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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...

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...

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...

The Teisco square pole pickup

While I had a bunch of Teisco K series guitars around I thought I'd do a blog on the design and execution of one of my all-time favourite pickups. The...

The Teisco square pole pickup

While I had a bunch of Teisco K series guitars around I thought I'd do a blog on the design and execution of one of my all-time favourite pickups. The...

Teisco K4L

I've written about the K series Teiscos a few times, but I thought I'd do something a little different with this blog since I have had these 2 here waiting to...

Teisco K4L

I've written about the K series Teiscos a few times, but I thought I'd do something a little different with this blog since I have had these 2 here waiting to...

Honey SE-29VD 1967/68

I've written about Honey quite a few times before but not about this particular model so I won't go too much into the history as you can read about it...

Honey SE-29VD 1967/68

I've written about Honey quite a few times before but not about this particular model so I won't go too much into the history as you can read about it...

Columbia guitars

Another short lived and little known vintage Japanese guitar brand is the reasonably small production guitars and amps made in the mid 60's in Japan under the Columbia name. To...

Columbia guitars

Another short lived and little known vintage Japanese guitar brand is the reasonably small production guitars and amps made in the mid 60's in Japan under the Columbia name. To...