Matsumoku Monday

Adey

Go on. Show us your Matsumoku-built guitars. You know you want to.

Here's some of mine...

Westbury Custom

Westbury Deluxe

Vox Custom 24

Vantage X88

What goodies have you got tucked away???

ICBM

Aria RS Standard




Aria SB-R60, factory fretless

guitars4you

A few memories there

what about a Tokai Tuesday - Westone Wednesday - Takamine Thursday - Fender Friday - Shergold Saturday - Schecter Sunday

SteveRobinson

Gib-sunday please

Iamnobody

I remember the days, not that long ago, when you could pick Westbury’s up from the free ads (big yellow newspaper for the kids who don’t know) for £100 or less. 

Nice guitars - I‘ve had a couple of standards over the years but they seem to be selling for a bit more in the eBay/internet age.

Being a ‘78 myself I’m going to look at affordable Japanese YOB guitars so I can join this club. 

guitargeek62

guitars4you said:

A few memories there

what about a Tokai Tuesday - Westone Wednesday - Takamine Thursday - Fender Friday - Shergold Saturday - Schecter Sunday

You missed PRS-terday!

guitars4you

Iamnobody said:

I remember the days, not that long ago, when you could pick Westbury’s up from the free ads (big yellow newspaper for the kids who don’t know) for £100 or less. 

Nice guitars - I‘ve had a couple of standards over the years but they seem to be selling for a bit more in the eBay/internet age.

Being a ‘78 myself I’m going to look at affordable Japanese YOB guitars so I can join this club. 

you are showing your age - and yes I can recall them as well - The whole of the Matsomoku product range, no matter what it said on the headstock, was of a consistent quality plus  a good playability etc 

MtB

My Pearl SG - with a nut width of barely 40mm it's one for those that have smaller fingers

https://i.imgur.com/meuf65r.jpg

p90fool

My studio workhorse. I was with my new girlfriend (now my wife) many years ago and we went to visit a friend of hers whose husband was a piano player, and I spotted a guitar case in the corner. He dug it out and dusted it off, saying that he hadn't really played guitar at all for years.  

We spent a fun evening jamming, especially fun for me as I'd lost everything except my clothes and passport in a very messy breakup with my ex and didn't even have a guitar. 

We left the next morning and stopped on the 200 mile drive home to grab a bit of shopping, and when we opened the car boot found this guitar. He'd sneaked it in there before we'd got up that morning. 
It was a much-appreciated act of kindness and is one of the few things I own which will never be for sale.

DartmoorHedgehog

@p90fool that's a nice story.  What's the thing between the bridge and the pickup? Some sort of acoustic/piezo transducer? 

danishbacon

what a lovely story @p90fool ;

danishbacon

My contribution, pretty sure it's Matsu

Funkfingers

DartmoorHedgehog said:

What's the thing between the bridge and the pickup?

Roland GK-3 hexaphonic synthesizer driver pickup.

Some Roland devices are capable of modelling acoustic guitar sounds but these are rarely convincing. e.g. Applying side to side finger vibrato whilst triggering a nylon string sound. 

kentuckyklira

DartmoorHedgehog

Funkfingers said:

DartmoorHedgehog said:

What's the thing between the bridge and the pickup?

Roland GK-3 hexaphonic synthesizer driver pickup.

Some Roland devices are capable of modelling acoustic guitar sounds but these are rarely convincing. e.g. Applying side to side finger vibrato whilst triggering a nylon string sound. 

Yes - should have zoomed in on the picture before asking the question shouldn't I

p90fool

DartmoorHedgehog said:

Funkfingers said:

DartmoorHedgehog said:

What's the thing between the bridge and the pickup?

Roland GK-3 hexaphonic synthesizer driver pickup.

Some Roland devices are capable of modelling acoustic guitar sounds but these are rarely convincing. e.g. Applying side to side finger vibrato whilst triggering a nylon string sound. 

Yes - should have zoomed in on the picture before asking the question shouldn't I

Yeah I just use it for composition in the studio, mainly for playing in midi soft synth parts in my DAW. 

I use a keyboard as well, but I'm faster at working on guitar. 

Every part on this was done on that guitar; (except vocals, obviously)

alalalkasar

Adey said:

Vox Custom 24

I've got fond memories of playing in a band with a guy who had one of these in the early 90s. I remember it being really nice but my god was it heavy, even for my teenage back.

Adey

Yep. Fantastically heavy, but then it is actually a maple veneer on reinforced concrete I think...

AK99

Had a few, not many left now alas after some "rationalisation"..

Westbury Deluxe



Westone Spectum GT 




Aria ZZ - Blueburst


Do MIJ Tokais count ? (If they do..)



Thats all I can find pics of for now..

Adey

I like the XXs and ZZs posted

Flanging_Fred

I love my Westone Thunder Jet, it fits me really well and neck is perfect for me. Unlike many other Thunder models, it’s a pretty light guitar. 

Being totally black, it’s maybe a bit boring to look at though.