Torch's Vintage Guitar Research Blog

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Orange Guitars...Fruit or Color

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Imagine for just one moment you are in Japan in the 1970's.  You are a guitar manufacturer.  Everyone assembles at a table to sift throu...
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Friday, April 13, 2012

It's been a while....

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I'm baaaack...... It's been a busy few months and I've received a lot of questions.  I'm going to work on getting back to ...
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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Silver Star....A Legend Born Of Seven Years

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What hasn't been written about the legendary Silver Star?  Made by Tokai beginning in 1978, Silver Star was a Fender stratocaster copy b...
Thursday, September 8, 2011

Camel Guitars...Cigarettes and Progressive Rock

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When it comes to the guitars named for strange things, Camel comes to mind.  The image of that one or two humped animal as the inspiration f...
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Sunday, September 4, 2011

Maya/El Maya Guitar Origins...Rokkomann badged guitar?

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It's taken me a bit to get back to work on this, but I've looked through what I have and here's where I stand on research thus f...
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Monday, August 29, 2011

New Updates to the MIJ Page!

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If you haven't dropped by lately, check out all the new updates on my MIJ page including: An A-Z sortable table of unknown maker badg...
Monday, August 8, 2011

The Magnavox Ampeg Story

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Both Magnavox and Ampeg are companies of tortured development, ever-changing and shifting priorities to meet with the demands of the fickle ...
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