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Statistics: Posted by sneakypete — Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:11 am
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Statistics: Posted by sneakypete — Fri Apr 03, 2009 5:34 am
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Speaking of quality, did any 60's or so MIJ nylons ever built with Ebony fingerboards? Perhaps Arai (Aria)?
So many of the midrange instruments came out with maple/mahogany or 'Ebonised' woods. I'm just wondering if any manufacturer went the whole hog.
Come to think of it I may have an MIJ late 60's period classical 'Concert series' (very wide fingerboard, laminated top, flat thin neck). One day soon I'm going to resurrect the stuff stored away.
In the meantime, I'm going to clean up and re-string my latest acquisition, a 21st century Silvertone electric 'cause I went and bought 6 different effects boxes today and I'm going to have a blast!
Statistics: Posted by PickerAUS — Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:44 am
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the neck is different from the other one I have with the diamond bracing...the new one has a 4 piece laminated mahogany neck while the first has a 1 piece mahogany neck, also so the purple one has much less elaborate binding than the white/silver model, might be why the labels are a different color, not exactly the same in every way. So maybe the ones with the diamond cut bracing are solid wood, hard to say for sure, there are so many Suzuki models, I keep seeing different labels almost every week on line here, it`s a real challenge. One more thing...The early Yamaha Dynamics that got exported came back with cracked tops so that led to them experimenting with laminates and the S series Dynamics evolved, latest info is that...Suzuki built those Dynamics prior to Yamaha opening their own factory in late `66, so it is possible the Suzukis they exported were laminates while some of the domestics were solid, of course once the lamination process was perfected, the flood gates opened and all kinds of models may have been introduced which could be why there are so many labels from the company, but Yamaya is the same. their Suzuki made Dynamics changed labels several times which in fact helps tell when they were made. Of course all of this is speculation and I only have 4 Suzukis now, though I own a whola whack of MIJ nylons so I`m comparing those I know to be solid with those I know are laminates...and this is ceratinly all not fool proof, very little is with old MIJs, so I go by the guitars I own and can see with my own eyes.
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Statistics: Posted by sneakypete — Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:35 am
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The seller of the latest Suzuki sent a mail to say he shipped the guitar today, so once it gets here I`ll take pics on the first sunny day we get. If I like it I`ll keep it if I don`t I`ll give it to a friend or maybe my brother in laws daughter or it could be a Christmas present for my nephew in Canada, he`s got a few I`ve sent him now...so does his dad.
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Statistics: Posted by sneakypete — Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:23 pm
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Is that your Suzuki site you linked before in the thread?
Statistics: Posted by sneakypete — Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:37 pm
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Statistics: Posted by PickerAUS — Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:45 am
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