Voice Guitars (1960's Japanese Jaguar/Jazzmaster copy)

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Re: Voice Guitars (1960's Japanese Jaguar/Jazzmaster copy)

Post by windmill » Fri Nov 13, 2015 4:20 am

Thanks for this post it is fascinating reading the history of these guitars.

Special thanks for posting the amp, the faceplate looked familiar

so I pulled out my little solid state amp that I brought a long time ago

Its a Voice !!

With echo and tremolo, a 6" speaker and probably about 2W

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Re: Voice Guitars (1960's Japanese Jaguar/Jazzmaster copy)

Post by sleepkid » Fri Nov 13, 2015 5:20 am

windmill wrote:Thanks for this post it is fascinating reading the history of these guitars.

Special thanks for posting the amp, the faceplate looked familiar

so I pulled out my little solid state amp that I brought a long time ago

Its a Voice !!

With echo and tremolo, a 6" speaker and probably about 2W
Very cool! Can you post a picture?

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Re: Voice Guitars (1960's Japanese Jaguar/Jazzmaster copy)

Post by sleepkid » Fri Nov 13, 2015 7:41 am

Also, for those who have been following this topic, I finished the last bit of electronic work on the guitar pictured with Iwase-san (disassembly and refurbishment of the rhythm circuit switch to remove one last bit of static that it sometimes had) and it's now in the for sale thread. Please look for it there if you are interested. (Admins: If this is against the rules, please let me know or just edit this post - I just wanted to let the people who were interested in this story know about it as it's a fairly unique instrument.)

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Re: Voice Guitars (1960's Japanese Jaguar/Jazzmaster copy)

Post by N0_Camping4U » Fri Nov 13, 2015 12:03 pm

I'm interested in more information on the 12 string... I know you said he only produced around 10 but is there any more information on these?
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Re: Voice Guitars (1960's Japanese Jaguar/Jazzmaster copy)

Post by windmill » Fri Nov 13, 2015 2:25 pm

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The echo is really a reverb. There is a small pan in the bottom of the cabinet

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Re: Voice Guitars (1960's Japanese Jaguar/Jazzmaster copy)

Post by sleepkid » Fri Nov 13, 2015 3:04 pm

N0_Camping4U wrote:I'm interested in more information on the 12 string... I know you said he only produced around 10 but is there any more information on these?
I don't have any other information besides that they were called "The Rich Man" and he said he made roughly 10 of them, and that out of that maybe 4 of them went to Terauchi Takeshi. I wonder if Terauchi Takeshi actually still has any of them? He's still alive, so I suppose I can try and get in contact with him through his website. Worth a shot.
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The echo is really a reverb. There is a small pan in the bottom of the cabinet
That's a cute little amp. Very surprised that there is such a visible gap between the faceplate and the grillcloth though. Does it have a model number on the back? Doesn't appear in any of the catalog scans that I have.

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Re: Voice Guitars (1960's Japanese Jaguar/Jazzmaster copy)

Post by windmill » Fri Nov 13, 2015 8:48 pm

The gap between the face plate and grill clothe may have originally been covered a strip of plastic.

This is the only other information on the amplifier, there are no markings or numbers on the inside.

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Hope this helps

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Re: Voice Guitars (1960's Japanese Jaguar/Jazzmaster copy)

Post by venompstinger » Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:07 pm

Here's a butchered Voice Delicate Model:

Photos are here https://box.yahoo.co.jp/guest/slideshow ... 0c4159eaf1

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Re: Voice Guitars (1960's Japanese Jaguar/Jazzmaster copy)

Post by sleepkid » Wed Feb 03, 2016 7:04 am

Wow. That thing was butchered! But one interesting thing...

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...those are the original handmade tuners with the buttons being made from parts from women's earrings (cheap costume jewelry that he found, and then carved into an appropriate shape)!

So funny, and yet so inspired and cool.

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Re: Voice Guitars (1960's Japanese Jaguar/Jazzmaster copy)

Post by frelonvert » Wed Feb 03, 2016 7:25 am

N0_Camping4U wrote:I'm interested in more information on the 12 string... I know you said he only produced around 10 but is there any more information on these?
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Re: Voice Guitars (1960's Japanese Jaguar/Jazzmaster copy)

Post by sleepkid » Thu Feb 04, 2016 7:11 am

I know the guy who is selling the above guitar. Nice guy. I haven't played the guitar though.

Beautiful guitar, but that is a lot of bread. Still, it's practically unique.

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Re: Voice Guitars (1960's Japanese Jaguar/Jazzmaster copy)

Post by biro » Sun Feb 07, 2016 1:46 am

sleepkid,
i just want you to know that i really appreciate the great passion and the attention to detail you put into your posts and the huge respect you show when you talk about, or happen to meet, the old people behind those little pieces of electric guitars history...
very very very well done ;)

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Re: Voice Guitars (1960's Japanese Jaguar/Jazzmaster copy)

Post by sleepkid » Sun Feb 07, 2016 2:22 pm

biro wrote:sleepkid,
i just want you to know that i really appreciate the great passion and the attention to detail you put into your posts and the huge respect you show when you talk about, or happen to meet, the old people behind those little pieces of electric guitars history...
very very very well done
Thank you. I do my best! I try and get as much information as possible, and then since I don't want that information to disappear, I share it! ;-)

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Re: Voice Guitars (1960's Japanese Jaguar/Jazzmaster copy)

Post by mwalker » Sun Feb 07, 2016 9:17 pm

I'm glad there are people that still appreciate these guitars.
When I was young, I worked in a pawn shop and this guy would bring his guitar in every month to pawn.
It was an old japanese jaguar copy with a clear finish. Super light weight and beautiful light coloured wood.
The body couldn't have been much more than 1 1/2 inches thick.
I would have to play all the guitars that came in for a few minutes just to check them out.
This thing was super fun to play.I kind of hoped that he wouldn't come back for it some time, but I was also glad that he always did.

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Re: Voice Guitars (1960's Japanese Jaguar/Jazzmaster copy)

Post by sleepkid » Tue Feb 09, 2016 4:25 am

mwalker wrote:I'm glad there are people that still appreciate these guitars.
When I was young, I worked in a pawn shop and this guy would bring his guitar in every month to pawn.
It was an old japanese jaguar copy with a clear finish. Super light weight and beautiful light coloured wood.
The body couldn't have been much more than 1 1/2 inches thick.
I would have to play all the guitars that came in for a few minutes just to check them out.
This thing was super fun to play.I kind of hoped that he wouldn't come back for it some time, but I was also glad that he always did.
I wonder what it was... certainly not an Elk - Elk guitars are quite heavy (with the exception of the Cutlass guitars)

Some of the vintage guitars can be quite thin bodied. Matsumoku made Aria guitars (for example the 1532T) and some Teisco Gen Gakki guitars (for example, the Liberty/Norma guitars which they made) can be quite thin. I once had to replace a missing tremolo in a Liberty, and so went with a standard Jazzmaster type copy, but I had to shorten the spring and adjustment screw so that it would work in a more shallow cavity. A normal Jazzmaster cavity would have gone right through the back of the guitar!

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