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1968 Teisco May Queen

In the plethora of bizarre vintage Japanese guitars few stand out as beautifully iconic as the Teisco May Queen. I've written about the May Queen before, along with its close...

Late 60's Burns Violin Bass

I've written about both Burns Tokyo and vintage Japanese violin basses many times before in my blog. The Hofner Violin bass was hugely popular in Japan thanks mainly to the...

TMI Custom JRS SB75

As most of you who follow me here know I'm heavily influenced by Semie Moseley as a guitar builder and although my newer TMI series guitars don't follow strict design...

Tym Gretsch mini T-90

I found some pics while looking for something else of a pickup I made a while ago for friend. He has a big hollowbody Gretsch Electromatic and wanted a hot P-90 in...

1960's Aria 2000T

I've been collecting vintage Japanese guitars for many years and as I've mentioned before, 2 things changed everything in the 90's for a budding collector stuck in the far reaches...

Arai Diamond 1850T

There's really not a lot of info out there about this particular model of Aria, or more precisely this Arai Diamond hollowbody which was an early Matsumoku made semi acoustic....