Kiso Suzuki Classical Guitars: 9500 label

Saturday, February 2, 2008

9500 label

2 comments:

jonny allen said...: I have one of these classical guitars & have owned it for about 18 years it was not new, but i do not know how old it is. Please if anyone knows its age can they email me the answer to: jonnyallen@live.com, it sounds mellow but has quite a deep sound

Thanks
John; February 14, 2009 at 10:28 AM
django said...: i have a kiso suzuki 9500 label also there is no other serial number on it apart from the label.
i have read that on kiso suzuki guitars there is a serial number where the nuck and body join but nothing is inside my 9500
it's a mystery how old this guitar is; April 29, 2011 at 7:31 AM

Kiso Suzuki Classical Numbering System

The numbering system is still kind of a mystery to me. 'G' series probably stands for the 'Grand Concert' size. 30 versus a 70 or an 80 still probably has more to do with the price...30,000 yen versus 80,000 yen at the time...however in the 60's a series of #10-30 seemed to have been a finer guitar than the later higher numbers. Go figure.
There was a 'C' series - maybe Cedar???
'S' usually stands for spruce top.
'A' and 'T'...I don't know. No one has enlightened me yet.
The '9500' series usually had laminated tops and laminated rosewood sides, and the higher numbers were more ornamented (more expensive).
In my experience, the Kiso Suzuki classicals were more heavily built than the Nagoya Suzuki classicals.