Kiso Suzuki Classical Guitars: GT85 label

Saturday, February 2, 2008

GT85 label

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.; April 2, 2009 at 12:14 AM
Russ Andrade said...: I just traded a new classical i bought for this same guitar. it's a bit beat up but i love it's playability and sound. trying to find info on it's year of manufacture.it looks like rosewood back and sides, a mahogant neck and reosewood fret board. the top is spruce plywood.; October 29, 2010 at 8:56 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.