Where are all the pre-war 45's?
Anybody know if all the pre-war D-45's are accounted for? I see one for sale at Elderly, Stills has one (maybe more?), where are all the rest?What if Martin started buying them back so to speak, then...
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I've heard that 63 of them are accounted for.Thanks to Larry Wexer I had a chance to play two of these instruments several years ago. Both were in outstanding, unrefinished condition and the asking...
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Elderly have one these days... five digits serial number!Check ready?www.elderly.com/vintage/items/10U-2938.htm
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Over on the 13th Fret, Jim Grainger says, the other day a 14 year old girl brought in a "sunburst 1936 D-18 with about the same wear I would expect to see on a 5 year old guitar" for a little work, so...
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Mac Yasuda bought a bunch of the old D-45's for Tsumura, so if anyone owns 20 it's probably Tsumura. 93 were made. I heard there were 43 on the "accounted for" list back in the 80's, so 60-some sounds...
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Tsumura is the name I recall as owning around 20 Pre War D-45's.
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One of those two Japanese zillionaires is in prision now for the Sumitomo Bank scandal (sp?). But I do not remember which one.All those D-45s languishing in a vault somewhere. Very sad.
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In a discussion that mentions Mac Yasuda and Akira Tsumura, the following was posted:"One of those two Japanese zillionaires is in prision now for the Sumitomo Bank scandal (sp?). But I do not...
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I would love to see that collection of 45's someday before I ride off into the final sunset. What a further trip it would be to be permitted to play each one and hear their different voices. Funny how...
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did not mean to defame. I read it on Acoustic Guitars forum. Fairly recently, but could not remember who it was. So perhaps it was yet a third Japanese multi-millionaire who hordes old...
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Joe Did you by any chance play any of his guitars and if you did which one or ones knocked you socks off?WaltRoseville,Ca
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I did not mean to imply that one of the two gentleman mentioned was in fact the person I read about. All I know is that someone posted something, I thought from the news, about the fact that one of...
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om45dlx,...lets get it correct now, ...NOT 93 made, only '91'...that is common knowledge. We have enough false info floating around, ...don't need no more !
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