Marchis SG - Made in Japan Gibson SG Copy - 'Lawsuit Era' 1970's Guitar - Day 1
Day 1 - Aquisition I have been looking for a 'project guitar' for a while, something that was in rough shape that I could fix up and bring back to its former glory. I am, by no means a professional luthier, I have no qualifications, but I can setup a guitar pretty good and I learn real fast, so I was looking for a hobby guitar work on and fool around with and maybe re-sell at a profit. I had read that MIJ (Made in Japan) guitars were some of the better vintage copies of the Gibson and Fender brands out there, particularly the 'lawsuit era' guitars. Guitars that were made to Gibson and Fender specs, particularly by the Ibanez company but as they used the same headstocks and similar logos. They were eventually sued by Gibson to cease and desist making these instruments, they did and Ibanez guitars turned into that they are today. And so the 'Lawsuit Era' guitar was created. Some, but not all MIJ guitars are 'lawsuit era' guitars, so the motto here is buy...