anyone with an opinion on

[jannusguy]

Terada guitars? what about jacaranda as a tone wood?

[jefleppard]

always an opinion. and, if i dont have one, i'll borrow one. i know nothing of this 'terada' you speak of. the magic of google has filled me in a bit. seems like an '80s partnership with a japanese company. a response to the fabled amazing tokai knock-offs of the era? have you played one? here's a review of a j200-ish model. i might take a stab a t a tokai j200 if one pops up. let us know what you know. i'm intrigued.

 

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/product/Terada/JW-837/100/1

 

as far as jacaranda goes....

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/In-the-Shade-of-the-Jacaranda-Regalo-Grande-Series-2_W0QQitemZ120341744211QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Fiction_Books?hash=item120341744211&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

i am suddenly in love with the woman under this tree. even though the tree creeps me out a bit being that it reminds me of the lone, burning tree on the hillside in the movie "the ring". hope that helped. i feel better.

[Jinder]

I believe that Terada were a 1970s Japanese company who made copies of Gibson, Martin etc. In keeping with Kiso Suzuki, CMI, early Jap-built Ibanez and Takamine guitars, they generally made instruments to a high standard, but ones that are nowadays cheap to pick up as they are copies and not overtly well known. I saw a very attractive Terada Dove on eBay recently, which went for £100 or so.

 

Jacaranda is a tonewood that I have never played before. Sorry to not be of more help!

[jannusguy]

maybe i'll forgo the football today and go play the one for sale locally. i read several harmony central reviews and they were all positive. like i need another guitar. cunk, good luck with the new relationship. she's lovely. in a 2 dimensional kind of way.