Vintage Kawai guitars!! 1960's (Hound Dog Taylor-style guitar)

[muzzy335]

Great playing, wish I never quit.

[4guitarsam]

I have the same guitar but the action is about a mile away from the fretboard. You really do this guitar justice.

[jeTTa002]

Nice playing! I started playing slide more seriously maybe a month or two ago. You can check my video on my chanel. What slide do you use?

[JjGhosting]

just bought the identical guitar on ebay minus the dice knobs for $70... after watching this i know i received a great deal, lets just hope it sounds half as good as this. cheers!

[canitovega]

10/10

[evanfrmheaven]

she's a babe!

[DocCereal]

What amp are you using? ??

[surfinjohnnyq]

sounds awesome !!

[ASilverwaste]

Very cool playing, it sounds like it has the intense feeling that often lacks. Though the beginning - to me - sound like a Muddy influence, not Son House's "Empire State Express" but Muddy's "I Can't Be Satisfied".

[BottleneckJohn]

@ASilverwaste

Thanks, and well, Muddy was heavily influenced by Son so there's probably both of them in there in my playing, hehe.. I'm happy to hear that you dig this!!

[MrCaribbean]

Diggin' it man, love your feel, tone is awsome!!

[BottleneckJohn]

@MrCaribbean

THANKS!!!  :-)

[AviatorAndyK]

you got killer feel mate

[BottleneckJohn]

@AviatorAndyK

Thanks!!

[bluestime04]

Deep blues there, my brother. That was a great video-the pros in here could learn a few things about showcasing an instrument from you! Very soulful, personal playing-you would sound good on anything you played. I mess around with slide on an old Kay swingmaster with the original Kay toaster pickup in the bridge and a Dearmond goldtone in the neck-pretty sweet sounds outta that thing I must say.

[BottleneckJohn]

@bluestime04

Thanks a lot, bro!

A Kay!!

There's a cool guitar, I do have one too from the late 50's, never made a video clip with it, maybe I should?!

Thanks again!

[voluntario3]

Dear friend, nice guitars. The first one is an S70T model from 1963. Rock on!!

[BottleneckJohn]

@voluntario3

Thanks for the comment and info!!!

[Grvthang]

Very nice playing! I had one of those 4-pickup Kawai models. I bought it new in mid-1965. It was powder blue. It was my first electric guitar. I owned it for about 2 years and then went and bought a "real" guitar - a used Gretsch Anniversary model, for which I paid $50 in great condition (that was the going price for used Gretsch guitars back then. I lived in Brooklyn, and they were still making them there). A used Tennessean or Nashville model went for around $75.

[naneek2]

I have a similar old teisco, but I cant get any kind a tone like that. What amp are you playing through? are you using any pedals?

Amazing playing!

[AVascocc]

Fine thing!

[gageman70]

im looking at a couple teisco guitars that im interested in, but i can only afford one. for slide would you suggest I get one that has only 1 pickup but its a gold foil, a del rey with 2 pickups, or some weird 3 pickup one? (theyre all teisco or some variant of teisco)

[BottleneckJohn]

@gageman70

Cool!!

I can only say that I like my 4-PU the best, I get a fat, big tone from that one which the single PU can't compete with..

Good luck getting the Teisco!!

[gageman70]

@BottleneckJohn where did you find these guitars? im always taking peeks in antique stores when my mom brings me along to see if theres some hidden gem like one of these leaning in a corner

[tzubovic]

@BottleneckJohn

Hi!

What strings are you using on S70T?

Thanks

[BottleneckJohn]

@tzubovic

I have no idea, I'm afraid..

.12 - .56 maybe.

[tzubovic]

@BottleneckJohn

Thanks for the quick answer....

I will put those (for a start) on my new aquisition (S70T) since it has flatwounds on.

Hopefully it will sound half that good

;)

[HDenBlues]

Hi, my friend...unfortunaly i can't tell you much about these guitars, just that they are very beautyful and sounding great, both of them, besides this i have to say that you are a realy great slide-player, i love that style...thisone goes in to my fav. cause i think i can learn some tricks out of it, if i may...lol...Great vid, man...sorry i can't tell you more...grts Kurt !!!

[notseafood]

I found one of the 4 pickup silver guitars,I am gonna get it restored,sounds real sweet when you play it,I got to get mine working!

