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When was the w lyle hummingbird serial made. I have this Lyle hollow body electric guitar that has been in the family fo I have a Lyle c acoustic guitar and am looking for info Guitar Information. She's a beauty and needs to be played I have a Lyle in the original hard-board case I looks like it gas never been played They are not listed per model number as most are so I will need you to tell me the features, if it's an acoustic or solid body electric guitar, and post some pictures of the guitar that shows the front, back, headstock, and all marking so that I may evaluate the quality of construction and features. If you put it on ebay, let me know as I may just bid on it myself. Lyle's were manufactured in Japan between between and A private sale through your local newspaper, craigslist or ebay would be your best option and be more profitable too. Miss Shugarhart: Sorry to hear about your husband's passing This Lyle appears to be one of their higher grade acoustics guitars and it appears to be in excellent condition with the exception of some pick scratches on the pickguard, which is to be expected. He played it everyday until he died and I would like some information on it to see what to do with it.
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Send a private message to Abo.I have my late husband Lyle guitar that he bought back from Japan back init looks like a Gibson Dove guitar and the number inside is DL. This is one of the "lawsuit guitars" of that era, a knockoff of a Martin D It is quite beat up bought it used but it is the best sounding acoustic I have.įind More Posts by BeachBill. It's also the one I play the most, I've had it about 28 years. I have an Oahu electric lap steel that could be pre WW2 but I can't accurately date it. I didn't want to drill holes in the guitar so I mounted the output jack in the F hole. What's the oldest guitar you own? Carved spruce top and Eastern hardrock maple back and sides. It was born February 28th making it now over 40 years old. Caveat emptor: because the ad states it is a "lawsuit" model, does not mean that it is.Oldest guitar you own. Guitars can have an artificially inflated price and sell for more than they are actually worth. There appears to be a lot of this in on-line auctions and on-line guitar advertisements. Too often it really isn't a lawsuit model at all. Often the term "lawsuit" is used to raise the price of the copy, increase interest, or they have misunderstood what the "lawsuit" was all about. Most of the Japanese companies, as a precautionary move, turned away from close copies but many still offered their "version" of the classic American designs with at least minor departures in design and appearance. The lawsuit was not "won" by Norlin, but settled out of court.
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These guitars were metric and not an "exact" copy.
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It was not over the exact copying of body dimensions or construction. The lawsuit was filed by Norlin (Gibson's parent company) against Elger/Hoshino (Ibanez's American division) over the use of the "open book" headstock design which Norlin claimed as a Gibson Trademark. It is also commonly said it was over the exact copying of American designs. It is a common misconception that the famous Gibson/Norlin lawsuit was filed against a number of Japanese companies. Matsumoku, as a sub-contractor of Aria (Arai and Company) manufactured instruments including Gibson Epiphone, Skylark, Cutler, Aria, Aria Pro, Aria Diamond and Washburn from 1964 into the mid 80s. Heater Music Company was owned by Norlin. Matsumoku continued to manufacture instruments beyond 1972. Heater Music Company were not part of the lawsuit. This rumor stems from a Gibson (Norlin) lawsuit against manufacturers (specifically Elger the parent company of Ibanez) copying their copyrighted "Open Book" headstock design. In fact, Norlin never purchased Matsumoku, nor did they shut them down. It has been suggested that the Matsumoku Company manufactured many Lyle branded guitars in Japan from (approximately) 1965 to 1972 until they were bought and shut down by Norlin, Gibson's parent company at the time. Heater Music Company of Beaverton, Oregon, USA. Lyle guitars were distributed in the US solely by the L.