#Japanese two string guitar full#
#Japanese two string guitar series#

I bought an Ovation classical some years later, and despite the price difference, I would say the Ovation apart from its distinctive looks was no better than the suzuki. It also had a thin black line running down the back of the waist, which usually indicated, I believe a well made guitar. It was a lovely looking guitar, with gold machine heads, well shaped headstock, and it seemed to be made out of darker wood than the average guitar of the time.

#Japanese two string guitar full#

When I got together with other guitarists and played with them, my guitar always seemed much louder, it had a great full tone, I could always hear my guitar above everyone else's guitars, so could others. In those days, I bought it for $180.00, which probably equates to $300 - $400 now, considering $180 was about the average wage in new Zealand in 1981. I bought a suzuki classical guitar in 1981, and it's probably one the finest guitars I've ever owned, not just in appearance which was great, but in playability. really!.we want to keep the whole principle of an unrecognized humble manufacturer of quality guitars alive for future generations of: players and luthiers!!!!! :please buy an original piece of artwork based on the Suzuki legacy.:). In any case, as Tetsu said.'Have a nice life with Suzuki guitar.'Īlso, if you would like to contribute to the establishment of a knowledgebase about Suzuki Guitars: Please: Maybe you'll hang on to it and see that there is something special about many of their instruments. One that is still undervalued in the opinion of many players (in other words - a good buy). If you own a Nagoya Suzuki guitar- congratulations on what you probably already know - that you own a well-crafted and good sounding instrument. Good wood, or good laminate, and good craftsmen, make a good guitar. Probably the skill acquired from violin-making and the other instruments played a large role in the good craftsmanship, according to one web source cited previously. It's a common story that when someone has G.A.S (Guitar Acquisition Syndrome) and needs to let a guitar or two go, the Suzuki is the one that stays behind and can't be replaced. There are thousands of players worldwide who would like to know more about their Suzuki guitar.

#Japanese two string guitar series#

They also produced an Insignia series of guitars in the 80's that had solid woods used in the manufacture and had more of an electric guitar-type of neck - thinner than a typical acoustic guitar. Nagoya Suzuki had a ' Three S' brand of guitar that seems to be consistently very highly valued by everyone that owns one. Nagoya Suzuki made violins and mandolins, and is still in business making violins, but no guitars. To some players, the neck shape of their guitars is one reason they seem so playable. Both Suzukis used a very high grade of laminate and the construction usually shows a high degree of craftmanship. The two companies were headed by sons of Masakichi Suzuki.īoth companies made guitars that commonly have a laminated back or sides, many times the top also is laminated, but the sound, playability, and volume are what makes them so popular. But after the war they were split up into the Suzuki Violin Company (now Kiso Suzuki Violin Company) and Suzuki Violin Manufacturing Company (now Nagoya Suzuki Violin Company).

They were one company before the 2nd World War. Masakichi's original company was eventually split into two: Kiso Suzuki and Nagoya Suzuki.

Nagoya became the manufacturing center of string musical instruments. By 1910, his factory was producing 65,800 violins per year. He founded the Suzuki Violin Factory in 1900. In the 1880s, he started to manually produce and sell violins. In the push for westernization in Meiji, he naturally became interested in shamisen's western counterpart: the violin. Masakichi succeeded his father's craft business that soon failed. His father was a samurai moonlighter and made shamisens in Nagoya. 'Masakichi Suzuki was Japan's first violin producer.

The production of guitars by the original SuzukI factory seems to have started,in the early 1900's. 1887' but that date has to do with the the original Masakichi-led company and it's production of violins. Their guitars have printed on the label 'est.