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I am based in California so obviously the closer you are to me the less your charges will be.
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IF you would like to get an actual shipping quote to your zip code before buying, just message me your zipcode and I'll send you an updated price including exact shipping to your location. If you buy something it is your job to cover shipping. I have no control over it and it should not be my job to underwrite the shipping companies rate hikes. I know the costs of shipping large items has gone through the roof, and I can sympathize with that, but somethings just are what they are. Please understand that i have no control over what Fedex charges for shipping on an item. If you purchase the item and shipping was cheaper than the stated amount I will gladly refund the overage. In the 60s, the famous Matsumoko factory in Japan made fantastic guitars branded under the names Univox, Aria, Epiphone, Lyle (the name given by one specific musical instrument importer in Portland OR), Conrad, and Toledo, to name a few.
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This is an Aria 1802-T but branded 'Lyle'.
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You will pay the actual shipping rate plus $10 for a shipping box and packing materials(that is less than my actual cost) I will pay for insuring your item out of my pocket. Aria 1802T Guitar (branded Lyle) Offset, Japan Matsumoko 60s Epiphone, Univox : 400.0. I have no desire to make money by over charging buyers for shipping. There seems to be no way to give a shipping quote here based on distance, so i have calculated the price to send this guitar to the farthest location from me in the continental US. Honestly i intended to keep this one but I'm moving in a few months and something has to go. Neck is very strait and strings sit nice and low to the neck all the way down. It is missing one of the fret marker dots on the top side of the neck and I'm unsure if there were covers over the tuners or not. Unfortunately missing the tremelo arm, but everything else is there and Like the ET-270 that Cobain immortalized, this has a pair of Variety of badges, including the Epiphone ET-270, Univox Custom, Conrad, LyleĪnd Domino. Matsumoku made this model from 1971 -75 under a I charge actual shipping cost plus $10 to almost cover my cost of the shipping box, send zipcode for accurate shipping quote to your location Remember, they were built to fill the growing demand of guitars, that the kids saw on tv, with the Monkee’s and the Beatles.Please read shipping disclaimer before sending me nasty messages. I happen to love them, others despise that cheap feel and sound. Solid bodies, mostly made from plywood, BUT they do have their own feel and sound. Electrics, mostly the hollow bodies, were somewhat, but not always better. Quality-wise, they range from complete and utter crap, to OMG! Acoustics, tend to fall into the former range. They distributed them, much like they distributed Lyles. The company that distributed the Lyle’s, LD Heater, WAS NOT Owned by Gibson or Norlin. and say, “Who can build me 5000 Bob 335 copies, for around $30.00 wholesale?” Matsumko would say, “I can!” and boom, 5000 Bobs were lining the store shelves. FOR SALE This is a Yamaha FG-160E made in Japan in the early 1970s. you would put in a bid to the different companies. YAMAHA FG-160E GUITAR, Early 1970S, Japan, Acoustic Electric, Hsc - 616.59. Much like Ibanez and Teisco did.įor example, let’s say you were a distributor, named Bob.
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Aria, Westone, Phoenix, Westbury, Conrad, some early Domino’s, Epiphone, and some house brands for Sears and JC Penny. See, Matsumko built for dozens of companies guitars. Unusual, yes, rare no.įor those who have 335 copy Lyle, the model 5102T, it’s the EXACT same guitar as the Aria’s, Westbury’s, Epiphone’s of that era. Ok, Lyles were made by Matsumko in Japan from the mid 60’s to around 74 or so. As usual, there is little on the internet, but I did find this link, and a pretty good summary of the brand. “I have a Lyle Bass – the semi-hollowbody (ES-335/StarFire/Jack Casady style). The acoustic guitars were built in Japan, with laminated tops and sides. Lyles were ‘licensed’ copies of Gibson, they weren’t seconds. Lyle guitars were imported from Japan ( Matsumoku) in the 60’s and 70’s by the L.