Description: For sale a vintage Emperador grand concert style acoustic guitar, made in Japan. This guitar has seen much use and abuse in it’s life, bruised and battered, torn and tattered, but still rings out. Looked like cigarette burns in areas, larger spots I filled with wood dust and epoxy, cleaned and setup, has a brass adjustable saddle giving it a jangling tone(added a short video for review). I’ve added some details below I found on line regarding brand and history. Would make a good starter guitar or for someone who’s looking for a knock around guitar to take out and about. Kasuga Kasuga produced their own house brand in Kasuga guitars. For a brief period of time the company produced Yamaha acoustic guitars. Kasuga guitars were first sold in America in 1972. Unlike many Japanese manufacturers who outsourced their guitar production in other factories outside the main maker, Kasuga produced all their products in-house. Badged guitars known to have been made by Kasuga include Conrad, Emperador, ES-S, Ganson, Heerby, Hondo, Mei Mei and Roland. Kasuga went out of business in 1996. While there may have been a handful of intrepid pioneers who began developing international guitar manufacturing, it’s no exaggeration to say that no one has had a bigger impact on the globalization of guitars than Mr. Jack Westheimer – one of the pioneers of global guitarmaking. Among the brands associated with his activities are Kingston, Teisco, Teisco Del Rey, Silvertone, Emperador, Cortez, and Cort, not to mention a host of other monikers that have graced guitars coming from the Cort factory. Even if you haven’t played one of these guitars, there’s a good chance that if you’ve ever played a decent-quality beginner import, you’ve played a guitar associated with Westheimer.In fact, Westheimer was one of the earliest (and most influential) importers to cultivate Japanese manufacturing in the years surrounding 1960. And it was Westheimer who, along with folks like Jerry Freed and Tommy Moore, brought Korea to the point where today more than half of all guitars made in the world come from that Asian peninsula.
Price: 117 USD
Location: Saint Louis, Missouri
End Time: 2024-12-15T21:56:06.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: Emperador
Handedness: Right-Handed
Type: Acoustic Guitar
Body Type: Grand Concert
Performance Level: Intermediate
String Configuration: 6 String
Fretboard Material: Rosewood
Model: Hand Made
Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
