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That's the nicest one I've seen. Due to the extra headstock binding alone. Thanks for checking into it Philco.
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11-23-2012 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Archtop Guy
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Originally Posted by Philco
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2bornotbop,thanks for showing me that info I hadn't seen it. Hot Ford Coupe, as 2bop was kind to show us a description in an ad off of Ebay telling the story of these guitars. I attempted to include the address in the letter but couldn't so look at 2bops' a few responses ago.He has it in that response. Scroll down after the ad. The writer talks of the new ones being built in Japan having carved tops. I wrote to him for more info,hope he replies.
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The Japanese D'Aquisto's are manufactured by Aria. Here is info about them from Aria's site: The Official D'Aquisto USA Website
Keith
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Here's the text in entirety from that Japanese archtop:
"Some clarification: This D'A was made in the same factory, by the same people, the same way, as the Vestax guitars. There is no such thing as a Vestax D'A, they simply distributed the Nagoya guitars for a while. This guitar was made after Vestaz was stopped by lawsuit from distributing them. The same Nagoya guitars continued to be sold without the Vestax involvement.
From rec.music.makers.guitar.jazz/2007-08/msg01655.html
"Vestax is not a guitarmanufacturer. They never have been. They are a distributor, and they
distrubuted and marketed, not manufactured, the D'Angelico guitars.
All the Japanese-made D'Angelico guitars have always been made in the
"Terada" factory in in Nagoya, Japan. There was some sort of dispute
between D'Angelico Guitars of America and Vestax, and therefore Vestax
stopped distributing DAs in the US, however, the Terada factory has
continued to manufacture them and they have been available in Japan,
through Vestax, the entire time they were unavailable in the US.
D'Angelico Guitars of America apparently has a new distributor and is
now selling the guitars again, however, they are still being made in
the same factory, presumably by the same people, as they always have
been. The main difference is that the new ones supposedly have carved
tops. I keep seeing auctions on ebay touting their guitars as "Vestax-
made", which is pretty meaningless."
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Well, I went to You Tube and punched in D'angelico NY-2 and there they were. With Japanese sub titles. At a Namm type show. Perhaps there is a European distributor? Maybe J Hale might know more. Anyway it seems like we've worn out a simple NGD thread with all of this. I here by thank you all,good hunting.
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Originally Posted by 2bornot2bop
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Originally Posted by Archtop Guy
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Ah,Camera batteries going but,had to answer your tease. Complete with DeArmond 1100,1000 and FHC.
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Wait a minute. Is that one of the repros or is that an original. If that's a repro, it's the absolute best I've ever seen hands down. If it's a real one, you're one lucky dude to have that. (That is if you own it.) Ya gotta love those DeArmond pickups. I swear by them.
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And here is the Vestax site
D'AngelicobVestax
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Originally Posted by 2bornot2bop
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That's my 91' Triggs made DA ll. One of two 18"s that I know of. The other was a dark red 17".I also owned that one and stupidly let it go. I've had those pick ups for about twenty years and haven't put them on anything yet. I know ,I should use them or let them go to someone who will. But they're still waiting for that grail that I just can't seem to find.
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Originally Posted by Philco
Looking for a "jazz box"
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