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Title: What kind of guitar is this
Post by: nance on December 20, 2006, 06:40:47 AM

Hello,  I have a question. I have an old guitar bought in the late 70's in Holland. It was bought by a store who frequently bought guitars at Hoshino. So I went looking on the internet. It looks like a Musician, but the headstock is something you won't see in ibanez guitars. I really want to know what brand of guitar mine is. Maybe it's and alembic, or a copy, I dont know. There is no Serial number. The name on the headstock is Dutch. There is a Double neck which belongs to someone also looking for information. I know only of 1 other "Dutch" But that one ended up in the fireplace. It has 2 (3-fase?) switches and 2 DiMarzio Humbucker pickups. I'm sorry for my badenglish, I'm Dutch...  Greetings Nancy  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/34523.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/34524.jpg)

Title: What kind of guitar is this
Post by: bsee on December 20, 2006, 07:38:54 AM

It looks like one of the guitars that would have come from the Matsumoko factory in Japan.  They made a lot of good quality guitars under a lot of different brand names.  While they were/are very nice and in some demand, no guitar with generic electronics should be confused with an Alembic.

Title: What kind of guitar is this
Post by: dela217 on December 20, 2006, 07:55:43 AM

I am curious as to what those stickers on the back of the headstock say.
 
It sure is a pretty guitar!  I really like the body's shape.

Title: What kind of guitar is this
Post by: nance on December 20, 2006, 10:18:35 AM

It says, made in Japan and the name of the store who sold it. Gerritsen Muziekhandel The Hague
 
Grtz
Nancy

Title: What kind of guitar is this
Post by: adriaan on December 20, 2006, 10:39:09 AM

Can you post a close-up of the logo?
 
My Spoiler also has a Gerritsen sticker on the back of the headstock. I bought it from RockPalace, which is roughly across the street from where Gerritsen used to be (went out of business years ago, as did Servaas a few years later, who were just around the corner). I remember standing in the Gerritsen store years ago, staring at this Spoiler hanging high up near the ceiling - and I'm pretty sure it's the same bass.

Title: What kind of guitar is this
Post by: nance on December 20, 2006, 11:13:09 AM

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/34534.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/34535.jpg)
  Here they are

Title: What kind of guitar is this
Post by: olieoliver on December 20, 2006, 11:42:35 AM

I'm pretty sure this is a Matsumoko made guitar and looks like maybe their Frontier line.

Title: What kind of guitar is this
Post by: lbpesq on December 20, 2006, 12:14:06 PM

Looks Matsumoku to me, too.  Here's a site with more info:
 
http://www.matsumoku.org/guitars.html (http://www.matsumoku.org/guitars.html)
 
Bill, the guitar one

Title: What kind of guitar is this
Post by: olieoliver on December 20, 2006, 12:24:11 PM

 This looks similar to it (http://www.custom-electric-bass-guitars.com/php/item.php?category=Used%20Electric%20Guitars&item=66&view=frontier1.jpg&land=)

Title: What kind of guitar is this
Post by: joram on December 21, 2006, 12:36:51 AM

Gerritsen certainly did business with Matsumoko. An other brand name they used was Gerrinez. Pretty cool, handmade. A friend of mine ownes a Gerrinez with the 2-octave marker at the 23th fret.

Title: What kind of guitar is this
Post by: gtrguy on December 23, 2006, 11:24:35 AM

That's kinda like the Matao I just bought.  
http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/33871.html?1165516459 (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=19788)
I just finished putting a set of new PRS #6 Zebra humbuckers in it and it sounds as good as my Custom 24, which is saying something! The original pickups were not so good, but the rest is great.