Had a message from a guy out on the west coast who's a collector of JooDee guitars. He shared with me that he nailed down the company of origin for these beauties: Dyna Gakki. Which was one of the companies cited in many JooDee discussions! He said he got the information from a former Dyna executive in Japan. So I feel confident that we can say Dyna is the maker of the JooDee badge. Whew. Only god-knows-how many more badges to go....
Read some interesting things on the Elk badge too, from Vintage Guitar magazine. I had it in the wrong place, as there was an Elk Gakki in Japan! From the pics, these were pretty cool looking guitars. Finding a clear acrylic Elk was fascinating as well. Does anyone remember a major rock star of the 1970's who played a clear acrylic guitar? If there was one, I don't recall it. Anyway, Elk seems to be a pretty scarce badge. Have you seen one? Own one? Did Elk Gakki make anything else?
So many questions....I may have to learn Japanese.
I realize this post is ancient, but I have a JooDee Rickenbacker bass copy, which is as close to a Ric as any fake I've ever heard. I'm thinking of selling it, so if you or this collector might be interested, let me know. Thanks.
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