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Please help me Identify this guitar marked "ROSSI"

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by mikepointfive » Wed Apr 11, 2012 2:47 pm

I found this guitar in the first soberliving home I lived at back in 1998. Nobody claimed it within 30 days, at which point it became mine. I love this guitar for its beautiful sound and its vintage appearance. You can hear the lovely sound clean with just a bit of reverb in this track i made with a simple drum beat, turntable scratch sample, and a digital multitrack software app here:

http://soundcloud.com/mikepointfive/lon ... tumbleweed

I took a few pictures as well:
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There are no serial numbers or any other descriptives at all.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Thank you everybody in advance for any help.
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by VintAxe » Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:09 pm

Hey Mike.

This is a variation of the "Hound Dog Taylor" guitar likely built by Kawai. It looks mid 60's but may be a bit later based on the fact it has slider switches rather than the rocker switches found in the 1964-65 models. Rossi is a popular Italian name and was used by the person that imported this guitar from Japan.
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