8) anybody in the world seriously knows about tak matsumoto? he is a good guitarist but not a great one really but he has made so many signature guitars by the gibson custom shop because of his deep relationship with gibson-japan and yamano-gakki before. he is very popular in japan so his stuff sells so much. doesnt matter really if he truely deserves it or not. tokai sells a copy model of one of his guitars, made in china i guess. anyways...