by sneakypete » Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:13 pm
very cool. My oldest is a 1948 Suzuki nylon string, and one thing for sure...they were`t made of plywood in those years...and no plastic on mine, the binding is all wood.
I have a few of those "hard" cases too, evidently standard in the 50s and early 60s in Japan, interesting in their own right and better than the soft cases I see here but when it comes time to ship some guitars back home when we return, I`ll be using thick guitar shipping boxes and place the cases inside those with lots of bubble wrap.
I have several old Yamaha Dynamic nylons too, from the 50s and 60s, each one is made of all solid flame maple wood, solid spruce tops and I know maple has a reputation for being bright but honestly, the old Dynamics are deep voiced. I own a few modern acoustics too, Larrivees, a Lakewood couple of Morris acoustics among others but when I reach for an acoustic, it`s always the old nylons I go for now...everybody seems to be throwing themselves at the Yamaha red labels nowadays, maybe because the Dynamics are unknown, not sure , but I can`t seem to stop buying them, see red labels all the time but have yet to play one that sounds better than any of my Dynamics...and I really like the fat necks...no trussrods, no problems and no resets envisioned anytime soon.
If I come across one like yours pictured above it`ll surely be added to the collection, just love those oldies.
