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1967-69 Honey SG5

Honey were a Japanese manufacturer more well known for amps and effects pedals and made some awesome fuzz pedals between 1967 and '69, which was the short period this company existed....

1972-74 Greco Les Paul

Everyone knows I'm a fan of Japanese guitars and I've owned and played hundreds, maybe thousands over the years. While I love the weirder and bizarre stuff the most for...

1967-68 Guyatone LG-125T

Following up on the Guyatone post from the other day here's another one of my favourites from this, at times, very adventurous manufacturer. The LG-125 has a slight Mosrite flavour...

1964 Teisco WG-4L

I've written a bit about Teisco before as, well, I love them. Teisco was one of the biggest Japanese factories making guitars in the "boom time" in Japan, but was...

1967-68 Guyatone LG-150

The story of Guyatone is similar to that of Zen On, in that they were one of the earliest Japanese "modern" music companies started in 1933. Initially called Matsuki Seisakujo after...

Dylan Carlson signature disortion

A few years ago I was fortunate enough to meet Dylan Carlson when he toured Australia and played an instore in my shop. I honestly didn't know what to expect...