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One-of-a-kind, no longer available, special made for us, hard to find, vintage or just plain odd - here's some cool, fun items to check out. And speaking of unusual stuff...
Don't see many of these. Late 70's or early 80's vintage Bambu from Japan. We recall this as being kind of an Alembic wanna-be from that era? Made in the Chushin factory which apparently also built guitars for American companies. They started in 1948 making "educational" instruments. (Band instruments, we guess). In 1961 they went strictly to guitars and basses. They hired an American designer from an unnamed company in the late 70's and introduced this as their own high end instrument, the CB-625. Not the sexiest name we ever heard for a guitar, but, whatever.
The big thing with these guitars was, of course, the bamboo neck. This was three pieces of bamboo sandwiched around two walnut slices. This was supposed to be a rock solid neck-through design and we can tell you, it ain't moved in 30 years. It's dead straight. The body is ash.
The electronics are active (18v) and the front pickup is a single coil with a humbucker in back. The nut and bridge saddles are solid brass and the bridge is die cast steel. The fretboard, is Macassar Ebony.
Non original HSC - $900.00
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| The pictures above and to the left are of an original Gibson shipping carton containing a 1977 Bicentennial Thunderbird '76 bass. New in the box. Never been opened. Seriously. The date stamp on the carton ID tag says April 22, 1977. Eight digit serial number starting with 06 indicates it's a 1977. The '77 Gibson catalog reads "Body centerpiece and long scale neck constructed of one solid piece of mahogany. Popular "reverse" design - first introduced in 1963 - offers a balanced comfortable feel. Thunderbird insignia tastefully embossed in red, white and blue, celebrating the year of the United States Bicentennial." Why? So we could do this 30 years later. So, if you're curious, or want to make us an offer, or tell us we're nuts, email us! | Taylor 810 Brazilian Here's one from the archives - a Taylor 810 with Brazilian rosewood back and sides that we've had tucked away for a while. When you have as many guitars as we do, you can do that sometimes. This guitar just absolutely sings. Talk about resonant, when you strum this guitar you can feel the vibrations through the entire guitar. It's amazing. Serial #16545 makes it a 1992. Never been sold. |  | 
| Taylor 810W Interesting guitar, another we've been saving from the same era. We recall this as being a special run of walnut. A walnut 810 was not a stock item to our memory. Serial #17953 should make it a '92, like the Brazilian. The Taylor web site, however, has 1992 serials ending at 17947. Then they moved to the El Cajon plant and started using 9-digit serial numbers. So this serial number is not logged on the Taylor web site. Well, hey, that's mildly interesting anyway. Pretty guitar, lots of red and pinkish tones in the walnut. Also never been sold. Has a small finish check below the bridge. | 
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