Keira-WitherKay on weekend i purchased a cheap (R400) 2nd hand classical from someone refered to me by a forum member actually ....... what the seller told me about the guitar seemed to have little value, cos i googled the company he said it was and found nothing , except that they do excist ...........so according to his word it is an old 70's japanese built classical........... i was keen before seeing it that it could be a rare early japananese aria ect ect but alas not........... anyway the guitar turned out to be a laminated top classical.......the label is removed so no idea what it is or what it's pedigree is................ but at that price i ussually just buy the guitar and pass it on to my students......... i bought it on my way to a gig...so did not even play it much when i tested it ........ but noticed the frets will need attention.......... then i took it home and sunday morning i played it seriously for 1st time.............. and found this R400 guitar to have an awesome clear and resonate tone.......... a loud guitar that fills the room without the player making effort to play hard........... and the tone surprised me.......i was thinking of passing it on to a student but have subsequently decided to keep it for myself.............. so again the good luck seems to be on my side... and i found a loud, tonally good classical guitar with some repair work neccessary to the frets. but at a giveaway price....... yep so just reinforcing that buying 2nd hand can reveal huge savings and also render some gems..........
JimmyD On the topic of little known second hand guitars, I bought a steel string accoustic years ago ago in a second hand shop in the U.K. It has the lable "Mountain - Est 1948" on it. I've never come accross another one and can't find any trace of this name on Google either. I know you do only classical guitar's, but as you collect and hunt around for rare gems, do you perhaps know or have heard of Mountain guitars ? It didn't cost me much but it is high quality and has a superb sound. I would love to know where it comes from or what the manufacturer is. It also needs a little bit repair (touch ups really), and would you know who can be trusted to do repair work ? Regards JimmyD
Klaus I'm in the same situation. I found a Hohner acoustic, I requested the model nr on 3 different occasions. It was given to me as BT3-rs. I cant find that anywhere on the net, which I find very odd. I emailed Hohner Germany, my email was promptly replied. I was told they did not have record of that model. Kudos to Hohner GmbH for the quick reply though!!
Een Klaus wroteI emailed Hohner Germany, my email was promptly replied. I was told they did not have record of that model. Kudos to Hohner GmbH for the quick reply though!! Why not take some pics (if you didn't) and mail them to Hohner?
