![]() ![]() I've even seen respectable quality guitars that came from Teisco (Kawai), though most of their product was at the lower end of the scale.įurther complicating identification of origin many of the parts Japanese guitars were built from, (pickups, tailpieces, bridges, etc.) were sub- contracted to smaller. What this means is that Ibanez (Fuji Gen- Gakki), as well as Aria (Matsumoku), and to a lesser extent Tokai (Kasuga), made both very high quality, and very low budget guitars, and various qualities between, depending on what was ordered by the trading company for the importer they represented. This resulted in a wide variety of qualities in guitars shipped by most of the. The plain truth is that most Japanese guitar manufacturers were. Since this page is devoted to Ventura branded guitars, which were mostly made in the 1. Japanese Guitar Quality & Various Factories. All that leads to this question, does anyone have any idea what year or model would have been assembled with the block marked as 50.Serial Number Chart For Acoustic and Classical Guitars - Acoustic Guitars - Guitars & Basses. Just tonight I found two online with the double dots at the 5th frets. ![]() That led me to look over images of old Arias. I finally found an old Aria with the open book headstock, copied after Gibson. I have poured over images online for many hours. This guitar has double dots at the 5th fret as well as the normal 12th fret. ![]() But one detail kept throwing the Gibson people, and me, off. The binding and markings look like an old Gibson. I first thought, as did a lot of other people, that it was an old Gibson as it has the "open book headstock." It has an adjustable bridge. No one has been able to tell me what this guitar brand is as that number on the block is the only markings. It has no name on it and only has the numbers 50.8 18 in black on the block in the sound hole. My son gave me a fantastic looking old acoustic guitar that he found at a yard sale. ![]()
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