Re: kimbara acoustic guitar

: : Hi i was wondering if anyone could tell me anything about kimbara
: : accoustic guitars just came across one, it was made in korea
: : and it has square shaped pearl insets on the frets,
: : it also has the pearl trim the whole way round the edge of the guitar
: : and going up the back of the guitar in a V shape .
: : the label on the inside of the guitar says KIMBARA specially made for
: : FCN.england model no. 8/Y
: : I would appreciate any information about it .

: Hullo,

: I have a Kimbara acoustic guitar that I bought in approx. 1975 for about £36. The label reads: "Kimbara, specially made in Japan for FCN London. Model no. 169 Serial no. 46118" The design is essentially plain but with a mosaic design around the sound hole.

: I am trying to get a value for it so that I can sell it.

hi,i also own a very old kimbara 12 string also made SPECIALLY for FCN-England,the guitar is was made in japan, and it apparantley belonged to a 50's blues singer. The FCN is FENDER guitars and i woud'nt sell it fir the world.

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