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I've seen that BS a few times, as if CNC is a bad thing and what's not CNC must be handmade by nude elves and supervised by wizard...

Good read 👍 You can see why the catalogues were very similar, and now I want to see what factory made my 84 Ibanez acoustic. I’ve had...

Very true, I have a es78 (335 Chinese made) . Did Fujigen make any instruments other than for Fender? Don’t know about you but the...

Interesting observation, but did these manufacturers really choose carefully as to who made what to protect their own brand?

I was tempted to buy an aria bass as a project but the neck felt terrible. It’s been sitting in this pawn shop nearby for about three...

I have seen some similar headstocks from the period on Aria basses? Have Tokai done work for them?

For me this is a whole new way to look at things, but I got more and more curious about the tokai lawsuit and production while...

I wouldn’t be too worried about identifying Chinese models, they are definitely not the sought after models, I personally like them but...

I have a Chinese Es 335 copy, cannot complain about the quality, the good timbers are not used but the Finnish is better than most...

Tokai definitely, you may end up with an instrument worth more when it comes time to sell or you will want to hang on to it. The...

True true, Leo made his guitars on the basis of availability of material, and the Japanese built on what was possible. That’s why they...

Keeping in mind too, Jacaranda is a loose interpretation of rosewood, and fender initially laminated timber for solid colour guitars...