Bacchus and who else has all the buzz?

[ganzua]

Lately Bacchus has a lot of buzz but, what other japanese guitar makers are getting good criticisms or reviews? :grin:

 

[user 6495]

A few other Japanese makers...

http://toguitars.com/gallery.html

 

[ganzua]

A few other Japanese makers...

http://toguitars.com/gallery.html

and besides Tokai, Navigator and Bacchus, what makers are building good LP, ST, TL... copies right now?

 

[user 6495]

Momose for example (strat, tele, LP)

http://www.ikebe-gakki.com/shopping_20.php?state=1&cate=1&s_cate=1&brand=10320

Van Zandt (strat & tele).

http://www.ikebe-gakki.com/shopping_20.php?cate=1&s_cate=1&brand=221&state=1&img_flg=1&page_cnt=12&order=1&state2=&start_index=12

PGM (Tele) - I think they belong to Deviser, like Bacchus

http://www.ikebe-gakki.com/shopping_20.php?state=1&cate=1&s_cate=1&brand=313

History (FujiGen)

A few others, Ikebe Gakki has a huge selection. Usually not cheap

http://www.ikebe-gakki.com/shopping_10.php?state=1&cate=1

http://www.japanvintageguitars.com/index.htm

 

[ganzua]

thanks for the links Arkay :grin: great info.

As far as I know PGM would own Van Zandt, Moon, Combat and Bossa, but not sure at all.

 

[user 6495]

Possible. It's hard to tell from the distance, we have to rely on info from our Japanese friends. Those brands are very difficult to find outside of Japan.

 

[JVsearch]

Deviser = PGM?

http://www.japanvintageguitars.com/PGM Custom TE.html

 

[user 6495]

Well, PGM has a homepage, but its production values are even below the Fender Japan's page standard :lol:

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~dz6k-ysd/

 

[user 6495]

Momose is another Deviser brand.

http://guitarsjapan.com/deviserinfopage.html

 

[20 century boy]

Yes, and PGM is in fact a factory, they have their own brand but mostly they built for other companies like Van Zandt. They make LP for Combat but not for Van Zandt who make only fender models ( just like Moon used to next to their own models).
Here's an interview of the boss
Deviser is another factory far from the PGM factory (PGM is in SAitama, Deviser in nagano,the next prefecture) they built Bacchus, Momose ( a star crafter from deviser) and Headways.

Deviser Own their own brand, PGM work for others. I think it's them who made the Ornetts for Kanda Shaokai ( Greco).

 

[user 6495]

Cool, thanks for the info!