Hi, my uncle recently give me a guitar. He bought it i Japan during 60's while he working in Japan.
But the brand name seems fade off... can anyone tell me what guitar is this ?And what value of this guitar ?









This post has been edited by AkiraYoshida: Jun 12 2008, 03:08 PM

guyatone?

a very vintage guyatone...

Yea, just clean it up and keep it, don't play it.


There's no place to adjust action/intonation, I don't think you'll like playing this, not without some major mods.

I think it's a Guyatone Kent

Isit MIJ?

This post has been edited by sirnanzy: Jun 3 2008, 04:15 PM

Guya tone is a famous brand ? i think it is made in japan coz he bought in japan in 70's. It is more than 30 years old. The parts still can find in market ? Can renew all parts like new ?

They're probably more famous for their pedals nowadays; not sure about the parts tho, could be hard to find.

wow... old skool werh...

i guess you could fix all the replaceable parts easily, but the problem might be the guitar itself.
remove the strings, clean the body, try to remove the stains (is that blood betweeb saddle and pickup ?), then :
- refret the guitar
- change the machine heads (or pegheads) - it should be possible to put non-original ones, probably better.. (?)
- check the bridge. it looks like a fixed bridge ? is there any cavity at the back of the guitar body ? i don't understand what is the purpose of the hole between strings 1 and 2, next to the saddle.

then put new strings, and try to play it... then plug it in an amplifier, and see if the electronics are still up and running.

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Added on June 4, 2008, 4:57 amyou might need to change the saddle and the nut also.. they don't look happy at all..

This post has been edited by Pix: Jun 4 2008, 04:57 AM

noo...dont clean the body...
without cleaning the body, the guitar looks more "experienced".
i mean, it will be like its signature...
a vintage guitar should have a vintage look...
hahaha...
probably changing the machine head and refretting the guitar will do...
not sure whether the machanicals inside still run or not is a problem though...
if it runs...you have a nice guitar... (depending on the sound quality though... )

First time posting here.. but dang.. that's one nice old school stuff.

wat a vintage....
nice one u got thr...
wonder wat is the tone it would produce..

it's a teisco guyatone vintage guitar
about the model, its hard to identify since it's a "lost art"
try finding it in the internet

heard from ppl that this guitar can produce really bluesy sound, dunno if its true.

clean the guitar up, ppl want a good condition vintage guitars, not some guitar that have some "ant house" living inside

yes, absolutely ! it's not because you clean a guitar that it's not vintage anymore !
"when guitars smell like hell, they certainly don't play like heaven"

man, i miss durian...

the guitar pickups look quite strange, possibly they might give a "different" sound.

clean it and frame it ; its a collection of 30 years the guitar is living

Guitar cleaned!! took 7 hours











This post has been edited by AkiraYoshida: Jun 8 2008, 08:53 PM

wahhhhhh!!...7 hours ?

abit long rite ..
i usually take 10-20 minutes

anyway , what you use to clean the hardwares ?

This post has been edited by gapnap: Jun 9 2008, 11:27 AM

Woah,talk about vintage man!Does it still work?

Looks good now !!
i'm really curious about how it sounds.

here are some very simple things to check (i'm not at all a guitar tech, but i don't know, sharing is always good ?)

1. clean and "feed" the rosewood fretboard with a special oil (i think lemon oil can do the job : let the fretboard absorb the oil completely). maybe you've done that already, i can't see if the fretboard is dry or not.

2. looks like you could fit a standard "fender" knob on that ?

3. what the hell is this hole for ? is it some kind of tremolo bridge ?

4. have you cleaned the grooves of the nut ? you might possibly need to change it, after 30 yrs, it would amazing if it can hold the pressure any longer.

seeing how that tailpiece is like...that hole most probably held a trem bar.
i would even take a guess that the middle screw behind the string's ends can be tightened to lock it.

This post has been edited by Everdying: Jun 9 2008, 05:16 PM