product types:
- acoustic guitars
- bass guitars
- classical guitars
- electric guitars
Information:
Terada was established in 1912 initially as a toy violin maker but from around 1955 onwards Terada started making proper stringed instruments. By the 1970s they had three factories near Nagoya (Higashiku factory, the Kanie factory and the Shirakawa factory). Production peaked in the late 1970s and early 1980s when they were making upwards of 10,000 guitars each month for both domestic and export markets. Terada specialised in making semi-acoustic and acoustic guitars and made OEM guitars for Ibanez, Orville by Gibson, Epiphone Japan, Gretsch amongst others.
Source: Terada fan site (archived 2007)
Location
TERADA MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CO., LTD
497-0032
Kani-cho
, 23
Japan
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Aiti (Aichi) JP
1 Comment
My Terada Classical Guitar (info)
Submitted by PHILIP de CASTAN (not verified) on
I am a proud owner of a TERADA Classical Guitar - Model No G 309, bought in 1973 in Guernsey - Channel Islands - UK.
As years went by, this Guitar became more mellow with a deep and warm tone.
Perfectly happy.
I just want more ing - when it was built etc.
Many thanks
Regards
Philip de Castan