when I was a kid, made in Japan meant stuff that looked like it was gonna break before we got it to the car, but since I got to Japan I`ve begun thinking that maybe they exported the crap and kept the good stuff at home...
heres my 1950 Kiso-Suzuki pick guitar, got it for under $250.oo...
mid/late 1950s Yamaha Dynamic, except for a scratch on the back it`s in mint condition, even came in it`s original shipping box...$60.oo...
another Suzuki, this one from 1948, still going strong. Got it on line here for $50.oo. I have lots and lots of fabulous old MIJs, some electric some acoustic and am always looking for more though space is getting to be an issue so I must be more selective now. All guitars posted here are solid wood, those old Dynamics predated the laminated FGs and are largely overlooked by people after the red lables, exactly why is a mystery since the Dynamics were all solid and still sound fantastic but I`m grateful, I`ve got 29 now along with 14 of thir first run classicals from the early/mid `60s plus odds and ends from other makers. Some players here use steels on their Dynamics but I stick to nylons `cause I find they sound better with those.
