This page covers some of the vintage electrics I have owned that were manufactured in Japan. Although I did own all of these guitars at one point or another, I've likely sold all of them, so none of these guitars are for sale. Tell me if any information is incorrect, or if you have any important information to add.
Unknown MIJ (Elk?) Unknown MIJ (Dyko?) Kawai Solidbody Zenon Solidbody
Here are four interesting vintage Japanese solidbodies from the mid 1960's. The first is a mystery to me, it was missing its head-badge, quite heavy, high quality, and had its serial number stamped into the fretboard (Mosrite style). Maybe it was an Elk? I have no idea. The second guitar, the white one with the black guitar pickguard looks like some type of Guyatone creation. I had the same guitar before and it was marked "DYKO" with a sticker on the headstock. The third guitar is an enormous, heavy Kawai with a warped neck. The last guitar is a very stylish two-tone Zenon/Zen-on.
Electra "Omega" Electra "Super Rock" Raven Telecaster Raven Hollowbody
The first two guitars here are black Electra Les Paul copies with fantastic "wave" headstocks sporting the Electra "double-e" or "upside-down peace symbol" logo. The first guitar is a set-neck X210 Electra "Omega" model made sometime between 1976 to 1982. The second is a bolt neck Electra 2242 "Super Rock" model made sometime between 1972 and 1980. The third guitar is a beautiful Raven thin-line Telecaster-esque model, which I regret ever selling, as it played and sounded great and I've never seen one since. The last guitar is bizarre looking Raven hollow-body with great horns.
Teisco ET-320 Teisco EP-7 Early Teisco Hollowbody Teisco Del Rey
Four nice Teisco manufactured guitars. The first is a Teisco ET-320 with a cool but not very advantageous "monkey-grip" handle. The second guitar is a cheap little Teisco EP-7 hollow-body that played and sounded pretty terrible, but brought quite a bit of money somehow (maybe because I played up the fact that it's the main guitar used by one of girls in "The 5,6,7,8's", though I'm not sure if that's a plus). The third guitar is a rare late 1950's Teisco hollowbody with Teisco branded pickups and a headstock that said "TOYOU". The last guitar is Vox Phantom copy sold under the Del Rey name.
Silvertone by Teisco Unknown Teisco Teisco Spectrum Teisco Spectrum
Four more Teisco products I owned a long time ago. The first two have cool brushed aluminum pickguards. The second two are variants of the Spectrum model.
Conqueror Commodore Montclair Crown
The first guitar here is a wild-looking "Conqueror" with a very Mosrite-esque body. The second guitar is a "Commodore" with bass pickups and a very nice German-made Hofner tailpiece which I should have parted-out and sold seperately. The third guitar is a "Montclair" model which I have seen sold under the Ibanez name. It had some musician's signature on the headstock. I couldn't read it, and I hate people writing on nice guitars, so I wiped it off. The last guitar is a cool little "Crown" that had a great "Steel Reinforced Neck" metal badge at the end of the fretboard.
Unknown MIJ Hollowbody Winston Zenon Squier "Super-Sonic"
The first guitar had no markings and was relatively low quality. The second guitar was a tiny little "Winston" likely made by Guyatone. The third guitar was another Zenon/Zen-on product sporting the same pickups as the Winston. The last guitar isn't exactly vintage, but isn't commonly seen and its Japanese. It's a 1997 Squier "Super-Sonic" with a reverse Jaguar body and headstock.