Images courtesy of nicovington 2008 and Yahoo. ”įrom 1977 to 1989 Kasuga made 4,000 Apex branded instruments designed by Kamel Chenaouy In ’72, these guitars began to come into America. Marketing offices were established in Singapore, Zurich, and Frankfurt. Another joint venture was established between Tokai USA and Kasuga called Kasuga International. Tokai quickly found it couldn’t keep up with demand, so it found a factory that could meet its quality standards: Kasuga. 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 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.” The guitarmaker was established in Nagoya, Japan, in the late ’60s. ” In May of ’72, an advertisement appeared in The Music Trades. They also did BC Rich type copies for the Japanese market with a K on the headstock instead of a B.
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In the 1980’s/1990’s they made guitars for Yamaha, Burny/Fernandes and the early Navigators.Īpparently made some Washburn models around 1988 or so with a serial number starting with a K and they might have also made some Jackson and BC Rich guitars. These sound incredible - a mix between the attach of vistalites and the warmth of wood. They and Tokai made Conrad guitars in the 1970s. This was part of my personal collection - CF Martin era Fibes fiberglass drums. Kasuga started their own brand of guitars in the 1960’s and in the 1970’s made the Heerby and Ganson brands and partnered with Roland on a guitar synth. They made guitars, banjos, mandolins, violins and ukeleles.
Kasuga was established in 1935 in Nagoya by Miki Bukichi.
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