Kiso Suzuki Classical Guitars: GA100 headstock

Monday, November 9, 2009

GA100 headstock

1 comment:

Unknown said...: Hi!
I am happy to se your pictures, i owned the same guitar and i would love to know wich wood are used to build it. Do you have any idea? I also would be curious about the age of my guitar... The serie number is 80185.
Thanks a lot!; April 26, 2011 at 11:33 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.