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Joined: Tue 05 Feb 2019 11:30 AM Posts: 6
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Barry wrote: Wow, you're going to end up putting a lot of dough into this guitar unless you plan on doing the work yourself. A fret job is not cheap, and judging by the quality of the body construction, I expect that the fret board will suffer some chipping in the process.
This style of bridge and stop tail should never sag or distort like that, no matter what the height is. That indicates to me that the metal itself is sub-standard, no fault of the owner.
Frankly, unless you are doing the work yourself as a project or learning experience I would not be spending a lot of money to try and make it all right. The guitar just isn't worth it IMHO. Yes, planning to do the work ourselves. Interesting what you are saying about the bridge. My understanding from several reputable luthiers is that tunomatic bridge collapse is actually a pretty common occurance these days. Probably due to the combinations of growing popularity of heavy strings and people increasing the string angle. If the guitar isn't worth much, we don't have to worry about ruining a collectible or irreplaceable vintage guitar so I feel better about the DIY approach. We ordered new parts last night. Spinditty and a couple other various sources are listing Matsumoku as "Possible" origination for the EROS badge. Matsumoku
Matsumoku is one of the Japanese manufacturers that did not survive long after the heyday of the 1970s guitar market despite having a long tradition of quality stringed instrument craftsmanship. Matsumoku produced guitars for major manufacturers Greco, Guyatone and Yamaha. Matsumoku made Arai, Aria, Aria Pro II and Aria Diamond badges, with Aria being their primary badge for a majority of this time frame. Badged guitars known to have been made by Matsumoku include Apollo, Arita, Barclay, Burny, Capri, Columbus, Conrad, Cortez (electrics only), Country, Cutler, Dia, Domino, Electra, Epiphone, Granada, Hi Lo, Howard, Ibanez, Lindberg, Lyle, Luxor, Maxitone (this guitar differs from Tama's Maxitone badge), Mayfair, Memphis, Montclair, Pan, Pearl (electrics only), Raven, Stewart, Tempo, Univox ,Vantage, Ventura, Vision, Volhox, Washburn (in 1979 and 1980), Westbury, Westminster and Westone. Possible Matsumoku badges include: Bruno, Crestwood, Conqueror, Eros, Mako, Memphis, Orlando and Toledo.Another site lists Yamamato as possible manufacturer.
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