salamander
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i got really lucky yesterday!
i live in tokyo and not far from my house is a good ole junk store, the kind wich im sure many of us love.
anyhow........
i go there about once a week just to check out what they might have.of course the pricing is always a little suspicious, some things priced way above value and some way below.ive been looking at the few guitars there for about a year or so now and finally it hit me, "holy crap, thats an original hummingbird custom acoustic!".i guess it never clicked when i had looked at it before because its an early model and doesnt say tokai on the headstock and its pre cats eye.i had my guitar expert meet me there and we almost both started crying.pretty much perfect conidition, needs no neck adjustment and all original.needless to say the craftsmenship is kind of breathtaking. the inlay is the perfect aged slightly yelllow color that just pushes my visual buttons.so 9,000 yen (wich is about $80) and an hour or two of deep cleaning and i have a masterpiece!
im pretty sure its from 1973 judging from the 73 catalog and the serial # is 3000259 wich is also consistent for dating it at 1973.
funny thing is they call it a hummingbird but its obviously supposed to be a martin.
my other guitars are getting insanely jealous!
and a question.is this made from the brazilian wood that everyone is alwys talking about?
i live in tokyo and not far from my house is a good ole junk store, the kind wich im sure many of us love.
anyhow........
i go there about once a week just to check out what they might have.of course the pricing is always a little suspicious, some things priced way above value and some way below.ive been looking at the few guitars there for about a year or so now and finally it hit me, "holy crap, thats an original hummingbird custom acoustic!".i guess it never clicked when i had looked at it before because its an early model and doesnt say tokai on the headstock and its pre cats eye.i had my guitar expert meet me there and we almost both started crying.pretty much perfect conidition, needs no neck adjustment and all original.needless to say the craftsmenship is kind of breathtaking. the inlay is the perfect aged slightly yelllow color that just pushes my visual buttons.so 9,000 yen (wich is about $80) and an hour or two of deep cleaning and i have a masterpiece!
im pretty sure its from 1973 judging from the 73 catalog and the serial # is 3000259 wich is also consistent for dating it at 1973.
funny thing is they call it a hummingbird but its obviously supposed to be a martin.
my other guitars are getting insanely jealous!
and a question.is this made from the brazilian wood that everyone is alwys talking about?