Kiso Suzuki Classical Guitars: G200 front

Saturday, February 27, 2010

G200 front

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: I picked up one of these on ebay for 102 aus dollars i didnt expect much for that sort of money i restrung it and i couldnt believe how good this guitar is it sounds great even and balanced i think these kiso suzukis are really under valued oh yer it come with a case FANTASTIC; May 24, 2012 at 7:49 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.