sneakypete — Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:49 pm
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So far, not much has turned up but I did find a couple of teasers.
First, here is a description of the Shinko company that appears in a 1968 edition of Japan Music Trades. Not much info other than the company was located in Nagoya which is the major industrial port city in Aichee prefecture and one of Japan's long established guitar making centers. Nardan guitars are acoustics; no mention of Pleasant.
Another teaser comes from an ad in the same issue of JMT. My question is what do these companies have in common so that they would appear in the same ad? My first idea was that they were all based in Nagoya but that is not the case. Two companies I recognize, Zen On and Kokusai are both from Osaka.
Maybe we can persuade sneakypete to drag his wife over to the computer screen and give us some idea of what the text of this ad says
I do know that Kokusai was founded shortly after the war and distributed instruments from Hohner and Wurlitzer.
Statistics: Posted by VintAxe — Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:42 pm
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Interesting guitar. The pickup selectors and trem unit remind me of EKO guitars from this period. Here is a link to an example of what I mean:
Your guitar is pictured in Bizarre Guitars of the 60's so we can at least pin down the date. Looks like it was built around 1965. Here's the picture from Bizarre Guitars in case you want to try your hand at reproducing the missing truss rod cover on your instrument.
As far as value, it's probably worth what you paid for it if you bought it from an online auction. I'd guess somewhere in the neighborhood of $300 give or take $50. The big issue with playability here is that straight bar bridge that cannot be used to intonate the instrument. If you could find an adjustable bridge that fits the existing posts the guitar would be seriously upgraded without permanently altering it's originality.
Statistics: Posted by VintAxe — Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:48 pm
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Statistics: Posted by cL — Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:16 am
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the guitar is beautiful....i just cant find any info on it.
shinko musical co?
what do you think its value could be (estimate....)
Statistics: Posted by cL — Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:24 pm
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Not much known about Pleasant at the moment other than they were built in Japan in the mid 1960's.
The question has come up on another thread, you may want to check it out to see other examples of their guitars.
Statistics: Posted by VintAxe — Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:17 pm
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