marcusnieman said:Noticed something else interesting..... don't the F holes look like they are bound?
Yes, the F-holes are bound. The guitar looks very much like the one in the (German?) catalog uploaded by Settobello in an earlier post.
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Yes, the F-holes are bound. The guitar looks very much like the one in the (German?) catalog uploaded by Settobello in an earlier post.
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Yes it does look like that..... also forgot to mention that yours has the block inlays instead of the dots (also just like in the catalog). The ES180 on the catalog page has the diamond headstock inlays like an LP Custom. Interesting.
I guess what I'm getting at is that you have a rather unique model for all the reasons we've been discussing. Very cool.
I guess what I'm getting at is that you have a rather unique model for all the reasons we've been discussing. Very cool.
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Thanks Marcus, and everyone else who joined in. I'm very happy with it, in any case. I also own an Edwards Telecaster, which has a chunkier neck and has great sustain and sound, as well as a Tokai Strat (limited edition), which I use mostly for playing slide, and an Aria Pro II CS-350, but the ES-120 is in a completely different league.
I sense that my wife doesn't believe me when I say that I now have all that I'll ever need in a guitar and won't ever get the urge to buy another. I guess we'll have to see how that turns out. But at the moment, I'm satisfied.
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Where in Japan are you?
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How long?
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OK...so you know about Hard Off, 2nd Street and the Mandai second hand shops I guess, I`ve been really lucky in those places and even in antiques shops sometimes.
I know about Hard Off (man what a choice of names - my sister almost fell out of the car when she came here on a visit and saw the store sign), and Second Street. Don't know about the other one. Never been lucky to find anything resembling a playable guitar in antique shops, though I never give up looking. Found some good furniture in them, though
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Yeah...I was waiting for them to open a porn branch and call it F=@% Off.
Mandai may be a local thing then...one of their branches I used to go to got wiped out in the tsunami...Hard Off too, they were across the street from each other.
Mandai may be a local thing then...one of their branches I used to go to got wiped out in the tsunami...Hard Off too, they were across the street from each other.
haha, could happen, you never know ...
So you were in the Tohoku area. Terrible thing. We weren't directly touched by it down here, but we've become a lot more jumpy at even small tremors. In Japan, you just never know where a big one could happen.
Take it you were ok?
So you were in the Tohoku area. Terrible thing. We weren't directly touched by it down here, but we've become a lot more jumpy at even small tremors. In Japan, you just never know where a big one could happen.
Take it you were ok?
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Not sure I`ll ever be OK as long as I`m still here....we had about 10-12 quakes over the past 10 days or so and since March 11th I get very jumpy when ever one strikes because I always wonder if it`s another 9.0.
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This is what I saw when I entered the living room...
when I lived in Tokyo, earthquakes on the Japanese scale of about 3 were fairly common, and I got used to them. We had one here of about 5.0 some 10 years ago, and I ran outside in my bare feet to watch the house shake. I absolutely cannot imagine what a 9 feels like ... and I never want to find out.
10 or 11 quakes in the past tend days is a lot. Take care, man.
10 or 11 quakes in the past tend days is a lot. Take care, man.
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Wow! How many guitar casualties, Sneak?
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I eventually found a few...everything was tossed around, I didn`t take pics of the other smaller room where most of my guitars are, couldn`t even open the door to get to them for a while. Bedroom looked the same and the kitchen was a mess, but still, not nearly as bad as many had it. Our insurance took care of everything...but not something I`ll ever forget I`m sure.
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Having grown up in northern California, I hear you.
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