[gageman70]

whats the very first song you play?

[frenzexperiment]

Hey a little Son House in the beginning, right? He would be proud...great sounding rig...awesome skills and video!

long live bottleneck blues!

[BottleneckJohn]

THANKS!!

[torqueup74]

awesome...sound and playing are great!!

[francescotaranto90]

Awesome, I have that same guitar (First one)!! The colours differ though, other than that it's the exact same guitar!

[Hylandra]

I have the 2nd Kawai Guitar with the 4 pickups I collect vintage guitars and Musical instruments...cool playing

[Bigsinglecoils]

Fine guitars and fine playing! (I wonder if the makers back in Japan of these old guitars ever imagined they'd be used like this?)

[rocknrolldaddio]

ahhhh...sounds soooooo sweet. why not get a teisco with "gold foil" pickups? then, maybe play some ry cooder also.

[BottleneckJohn]

Thanks bro!

A Teisco would be mighty fine!!!

[ironbuttermilk]

@rocknrolldaddio Ry is out of his dang mind btw.

[remork138]

soundin' good! what amp d'you play?

[BottleneckJohn]

It's a Roland Micro-Cube that sound so nice!! Truly a wonderful little amp.. I use it live as well, sound great when you mic it through a PA!!

[tim167]

nice demo!

I got the first guitar in this video back from repair and played it for the first time today.

btw, i have the original tone and volume knobs ;)

[abstrus]

4:17 LMFAO!!!

[abstrus]

love the dice knobs!

[BottleneckJohn]

I like them too, really cool, haha!

[barrynotsteelable]

well smoke my bone , my very first guit ar was a kawai .. and that was 37 years ago . my guitar teacher tol me it was a converted bass and now i finally find out he was wrong ..... i cant fuckin believe it .... bottle neck you rock

[BottleneckJohn]

Haha!!

Glad that you finally found out the truth..

Tell your teacher if you see him someday!!

[christian2796]

Lol Men your awesome!!! I Got a (Kawai)Kimberly Electric Guitar and its awesome!!!!

[BottleneckJohn]

They are awesome vintage guitars indeed!!

[parosite]

wicked what are you tuned too?

[BottleneckJohn]

Thanks!

It's open G and D here!

[multaflor]

the four pickup guitar is a kimberly apollo i think. made from 68 to 70. sold in the Lafayette electronics catalog. I just got one in green

[BottleneckJohn]

No, it's from the 1961-64 Kawai production.

[HondaSuperSport1100]

very nice I have A guitar very similar to that thats been sittin around for 20 years

[sadbuton]

Hi, I love the sound of this make! I have a Kawji, but have no idea bout the history and I want to sell it to get a new saxophone. Mine is a 4 pick up, have you got any knowledge of the history?

[SuperMrgeorge]

Great sound! Awesome playing! Vintage guitar!

Five stars!

[BottleneckJohn]

Thanks for the 5 stars, bro!!!!!

[grev21]

this is a great video!

[BottleneckJohn]

Thanks for that comment!!!!

[Budafinga]

did you adjust the action at all?

[BottleneckJohn]

A little, the height at the bridge could be adjusted. It's perfect for slide now!

[vleb]

Hi John. I'm not very fond of electric guitars, but those sound very good : great fat bluesy stuff !

[BottleneckJohn]

I agree with you, I'm not into the electric stuff that much. But it's kinda cool to get have an alternative to the acoustic side of me, LoL!!

[HondaSuperSport1100]

awsome

[matrags]

man, I wish I could play bottleneck....sounds so good.

[BottleneckJohn]

Bottleneck style is a very expressful way to play guitar, for me basically the only way, LoL!

I play like I sing I think..?

[KarloR27]

Nice guitars bottleneck john. To be honest I've never heard of them but they look very good guitars. Slide is great on them.

[BottleneckJohn]

Hey Karlo!

Thanks, there ain't much info on these oldies around I guess.. But they sure sound cool(imo)!!

[KarloR27]

Indeed there not that bad. All the best with them. I'd say they'll be good for gigs.

[BottleneckJohn]

They are!! Been in the studio the last couple of weeks recording with them, new CD out on June 5th..!!

[Azrael888]

Nice guitars, are they for sale?

[BottleneckJohn]

Thanks!

Sorry, these are keepers..