This site is a tribute to '70 & 80' guitars, mainly MIJ and Matsumoku productions.
Having owned many of them in the past years, I had the chance to verify the outstanding quality of these instruments, whatever it was the model.
These pages contain pictures and movies of some of the guitars I own and owned, with the aim to provide details for Matsumoku collectors and enthusiasts.
Some years ago, before the collection started, I'd have appreciated such kind of information for each single model; I hope you will enjoy it.
As you will see, my main Matsumoku brand is Aria Pro II.
Probably this is one of the largest collections of this brand.
I'm pretty convinced that Aria, within the other brands Matsumoku produced, has one of the best quality, price and especially design.
Even if based on some of the most famous brands' shapes of those years (75 to 87 for the electrics), all the Aria models have a distinctive character, never looking just pieces of wood.
In the Link page you can find some useful references to Matsumoku history and guitar models.
Please note that my collection includes many more instruments and I'm adding them often to the web site.
Check the site regularly for new entries!
This site is based on the free service offered by Google, which is limited in terms of available space and operation.
If you would like to have a real open and durable site during the time, with high resolution pictures, more instruments shown and reviewed, more details on each item, scans from old pertinent books and video sound tests, please feel free to donate with paypal. That will be used exclusively to keep this site alive, evolving and improving. Thanks for your support.
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