Kasuga EB-3 SG 70-tallet Japan

Kasuga EB-3 SG 70-tallet Japan :)

Short-scale, 30.5".

Fikset det meste og re-finished kroppen.

Bruen har fått en støtteskru framme, den står stabil-vannrett nå.

Bilder viser hva som har blitt fikset og hva som mangler.

Har en original kasse i dårlig tilstand, men tror at den bare kan brukes som embalasje...

Kasuga historie, hentet fra nettet:

'Kasuga produced guitars of both original designs and designs based on classic American models. While their quality was good to very good, it was generally the excellent "reproduction" models that were found in the music stores. One reader wrote in to report that his Tele-style model plays "very good, and has a really good feeling neck."

In May of '72, a portentous advertisement appeared in The Music Trades. In an ad stretching across the top of a two-page spread, drawn cartoon-fashion with a jet soaring from Japan to the United States, the headline read, "Kasuga Guitars Come To America". Kasuga was a quality guitarmaker already established in Nagoya, Japan in the late 1960s. In 1967, Tommy Moore (the successful musical instrument merchandiser from Ft. Worth, Texas, and one of the founders of Hondo) visited Japan in order to strike up a guitarmaking deal. With only a voucher of credit in his pocket and no contacts, Moore hooked up with a Mr. Kaku, who steered him to Tokai Gakki. Tokai had become very successful in Japan. On December 15, 1970, Moore and Tokai Gakki entered a joint venture called Tokai USA Inc., and Tokai began making private label and OEM guitars.

Tokai quickly found it couldn't keep up with demand, so it found a factory that could meet its quality standards: Kasuga. Another joint venture was established between Tokai USA and Kasuga, and it was called Kasuga International. Marketing offices were established in Singapore, Zurich, and Frankfurt. In 1972, these guitars began to come into America. In December, '72, an ad touted the Kasuga line, with very high quality copies of the most popular Gibson, Fender, and Martin acoustic and electric solidbody designs. For just a very short time, these were sold under the new Kasuga name, and then afterward, most carried the monikers of various importers, as in the '60s. Hence, Kasuga branded instruments are becoming quite collectable and hard to find.'