Japan’s electric guitar industry underwent some fascinating twists and turns in the Sixties and Seventies. Many Japanese guitar designs from the Sixties are highly original but with an emphasis on low cost and quirky, gimmicky features that weren’t entirely ergonomic for most players.
During the late Sixties/early Seventies, focus shifted to copies of classic American models (now known as “lawsuit models”), often with better playability and quality than American companies offered at the time.
