Columbia 60's Matsumoku Made Guitar

Columbia Guitar 60's Matsumoku made w/hard case

I'm not sure about 60's made guitar. After I got first Columbia guitar, I found out this is CSG-631.

This guitar was made in 1964-1966, by Matsumoku.
Columbia is not guitar manufacturer. As you can see, they are the record manufacturer.
However, in 60's, there are not so many music stores specially for the guitars.
Mid 60's, The Ventures made a big booming here. Well, Yamaha, Kawai, Teisco, Guyatone and other manufacturers
made the electric guitars and got a huge sales.
I can remember that the electric shops and record shops offered those guitars.
Well, you could imagine why Columbia started their brand. They just thought easy sales.
Japanese Victor also offered their brand electric guitar that time.

I bought this guitar not really on purpose.
I have got several Teisco and Yamaha 60's model. So, I felt just compare this guitar with others.
Well, I didn't expect great tone from this guitar. However, this guitar made me very happy.
It is good clean tone. If you will play the blues, this guitar absolutely give you a comfortable tone.

No idea about the body and neck material. It is not Mahogany and other good quality wood.
However, it is quite good. The body weight is only 3.09Kg The nut is 44 mm. I feel the neck is a bit fat (approx 630mm scale).
Generally, this guitar is fine. Currently, the tone is not working. PU selector is fine. But the small selector switch is
not working (I'm not sure what is it).

If you are looking for 60's JV, this is really good guitar.
We are going to send this guitar with original hard case (not good condition, but still can be used).

Enjoy old days JV guitar!

Truss Rod	Adjustable
Nut Width (mm)	44
Bridge Screw	O.K
Weight (Kg)	3.01
PU	Original
Condition	Mint-
Repair	None
Estimated shipping weight	11 Kg (W/Hard case)
Price	US$ 328.00

Brand or Manufacturer	COLUMBIA
Model	CSG-631
Serial Number	None
Product Year (Estimated)	Mid. 60's
Body Color	Sunburst
Body Material	No Idea
Neck Material	No Idea
Neck Condition	Straight
Frets	Proper