blindboygrunt Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 ah!! that bloke is always a pleasure to watch...I wonder if he has any sort of public persona in Japan...or do just guitar nerds know him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbpicker Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 That guy has more guitars than I have socks. Must be quite well heeled as some of them are vintage and in incredible condition. He certainly knows how to make the most of them, however. Great player and excellent voice. Hope he is making some money doing what he does. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buc McMaster Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 A very talented young man! I think the guitars and the home studio are the property of an older guy, Harada Sueaki, and the young player/singer is Takeshi Furusawa, from what I can see a friend and bandmate. Sueaki has so many fine examples of vintage American guitars.......an amazing collection. While I do not know for sure, I would take a good guess that many of these are the very instruments American dealers bemoaned being bought up by the Japanese in the 80s and 90s, never to be seen on American soil again. I personally worked a few Texas guitar shows during that period and can attest to having seen stacks of guitars purchased by Japanese buyers. They would lease booth space, nothing to display, walk the show floor and pile up their purchases in their booth. Dozens and dozens of classic American guitars, acoustic and electric. Much of this buying drove vintage prices to new heights. I did hear a lot of crying and complaining by American buyers/dealers over this......by some logic the Japanese weren't suppose to cart off all this vintage stuff! How dare they! I say more power to 'em..........money talks, and they certainly had the cash to take home whatever they wanted. And look at what good use they have made of these fine examples! Very good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbpicker Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 I observed the same thing at guitar shows in the Detroit area, Buc. Rent an empty booth and fill it up from the other show vendors. Well, you are right, the young man in the video is certainly talented. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted July 27, 2013 Author Share Posted July 27, 2013 I know he's been posted on here before but that song is just a total head messer. Amazed how even Hendrix played it and he wrote the damn thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 I personally worked a few Texas guitar shows during that period and can attest to having seen stacks of guitars purchased by Japanese buyers. They would lease booth space, nothing to display, walk the show floor and pile up their purchases in their booth. Dozens and dozens of classic American guitars, acoustic and electric. Much of this buying drove vintage prices to new heights. I remember going to the shows in the 1980s and watching those gentlemen push out carts loaded with tweed and brown cases which I assumed were not empty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 I don't think anyone on this forum has said Taylors are "BAD"......just not their sound. Not my sound either, but not a BAD guitar..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 I don't think anyone on this forum has said Taylors are "BAD"......just not their sound. Not my sound either, but not a BAD guitar..... Yep. What he said..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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