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.
Showing posts with label JooDee guitars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label JooDee guitars. Show all posts
Monday, March 7, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Need to thank a couple of shredders, Yoshi guitars?
I still haven't heard from anyone about JooDee guitars....but I keep hoping. I have heard from a couple of resident experts on guitar badges "Feather" and "Crown". Thank you for your input!!! I also have found a new guitar that needs researching...Yoshi. Sounds like an old anime character.
If you checked out the page lately, you'll notice the table is gone. I decided to hide it as I was making so many changes to the original list that I felt it was only adding to the confusion for people reading my written listing. I'll put it back up when I've made more corrections. Corrections ARE going very well, thanks to several helping hands and a few new places to do research! I'm even more hopeful that we'll have a good list within a year or two instead of the decade I was anticipating! So thank you once again!
Keep those questions and comments coming!
If you checked out the page lately, you'll notice the table is gone. I decided to hide it as I was making so many changes to the original list that I felt it was only adding to the confusion for people reading my written listing. I'll put it back up when I've made more corrections. Corrections ARE going very well, thanks to several helping hands and a few new places to do research! I'm even more hopeful that we'll have a good list within a year or two instead of the decade I was anticipating! So thank you once again!
Keep those questions and comments coming!
Monday, February 21, 2011
JooDee Guitars
In researching MIJ guitars, one badge name comes up frequently: JooDee. It's been the bane of my existence lately.
Why?
Because nobody can seem to pin down with any accuracy who made the darn thing.
I've talked to local dealers, read articles and threads online...yet I can't seem to pin it down to one or two companies. One source even suggested that there was a JooDee manufacturing company in the 1970's, a fact I haven't been able to find any evidence of.
Who made JooDee guitars?
God. I may be spending a year just on this one.
Why?
Because nobody can seem to pin down with any accuracy who made the darn thing.
I've talked to local dealers, read articles and threads online...yet I can't seem to pin it down to one or two companies. One source even suggested that there was a JooDee manufacturing company in the 1970's, a fact I haven't been able to find any evidence of.
Who made JooDee guitars?
God. I may be spending a year just on this one.
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