Kiso Suzuki 9507 (Hummingbird) Review/Demo
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- A review and demo of my Lawsuit Era Kiso Suzuki clone of a Gibson Hummingbird.
Audio recorded with a blend of the cameras microphone and audio captured by my Rode NT1-A going into ProTools.
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I have this exact guitar! I found it long time ago and it was gonna get binned.
There's one local asking £250 ? What you think as you've played them ? Thanks
Saw a Suzuki catalog, 9507 is made with Nyatoh back and sides. Absolutly not the same wood as the Gibson one.
oh they also made takeharu guitar's and did have electric guitars not sure if they made them or outsourced them have a look on facebook under Suzuki guitars or kiso suzuki
Adam, many thanks for this review. I was given one of these by a a random drinking buddy about 10 years ago, I always wondered about the history behind it but always found it has a lovely tone. The brand on the head of mine says 'CF Suzuki and Co, Est 1951' so it seems a little unusual, even compared to some of the reviews I've seen on this guitar. Any knowledge on that would be appreciated. In the meantime, subbing and thanks again for the review!
Hey, I'm glad you liked the review, thanks for the sub! As far as I know it wasn't just Gibson that Suzuki were copying, they were also copying Martin, who traditionally have 'CF Martin and Co' on their headstocks. Here is a small article by the BBC on Suzuki guitars www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/uD9JfHSrQEmWqHsQffQ8og
@@AdamThomasMusic Legend Adam, thanks again!
@@pkel2003 Hey, I'm glad to help :)
hi adam nice playing on that vintage kiso , your kiso looks to be early 70's around 1973-75 your square label were from approx 1971-1978 and will have a 5 digit serial number as well as the model number 9507 (aka w65h) the first digit is the build year so 30376 1973 #0376 51204 1975 #1204 etc Nagoya Suzuki had 6 digit serial numbers stamped inside on the heel block , kiso Suzuki were the sister company to Nagoya Suzuki ( the original Suzuki violin co from 1887 founded by masakichi Suzuki )
Thanks for the insight :) I've always wanted to know what year this one was
I've just bought one and in the soundhole it says Model: W-65A serial number is 00605.
Can you help me understand when this guitar was made?
Thanks
@@gilbyblue7858 1970
I have a 1960s one of these - different logo in headstock and sticker inside - any idea on values?
My dad has this guitar & wants to know if you was to buy it today brand new how much would it be?
I can't be 100% certain here, as they don't appear to make new guitars anymore. But, if we compared it to the price of other acoustic guitars that are made in Japan, these would possibly sell for around £1300 today if they were brand new. That said, that's just my rough estimate based on other Japanese brands.
The second hand price on these guitars is still pretty low though, so I doubt you could sell one for anywhere near that amount.
Hi Adam, I'm currently looking at buying one of thse for $600 AUD as that's a fair few weeks wages for me and assuming it is in good nic are they good allround guitars cheers
All the same tone woods as a guitar worth thousands. They are lovely guitars but still I would recommend you play the one your going to buy first, just to make sure its good and that you like it
will I paid $40 bucks for mine and its mint ... in Brisbane by the way $600 that's wayyyyyyyyyyy too much I would pay $200
Cool story. solid wood?
I have one, and bought it new in 1980.
It definitely is NOT solid wood, my one is about 1979 model.
I paid around $180 at that time, i would have bought a better guitar but it was the only left handed guitar available at that time. It feels good, had crappy tuners (since replaced) and sounds OK but not great.
also i feel i know the song starting around 4.00 but i cant name it thanks in advance
haha I was just improvising, if you can find the song it sounds like let me know ;)
How much is that guitar worth
It's hard to tell. I've seen them go between £70 to £250. Due to them not being a well known name they don't have a huge value compared to other guitars from the same era. Unfortunately, since filming this, I have damaged mine and had it fixed, so I imagine this particular one is on the lower end of it's potential value. I don't mind as I don't plan on selling it anyway.
Thank you, i just got one given and it seems like a nice guitar I'm going to give it a good clean restring it. Don't think I'm going to sell it, all the reviews I have seen on it are all good and been wanting a decent acustic for a long time
@@andycpd6669 Once you give these guitars a bit of TLC they end up sounding and playing really well.
Is this what Ewan McGregor would look like if he was a a rock star?
Thanks Brad!
Hi, just wondering what is the model number on your guitar?
9507 as it says in the video title
AdamThomasMusic I have one since 1978, the model number is W-65H, looks just like yours.
There seems to be multiple versions they made, that all have slight differences and different model numbers, I'm yet to find someone else with the same model as mine.
AdamThomasMusic Good point.
These guitars are a bit of a mystery to be honest. Maybe you should do a video about yours so that there can be more information about the different versions on the internet
You come across as quite ignorant in some of your assumptions on japanese guitars you should go on to the forums and find out from those that really know their stuff