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During the 1950s, the sudden popularity of rockabilly and rock n roll music caused an increase in the demand for high quality musical instruments. Another great resource is vintage guitar magazines price guide, which is regularly updated and available at amazon. This lavishly produced volume large format and hardcover is a wondrous celebration of the instrument, including its origins and history, and the weird and wonderful shapes it has taken. The dot markers on the side of the neck are dug out.
Its a circa1968 sekova grecian, made in japan although the exact provenance is not known and imported into the usa by u. Discussion in miscellaneous bg started by chopperdave, jun 10, 2014. The headstock shape on the sekova hollow bodied guitars ive seen combined with the dot pickups and rocker switches found on those hollow bodies are typical teiscokawai of the period. How to find out the age and value of a guitar with pictures. May 05, 20 ah yes, the japanese brand name game can usually result in total confusion as people struggle to figure out who made their mystery guitar. The instrument shows similarities to both greco and firstman made instruments pictured in the bookbizarre guitars and to the domino bass on the drowning in guitars web page. The sekova brand was owned by the us musical merchandise corp, a distributor out of nyc. In this great interview with louder, geddy lee explains why he had to make this incredible book. In the late 1970s, there was a general dip in the quality of the production ethic of most mainstream american guitar companies. It felt like an extension of me rather than an addition. Today, many recognize the bass guitar, usually called simply the bass, as one of the leading musical instruments in the world, well known for inspiring various musicians and genres of music.
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If you happen to be plugged into an ungrounded amplifier and touch metal. I dont think theres anything inherently collectible or even really desireable about the sekova brand, theyre just one of a million other cheap korean knockoff labels. It has many names by which it has been known over the years, including contrabass, upright bass, acoustic bass and standup bass. What ive learned over the years is not to focus on the headstock name, but rather, focus on the build clues to figure out the maker. He ran away in 1869 and worked most of a year in a sawmill at rosedale, mississippi. A collection of vintage guitars and other instruments. Maybe you picked up an old guitar at a yard sale for a few bucks, or maybe youve noticed a few dusty axes in your grandparents attic. In this segment, well uncover the truth about japanese lawsuit guitars imported to the united states from the mid1970s on. As web wisdom has it, sekovas were probably built by teisco, then from 1967 by kawaiteisco and from 1972 by matsumoku. There is occasional confusion between matsumoku and matsumoto.
The ventures were very popular in japan and that is why so many mosrite copies were made during the. This book will give bassists insight into many of the scales used in jazz. If you like those guitars but cant find a vintage one, eastwood guitars is currently reissuing several of these designs. The headstock is definitely open book style, but from what i can gather online, there were a couple of versions of it, some with inlays, some without. Use the latest scientific research to catch more bass in freshwater. He was orphaned before he was thirteen and spent five years at the home of an uncle. Mandolin history and types from mandolinos to fstyle.
Find the best selection of sekova bass at guitar center at the guaranteed lowest prices and free shipping. The book starts with the basic major scales, then delves into the modes lydian, phrygian, etc. The french documentary filmmaker francois reinchenbeck was the director and john grissim was along and wrote the book of the same title. Established in 1951 as a woodworking and cabinetry firm, matsumoku is remembered as a manufacturer of guitars and bass guitars, including some epiphone and aria guitars.
Many of the same people featured in his book were on this trip as well. Vintage 1970s sekova acoustic guitar made in japan j45 style with open book headstock this is a darn nice guitar. Book 3 introduces students to higher positions, shifting, advanced bowing, and special techniques. Vintage 1970ssekova acoustic guitar made in japan j45 style with open book headstock this is a darn nice guitar. Each scale is presented with standard notation, tablature, and fingering patterns forboth one octave and two octaves. Besides bigger brands such as fender and gibson, several smaller brands flourished in this decade, and names such as airline, supro, teisco and hagstrom are today very desirable.
Matsumoku industrial was a japanese manufacturing company based in matsumoto, nagano, between 1951 and 1987. Ill have to do a little hunting to find out for sure. Vintage sekova 36 string chromaharp with carrying case used. Its a great time to upgrade your home music studio gear with the largest selection at. Sometimes it is called the contrabass, string bass, upright bass, or bass fiddle. The fourth in a series the fender book, the gibson les paul book, the rickenbacker book, the bass book offers a complete illustrated history of bass guitars from fenders first in the 1950s through the models of the next 40 years that formed the foundation for modern music. A complete illustrated history of bass guitars tony bacon, barry moorhouse on. Household names, such as fender and gibson guitars, were not cranking out the quality workmanship which they were known for in the past. With abundant cautionary procedures, the bassists at gollihur music are still maintaining our normal online business hours and shipping out orders every weekday. Nov 19, 20 i love the 70s 80s japan made guitars better than just about any guitars ever made and had a 80s yamaha sbg 3000 back in the 80s and wish i had never got rid of it as it was the best guitar ive ever played but at the time someone fell on out bass players guitar and broke the neck so with only a few hours before we were. Kawai made guitars for over 100 american brand names.