1960s Japanese 4-pickup solidbody

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Here's another "unknown" guitar from 1960s Japan. With the plethora of brandnames applied to the same guitars coming out of the same factories, it's very hard to identify guitars like this. The seller comments that it:

"...looks like a Bison copy. The headstock design looks like Bruno. The pickups are the same as the Kent 720 series - their topline guitars. I suspect this came out of the Kawai factory because they produced Bruno, Kent and Teisco guitars."

Interesting features include the two plates on the headstock matching the plate the pickups are sitting on; separate plates for pickups and controls; the German carve around the top of the instrument's body; and, of course, the four pickups and attendant switches (my guess is that the switch near the volume and tone pots selects between the front and rear pair of pickups, whilst the two toggles near the lower horn are 3-way selectors for each pair).

Anyway, a very interesting instrument.

G L Wilson

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'60s Bruno Guitar from Japan

This cheesy old Japanese guitar bearing the Bruno brand name was possibly supposed to have a hollow-bodied Mosrite vibe, but to me it looks like a Gibson 335 has been given the Brian Eastwood Distortocaster treatment.

Speaking of which, Guitarz reader Johnny was the eventual buyer of the Distortocaster that we featured recently, and you might be glad to hear that he's removed the dolphin!