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In an ad stretching across the top of a two-page spread, drawn cartoon-fashion with a jet soaring from Japan to the United States, the headline read, “Kasuga Guitars Come To America.” Kasuga was a guitarmaker established in Nagoya, Japan, in the late ’60s. : In May of ’72, a portentous advertisement appeared in The Music Trades. Here is an article that I got from the web. : I looked Kasuga up and I believe they still are making guitars but only in Japan. On December 15, 1970, Moore and Tokai Gakki entered a joint venture called Tokai USA Inc., and Tokai began making private label and OEM guitars. Tokai had become very successful in Japan making and marketing the Pianaca, a keyboard harmonica used in Japanese schools. With only a voucher of credit in his pocket and no contacts, Moore hooked up with a Mr. Worth, Texas, and one of the founders of Hondo, visited Japan in order to strike up a guitarmaking deal. In ’67, Tommy Moore, the successful musical instrument merchandiser from Ft. In May of ’72, a portentous advertisement appeared in The Music Trades. I looked Kasuga up and I believe they still are making guitars but only in Japan. : I know they dont exist,but surely somewhere must have a gallery of the models. : can anyone post a link as to where i can view the various models that Kasuga made. none of my muso mates (a few who swear by gibson les pauls )can believe the playability & tonal/build quality of this guitar, maybe i found a gem ! as i have not been able to find any info on kasuga archtop solids, i would love to find a gallery and or a link. Pickups were replaced with a dimarzio super 3 (bridge)&Īn ibanez v2 super 7 (neck)a brass nut & schaller tuners completed the restore and my kasuga is as tonaly & playably awsome today as the hundreds of gigs it has done since i found her in 1997. Specs are : mahogany body & neck,rosewood figured catved top & headstock, rosewood fingerboard w/block inlays,Īs i bought this guitar from an old muso for $50.00 aus, it needed some love,

In fact i have searched for obout 12 years to find a gibson les paul of the same vintage but of the many i have tried i havent found one to equal my kasuga. I own a Kasuga les paul ,i beliwve it to be of 1970 build (possibly earlier)it is the finest les paul copy i have played.