The Talbo line was apparently created to reduce costs associated with making wood guitars.
Norihiro Yoshida's Blog, Tokai Employee 1979-1984
"If there is a lot of waste in using wood... why do you use wood?" There's no law against using anything other than wood to make a guitar!
....why not develop a material that has the same characteristics as wood and produces a good sound? ....
With this in mind, we developed the "Talbo" electric guitar with an aluminum alloy body, and the "MAT" series of electric guitars made from carbon materials.
SN 3035721 (2 bolt)
SN 3038158 (2 bolt)
SN 3040802 (2 bolt)
SN 171355 (4 bolt)
SN 181292 (4 bolt)
Norihiro Yoshida's Blog, Tokai Employee 1979-1984
"If there is a lot of waste in using wood... why do you use wood?" There's no law against using anything other than wood to make a guitar!
....why not develop a material that has the same characteristics as wood and produces a good sound? ....
With this in mind, we developed the "Talbo" electric guitar with an aluminum alloy body, and the "MAT" series of electric guitars made from carbon materials.
SN 3035721 (2 bolt)
SN 3038158 (2 bolt)
SN 3040802 (2 bolt)
SN 171355 (4 bolt)
SN 181292 (4 bolt)
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