GUYATONE LG-127T, from 1969. All fixed up!

Описание: A vintage Guyatone guitar all the way from the late 1960's! A surf guitar, made in Japan.

History
Guyatone was founded in 1933. According to Mr. Hiroyuki Noguchi, editor of Japan's Guitar Magazine, Matsuki Seisakujo (松木製作所) was founded by Mitsuo Matsuki and his friend Atsuo Kaneko, who later became a famous player of Hawaiian and Spanish style guitars.

Hawaiian music was becoming increasingly popular at the time, leading Kaneko to inquire to his friend Matsuki about building an electric Hawaiian guitar using his woodworking and electronics skills. Matsuki had been enrolled in electronics classes.In the late 1930s the Matsuki Seisakujo was founded, producing and selling mostly Rickenbacker-style guitars under the Guya name.

In 1940, Matsuki was drafted into the war between China and Japan and production halted for several years. After returning home, Matsuki formed his own company, "Matsuki Denki Onkyo Kenkyujo" (松木電気音響研究所,[10] English: Matsuki Electric Sound Laboratory).

In 1951 Matsuki began to use the Guyatone name on his instruments. The company began to make amplifiers and cartridges for record players. These cartridges found a large market after being routinely used by NHK, a government-owned broadcasting station. In 1952 or 1956 [sources disagree), the name of the corporation was changed to Tokyo Sound Company (東京サウンド(株)). In 1968, it was changed to Guya Co., Ltd. ((株)グヤ) and then back to Tokyo Sound Co. once again.

According to correspondence with Toshihiko Torri, head of R&D at Guyatone, the Tokyo Sound factory began large-scale production in 1956. Guyatone's records indicate them as being founded on July 16, 1956. By the late 1950s or early 1960s, they made up to 1,500 slide guitars, 1,600 electric guitars and basses, 2,000 guitar amplifiers, and 5,000 microphones a month.

During the late-1950s to 1960s, Guyatone guitars were distributed under various brands by other manufacturers/distributors:

In Japan, Hoshino Gakki had exported Guyatone under the Star and Ibanez brands, before the Tama factory was opened in 1962. Their model 1830 (created c. 1960, LG-70) or model 1860 "Rhythm Maker" (created 1960) is said to be a model for which Jimi Hendrix had traded in his Danelectro, in 1962. Then, this model was roughly copied by Kawai as model "S-180" (1964), and some models were also manufactured by FujiGen. The copied model by Kawai, or FujiGen, was played by Hound Dog Taylor as seen on his first album Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers in 1971. Ibanez reissued the Rhythm Maker as Jet King 2 (2004–2007).

In the United Kingdom, James T. Coppock (Leeds) Ltd. had introduced Guyatone under Antoria in the late 1950s, and these guitars were played by Hank Marvin, Marty Wilde, Rory Gallagher, Johny Guitar, and Ringo Starr from the Hurricanes, and even possibly young Jeff Beck. Also, Conn-Selmer UK had introduced the Guyatone under their low budget brands, Freshman and Futurama, in the late 1950s. After the early success in the UK, its market had broadened further: for example, its early bolt-on neck model LG-40 is known to have been sold by multiple importers including: J.Mauriat, Rose Morris (under Broadway brand), and Bell Music of Epsom.

In the United States, Buegeleisen and Jacobson (B&J) in New York City had introduced Guyatone under Kent, along with re-badged brands such as Saturn, Marathon, Starlight, Royalist, and others. Kent guitars, established in 1960, were initially manufactured by Hagström, then also manufactured by Guyatone, Kawai, FujiGen, Teisco, and Matsumoku.

Video Timing:
0:00 Intro
2:03 The work I had to do
11:15 Sounds and specs
13:35 Summing up
14:49 End tune

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