(Written By Jimmy Noise / Aug 2012)
Gemtone is one of those vintage guitar brands that you never see,
or even hear about. So one could say they are extremely rare guitars. The only
Gemtone guitar that has recently surfaced was found in
However there is some references made to Gemtone being a brand in
The guitars were made in
The model pictured below is model U10. This is a ¾ sized student
guitar. The design was influenced by Gibson models of the time. The body was a bit thicker than what you
expect on a Japanese made guitar during this era. It has a single pickup with
one volume and one tone control. The model tag was located on the back of the
headstock. The equivalent Teisco model is the second version of the J-1. This
model was also sold in the
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