Several of Matsumoku's early archtop guitars survive, most owing their basic designs to Hofner, Framus, and Gibson. However, as other Japanese companies were producing similar instruments, Matsumoku set out to distinguish itself by producing high-quality acoustic and electric archtop guitars. Modest classical guitars, small steel-stringed acoustic guitars, mandolins and violins were built and marketed in the mid-1960s. In the early 1960s (or mid-1950s ), Matsumoku began to look into other woodworking markets when several subcontracts of Singer Corporation were moved to the Philippines and, as it had on its staff several skilled luthiers, ventured into guitar and violin production in 1963. Matsumoku also branched out into building cabinets for manufacturers of televisions and "hi-fi" amplifiers. Singer contracted Matsumoku Industrial to build its sewing machine cabinets, and in 1951 Matsumoku became a partially owned subsidiary of Singer Japan. Shortly after the World War II (1939-1945), the Singer Corporation had established a Japanese subsidiary, Singer Sewing Machine Company Japan, and set up production facilities in Nagoya. It was a family-owned woodworking business that specialized in building tansu cabinets and butsudan. In 1951, Matsumoku was founded as Matsumoto Mokkō ("Matsumoto Woodworking Company") by Mr. Established in 1951 as a woodworking and cabinetry firm, Matsumoku is remembered as a manufacturer of guitars and bass guitars, including some Epiphone and Aria guitars. All that leads to this question, does anyone have any idea what year or model would have been assembled with the block marked as 50.Matsumoku Industrial was a Japanese manufacturing company based in Matsumoto, Nagano, between 19. Just tonight I found two online with the double dots at the 5th frets. That led me to look over images of old Arias. I finally found an old Aria with the open book headstock, copied after Gibson. I have poured over images online for many hours. This guitar has double dots at the 5th fret as well as the normal 12th fret. But one detail kept throwing the Gibson people, and me, off. The binding and markings look like an old Gibson. I first thought, as did a lot of other people, that it was an old Gibson as it has the "open book headstock." It has an adjustable bridge. No one has been able to tell me what this guitar brand is as that number on the block is the only markings.
It has no name on it and only has the numbers 50.8 18 in black on the block in the sound hole. My son gave me a fantastic looking old acoustic guitar that he found at a yard sale.
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