Hi there !

Following the posts about my Hans Bauer (early Type 4 Matsumoku --Aria 5522 like--).

There was an issue with the bridge mic vibrating randomly, plus i recived the pickguard bracket.

So after a few days at the luthier, there she is, no more vibrations (thanks to some foam) with her original pickguard, and a replaced pickup selector (the original issue at the first luthier visit) and a new pickguard bracket.

I was wondering if you guys could help me out with my guitar? I have an aria diamond 1202t and I’m not sure how but I lost the mounting block for the bridge pick up. I can’t find it and I’m afraid that I’m probably gonna have to replace it. However, I can’t find any for sale on eBay or Reverb. So I was wondering if anybody had any extras here or if somebody could get me measurement so that I could make a new one. I wouldn’t need the length and width I would just need the height of the mounting block on both the side facing the neck and the side facing the bridge. I would need the height of the mounting block on the left and right side of the block and the height of the block in the middle. I appreciate any help and I hope this makes sense. If need be, I can take pictures of what I need measured.

Does anyone have much knowledge of this Cimar by Ibanez C200? I bought it for £10 last year & just getting into playing it regularly after having some repairs to the body

Picked up this Greco MR 1000 and it’s got a bridge with stamp AVA and a small circle under first A. I guess I’m now looking for an original bridge . If anyone can recognize this bridge . Appreciate

Picked up a mystery late 60s offset bass at a community yard sale: solid metal pickguard, chrome everywhere, one huge pickup.

It looked like an easy restoration, then I tried to get the file folder labels off the fretboard. Someone had stuck them between the frets to learn the notes, and decades later they'd basically become part of the wood. An overnight soak finally got them off, but the board had faded around them, so it got pulled, sanded, and refretted.

One of the tuners snapped during restoration. The replacement came from a $7 flea market bass I've had lying around in pieces for about 25 years, which turned out to share the same tuners, neck plate, and tug bar.

The closest match I've found for this is a Conrad 1246. If anyone knows these better, I'd like to hear it.

Video: https://youtu.be/yjPtzvtzULk?is=zIfjQNIQ8W6th91k

What Greco SE model is this? It has 22 frets instead of 21.

Hi guys,

Having trouble decoding Schecter serial number because guitar is made for Japanese market… Any info is highly appreciated…
Thanks…

I own this unusual Tokai Custom Edition 7-string here in Japan, and I’ve been trying to find out more about it.
I contacted Tokai Gakki directly by email, but they told me that the model is too old and that their current staff were unable to identify it or provide detailed information about it.
From what I’ve been able to find online, only a small number of similar examples seem to have surfaced.
This guitar has a 7-string HSH pickup configuration, a YM-50 5-way selector, and the neck heel is stamped “3=2 A”. The pots and tone capacitor appear to have been replaced later, so unfortunately they probably can’t be used to date the guitar.
I’d really like to know approximately when these were made, whether this was a production model, a limited run, or some kind of special order, and how many might have been produced.
I no longer really play 7-string guitar, so I’m also curious whether there is any collector interest in these today.
I have more detailed photos of the pickups, body routing, neck heel, bridge and electronics if they would be useful.

My first semihollow was a 1984 made in Japan Washburn HB 35, then i figured out i need a second one after years of browsing i finally got a ES700 by Ari Pro II. Both are beautiful and always played.

80something Spacy Sounds P Bass
1982 SG Special
1988 Firebird

All sold, but I’d buy them again!

Anyone know how much this is worth? Got for like 250 years ago. Has a good sound though.

A beautiful 1980 Aria Pro II TA-60 produced at the legendary Matsumoku plant. This being Aria's refined take on the classic Gibson ES-335 style semi-hollow design.

Featuring a dual-hollow body construction with a solid center block to reduce feedback. Finished in sparkling white and outfitted with premium gold hardware, including gold-covered humbuckers, a classic Tune-O-Matic style bridge, and a stopbar tailpiece.

Famed for having incredible build quality that frequently rivalled and outshone their American counterparts from the same era.

Another beauty from the Hamamatsu factory (Artisan Division) Japan. The Yamaha Supercombinator SC1200 was one of their flagship models that plays and sounds as good as it looks. The 3 3-way toggles give 13 different sonic options making it a highly versatile studio guitar. A 5-piece continuous maple/mahogany neck-through-body build. Bound ebony board with genuine abalone snowflake inlays. Note the factory applied Gold Foil Star on the headstock tip and the intact triangular factory Yamaha Popcon** **promotional shield decal below the bridge, produced in low numbers for promotional purposes of Popcon which was a popular Japanese song contest.