Author Topic: What kind of guitar is this (Read 217 times)

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

bsee · « **Reply #1 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.

dela217 · « **Reply #2 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.

nance · « **Reply #3 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

adriaan · « **Reply #4 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.

nance · « **Reply #5 on:** December 20, 2006, 11:13:09 AM »

Here they are

olieoliver · « **Reply #6 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.

lbpesq · « **Reply #7 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

Bill, the guitar one

olieoliver · « **Reply #8 on:** December 20, 2006, 12:24:11 PM »

This looks similar to it

joram · « **Reply #9 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.

gtrguy · « **Reply #10 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
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.