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1972-74 Greco Les Paul

Everyone knows I'm a fan of Japanese guitars and I've owned and played hundreds, maybe thousands over the years. While I love the weirder and bizarre stuff the most for...

1967-68 Guyatone LG-125T

Following up on the Guyatone post from the other day here's another one of my favourites from this, at times, very adventurous manufacturer. The LG-125 has a slight Mosrite flavour...

1964 Teisco WG-4L

I've written a bit about Teisco before as, well, I love them. Teisco was one of the biggest Japanese factories making guitars in the "boom time" in Japan, but was...

1967-68 Guyatone LG-150

The story of Guyatone is similar to that of Zen On, in that they were one of the earliest Japanese "modern" music companies started in 1933. Initially called Matsuki Seisakujo after...

1966 Mosrite Mk V. My first real Mosrite.

Growing up in Brisbane had it's advantages. I still think it's one of the best, if not THE best city in the world to live. Generally speaking it's friendly, comfortable and...

Tym Wosrite Versatone deluxe

Back before "professional collectors" took all the fun out of being obsessed with things, I had a serious problem with acquiring Mosrites. These wonderful guitars were reasonably hard to get...