You really do love guitars, don't you?

I do, I'd say I have more of a passion for luthiery and writing than I do for actually playing. I think these things are pretty easy to fall in love with. Especially when they are as full of life as this thing is. You can barely see it in this tiny photo, but do you see all the french polish thats worn away under the sound hole? The gouged spruce soundboard? This thing was really loved by someone.

Oh
my
word.

Even given FA's shitty compression this guitar sounds beautiful. Also-you're playing is wonderful.
I don't blame you for keeping this guitar <3 <3 wow <3 <3
I wish I had an acoustic especially one that sounded like this.

Woof :3 Thank you so much. I am really glad you liked it! This was only a iPhone Recording btw. It's possible that might be where some of the compression comes from.

fantastic sound box. I love the color.

I can almost smell the interior.

Thank you :) It does have a faint musty scent as is common to acoustic guitars that have lived in Seattle all their lives. I'll probably take some good photos of it at some point.

Incidentally, is there anything you could tell me about this:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4503294/ ?

It's hard to say. There are a lot of Japaese guitars of that era that are hard to get information on. Offhand, that looks like the type of lable used by Matsumoku but I am not sure. The serial number is also similar to the type used on Lyles and Aria guitars. There is seem strip in the back with the grain running perpendicular to the back, implying that it ha a solid wood back and side set. If the serial number in that guitar works the same as on other Matsumoku guitars, this one was either made in 71 or 81. It's hard to tell by the number because they only used a single digit date. I would have to see how yellow the finish was and look for other clues to nail it down to a decade. It's hard to say too much from these two pictures though.

Your frets need to be cleaned. I recommend 0000 steel wool for the job, and you should maybe protect the body with cardboard when you do this. You should take some lemon oil to the fretboard after you do that. I think at some point someone cleaned this guitar with a paper towel as evidenced by the micro scratches I can see in the finish. You can use a little bit of wax based polish to reduce the appearance of these. I recommend gibson brand polish for this (though I recommend dunlop 65 in almost any other application). That looks like a nitro finish, so be mindful to keep it well away from alcohol, cleaning products and harsh solvents, particularly anything in the keytone family.

The vertical backbone is in segments, placed between the ribs. there are other more serious injuries to the surface as well. The last time the fretboard was cleaned it was with linseed oil, but I'll see what I can find. I need some new nylons anyway.
There in a stenciled number hidden inside on the bowl, 48210 (or 43210), not sure if it's a lumber mark of a manufacture mark.

For cleaning, use a cotton shirt just out of the dryer or go to your local auto parts store and get some of these: http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/f.....nId=T9F&gclid=CjwKEAiA0O2lBRDOrPX4oJP3t2oSJACjpaHAKu9SxNgI4PvBp21BKgPIA-RuLapB1iPIm3RRT2O5-xoCIBbw_wcB

You do wonderful work Drew...

V.

Thank you so much! :)

I actually have a little 1920s tenor I will be working on here pretty soon. It came in on a trade for doing the work on a old lyle 335 copy that needed a few hundered in repair work. The very first thing I want to do with it is some creepy Tom Waits covers! =D

I also have an old suzuki 12 string I am converting into a baritone guitat as one of my personal instruments. :) Those old susukies are nice guitars!

So many old instruments sound beautiful, they just need a little love, this guitar being no exception. Excellent playing :)

Thank you, and saving old instruments is my lifes work :)