Arai and Matsumoku started building acoustic guitars in 1964, and then electric guitars in 1966, using Arai, Aria, Aria Diamond, Diamond, and much less frequently, Arita brand names. Aria arranged for, the musical instrument maker, to build the guitars for them under contract.
They began retailing acoustic guitars in 1960, although the company did not start manufacturing their own until 1964.
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Matsumoku-made Aria Pro II Titan Artist series TA.Grab your sunglasses: 1955 Harmony Stella Sundale.One-off 1980s Route 66 guitar from Wilkes Guitars.A Fender paisley Tele with a difference - it's GREEN!.slightly pimped up Ibanez Talman TC 220.Stonehenge 2 guitar with tubular metal body briefl.Fender Japan Aerodyne Jazz Bass rare left-handed v.Sekova Grecian hollowbody electric guitar: six pic.1950s plastic toy skiffle guitar with auto-chord a.Vox Phantom XII assembled from 1960s Italian "new.Kay "Old Kraftsman" Sizzler vintage electric guitar.Guitar review: Fender Pawn Shop Series Bass VI.James Trussart Steel Top (with alligator finish).Steampunk-themed relic Thinline Tele-style guitar.Yamaha SB-2 bass circa 1966/67 very briefly spied.© 2013, Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - the blog that goes all the way to 11! If I was in need of a back-up for my main guitar I'd certainly bid but right now I have other priorities. That is an absolute bargain for a Matsumoku-made guitar of this quality. For starters the shape is slimmer and nowhere near as rounded as the Gibson guitar, but more tellingly they have fully hollow bodies and not a solid centre section as on the 335 (that's what makes it a 335).Ĭurrently listed on eBay UK with a starting price of £150. The Japanese examples are often fitted with those tulip-shaped machine heads too.Ĭontrary to popular belief and numerous eBay listings for these guitars, both Japanese and Korean, the TA-30 and TA-40 are not "335-style". Also, the f-holes are much more slender and ornate, whereas the Korean examples have more of a "cookie cutter" outline. For example, the Japanese TAs have a much slimmer body if viewed sideways-on - it's about a centimetre difference. The Japanese and Korean TAs do look very similar but there are various little details that help you tell them apart. (It absolutely nails that Creedence Clearwater Revival sound, if that frame of reference is any use to you!) The Korean-made TA-40 is not a bad guitar but the cheaper laminates that it is made from mean that it has a tendency to sound rather boxy. The TA-30 is a quality Japanese guitar made in the now legendary Matsumoku factory and is far superior in construction, materials, and in playability.
It's one of my favourite guitars ever and I don't make that claim lightly - I was trying to work out the other day how many guitars I have owned and it must be at least 60.Īnyway, this is a 1980s-era Aria Pro II TA-30, but please do not confuse these with the later Korean-made TA-40 guitars which also had a bolt-on neck. speaking of Japanese guitars, here is one that is much more affordable than the guitar in the previous post, in fact I would recommend this as my eBay Buy of the Month because I have been using one of these very same guitars as my main instrument for a while now and think that it is a superb guitar.
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