Most Matsumoku guitars were made rather well, especially the wood parts. I've seen a variety of Lyle guitars - both semi-hollow body and solid-body.
Small companies wouldn't have had the resources to produce multiple guitars, bass guitars, 12-strings, acoustic guitars and basses, mandolins and ukuleles. Vintage LYLE 710 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar & Case Lyle Guitars were made in Japan circa 1970's through the early 1980's and Licensed by Gibson. Guitar Hunter explains that Crestline guitars were likely a small, off-label imprint of a large Japanese guitar manufacturer, citing the wide range of instruments that Crestline produced. Very clean guitar shows light playing wear. See pic 5.It has very … Heater Music Company out of Beaverton, Oregon. It looks like it was painted on the wood by the manufacture. The guitar itself has a couple of little dings on the ideal side of the physical body beside the neck. If you watch the listing, we'll notify you if it becomes available again. Most, but not all of the electric models were made by Matsumoku. Sellers with highest buyer ratings Returns, money back Ships in a business day with tracking Learn More Top Rated Plus. They had some cool electric models here and there and seemed to really focus on acoustic guitars back in the day. Aside from a few nicks and scratches, the guitar is very clean with a rich tone. Possesses initial difficult instance and hang tag. The situation has actually seen better days, however still gets the job done! Watch. Beyond that the history is pretty sketchy. Shipped … Now that Lyle name was owned by the L.D. This has thick bracing and is well made with "high quality woods, posibly Brazillian as someone on ebay once said when selling this same model but I CAN NOT guarentee that it is. F-540 Lyle Flat Top Acoustic (44.2% similar) Includes a non orig. They were made in the same factory that produced Aria guitars, by the Matsumoku company.
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This model … 1970s Lyle C-640 Natural Acoustic Guitar, Serial # 28099. The top tuning key head and neck are the color of milk chocolate with pearl-type fret inlays. Lyle was one of 100 names of inexpensive Japanese guitars made in the 60s and 70s in the explosion of rock and roll. I just purchased a Lyle acoustic guitar in excellent condition. Here is a classical Guitar by Lyle: Inside label reads.Crafted for the Discriminating Musician.Made in Japan. Good vintage Made in Japan guitar by Lyle. Remember, they were built to fill the growing demand of guitars, that the kids saw on tv, with the Monkee’s and the Beatles.Lyle. 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. you would put in a bid to the different companies. Much like Ibanez and Teisco did.įor example, let’s say you were a distributor, named Bob. 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.