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nance
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Username: nance

Post Number: 1
Registered: 12-2006
Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 6:40 am:   Edit Post

Hello,

I have a question. I have an old guitar bought in the late 70's in Holland. It was bought by a store who frequently bought guitars at Hoshino. So I went looking on the internet. It looks like a Musician, but the headstock is something you won't see in ibanez guitars. I really want to know what brand of guitar mine is. Maybe it's and alembic, or a copy, I dont know. There is no Serial number. The name on the headstock is Dutch. There is a Double neck which belongs to someone also looking for information. I know only of 1 other "Dutch" But that one ended up in the fireplace. It has 2 (3-fase?) switches and 2 DiMarzio Humbucker pickups. I'm sorry for my badenglish, I'm Dutch...

Greetings Nancy


bsee
Senior Member
Username: bsee

Post Number: 1413
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 7:38 am:   Edit Post

It looks like one of the guitars that would have come from the Matsumoko factory in Japan. They made a lot of good quality guitars under a lot of different brand names. While they were/are very nice and in some demand, no guitar with generic electronics should be confused with an Alembic.
dela217
Senior Member
Username: dela217

Post Number: 730
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 7:55 am:   Edit Post

I am curious as to what those stickers on the back of the headstock say.

It sure is a pretty guitar! I really like the body's shape.
nance
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Username: nance

Post Number: 2
Registered: 12-2006
Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 10:18 am:   Edit Post

It says, made in Japan and the name of the store who sold it. "Gerritsen Muziekhandel" The Hague

Grtz
Nancy
adriaan
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Username: adriaan

Post Number: 1199
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 10:39 am:   Edit Post

Can you post a close-up of the logo?

My Spoiler also has a Gerritsen sticker on the back of the headstock. I bought it from RockPalace, which is roughly across the street from where Gerritsen used to be (went out of business years ago, as did Servaas a few years later, who were just around the corner). I remember standing in the Gerritsen store years ago, staring at this Spoiler hanging high up near the ceiling - and I'm pretty sure it's the same bass.
nance
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Username: nance

Post Number: 3
Registered: 12-2006
Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 11:13 am:   Edit Post



Here they are
olieoliver
Senior Member
Username: olieoliver

Post Number: 1017
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 11:42 am:   Edit Post

I'm pretty sure this is a Matsumoko made guitar and looks like maybe their Frontier line.
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 1913
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 12:14 pm:   Edit Post

Looks Matsumoku to me, too. Here's a site with more info:

http://www.matsumoku.org/guitars.html

Bill, the guitar one
olieoliver
Senior Member
Username: olieoliver

Post Number: 1018
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 12:24 pm:   Edit Post

This looks similar to it
joram
Junior
Username: joram

Post Number: 50
Registered: 5-2004
Posted on Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 12:36 am:   Edit Post

Gerritsen certainly did business with Matsumoko. An other brand name they used was "Gerrinez". Pretty cool, handmade. A friend of mine ownes a Gerrinez with the 2-octave marker at the 23th fret.
gtrguy
Intermediate Member
Username: gtrguy

Post Number: 102
Registered: 9-2004
Posted on Saturday, December 23, 2006 - 11:24 am:   Edit Post

That's kinda like the Matao I just bought.
http://alembic.com/club/messages/449/33871.html?1165516459
I just finished putting a set of new PRS #6 Zebra humbuckers in it and it sounds as good as my Custom 24, which is saying something! The original pickups were not so good, but the rest is great.

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