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I received my first e-mail from Jim Nicholson, on June 9, 2013.
Here is his story, as it appeared in that email ...
David:
I just found your site and thought I'd drop you note.
The FG 360 I have has walnut back and sides, laminated (for sure) spruce top,
mahogany neck, East Indian rosewood fingerboard and bridge. The label
reads Nippon Gakki Co. Ltd., made in Japan and there's a K stamped into the back
splice, below the label. The serial number is 30326504 which (I think)
makes it March 26, 1973 - my wife bought it as a Christmas present in December,
1973
in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She chose this guitar for me in blind listening
test that involved several Martins and a Brazilian rosewood 360!
The guitar is in desperate need of (yet another) fret job, new bridge and a neck
reset. I'll do the fret work and new bridge but don't have the tools to reset
the neck so, maybe I'll try a "fret doctor" to pull the bow out of the
top. If any of your readers have gone this rout, I'd be interested in how they
made out.
It's my understanding that all FG360's were made from laminated materials top,
back and sides. The tops are 2 very thin layers sandwiching a thicker layer
which is very difficult to see at the sound hole. Any of the 360's I've seen
were laminated. Interestingly the sides and back of my guitar appear to be
walnut laminated to East Indian rosewood which probably accounts for the
instrument's voice.
After 40 years of continuous play, hard use and several (good and bad) fret jobs
it is still my main axe.
Hope the information is of some use.
Jim
Our thanks to Jim for sharing his story with us and I believe the information is
useful. This is another example of an early FG-360 with an 8-digit serial
number. Since it was bought in Canada, it reinforces the notion that this
is an FG-360, rather than a FG-360N, which is how Yamaha refers to the models
bought in the US.
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