Wie kan mij meer vertellen over het gitaarmerk The Kasuga???

[onrust]

Hallo Allemaal,

Ik ben op zoek naar personen die meer weten over het gitaarmerk The Kasuga. Ik weet dat het japans of chinees is, maar verder weet ik weinig. Ik kan er niet veel over vinden op het internet.

Na een, zo goed als, mislukte poging op marktplaats.nl probeer ik het nu hier. Ik weet niet wat voor model de gitaar is, dat staat er niet op!

Sommigen weten mij te vertellen dat The Kasuga een goede replica van Gibson en Fender is, de ander vertelt mij dat het een goedkoop merk is die vroeger ook door Wehkamp aangeboden werd.

1 ding weet ik wel! Goede gitaristen in Steenwijk/Meppel en omstreken mogen er graag op spelen en vinden er een goede sound in zitten.

Wie kan mij helpen aan informatie?????

Met vriendelijke groet,

Simon Onrust[/b]

[FNaRK]

The guitar was produced in Japan in approx 1976.
I have had this instrument from new and it cost $300 in 1977. The neck and body are bonded and the tone and sustain is excellent. Neck construction is rosewood and is very ornate with intricate mother of pearl inlay. The fitting are all gold plated although it is beginning to wear away.


In May of ’72, a portentous advertisement appeared in The Music Trades. In an ad stretching across the top of a two-page spread, drawn cartoon-fashion with a jet soaring from Japan to the United States, the headline read, “Kasuga Guitars Come To America.” Kasuga was a guitarmaker established in Nagoya, Japan, in the late ’60s. In ’67, Tommy Moore, the successful musical instrument merchandiser from Ft. Worth, Texas, and one of the founders of Hondo, visited Japan in order to strike up a guitarmaking deal. With only a voucher of credit in his pocket and no contacts, Moore hooked up with a Mr. Kaku, who steered him to Tokai Gakki. Tokai had become very successful in Japan making and marketing the Pianaca, a keyboard harmonica used in Japanese schools. On December 15, 1970, Moore and Tokai Gakki entered a joint venture called Tokai USA Inc., and Tokai began making private label and OEM guitars.

Tokai quickly found it couldn’t keep up with demand, so it found a factory that could meet its quality standards: Kasuga. Another joint venture was established between Tokai USA and Kasuga called Kasuga International. Marketing offices were established in Singapore, Zurich, and Frankfurt. In ’72, these guitars began to come into America.

In December, ’72, an ad touted the Kasuga line, copies of the most popular Gibson, Fender, and Martin acoustic and electric solidbody designs. Presumably these included Telecasters. These were sold under the Kasuga name (briefly; a notice of Kasuga acoustics appeared in Guitar Player in September, ’72) and carrying the monikers of various importers, as in the ’60s.

http://guitararts.fc2web.com/030723/thekasuga-f12-80s_h.jpg

[bert k]

Wie denk je in de maling te nemen Roadkill? Dat is de headstock van een mandoline! :-D

[sash]

Nee man, 8 snarige bass :D :razz:

[FNaRK]

volgens mij staat er toch echt The Kasuga op de headstock !!

stelletje betweterige pubers :evil:

[bert k]

Ja hoor, merk klopt, en de headstock is erg mooi.
En betweter kan ik mee leven, maar puber.....