From the SVG archive / SELECTED VINTAGE GUITARS
K.Country and Kasuga: the history of Japanese acoustic guitars
Japanese acoustic guitars, models and their identification.
A brand and its production background
Our archive explores K.Country in the context of Kasuga and Japanese acoustic guitar production. It brings together the model families and construction details that help distinguish instruments carrying this name. The connection is a starting point for research, not a substitute for identifying the individual guitar.
The model code matters
Record the full designation, including prefixes and suffixes. Similar-looking guitars can differ in materials, decoration and appointments. Compare a guitar with a catalogue from the relevant period before treating a model number as a universal specification.
Look inside as well as outside
The label, bracing and interior can reveal information that a headstock photograph cannot. Check construction together with the neck angle, bridge and top. Previous repairs can be perfectly serviceable, but their nature and extent should be understood.
Choosing an example
Ask about service history and current playability. The useful question is how this guitar fits your playing, not where an entire brand sits in an imagined league table. In our collection, the individual listing provides the available details of the instrument and work carried out.
