Hey all....

I have just recieved a gift from a friend an old guitar, dust covered, broken strings and dull looking... but now that i have cleaned and polished her up, had new strings and fully tuned it she is a very rich toned amazing sounding TAMA Guitar!!! The shop that tuned it where amazed also at the sound she produces!!! ...it appears to be very well built with alot of 'Mother of Pearl' and 'Paua' featured into the craftsmanship, also beautiful rich graining wood which i think is Rosewood on the back, sides and fingerboard.

The label on it reads....
Ray Durant LUTHIER 'Exact Replica' Dreadnought 1970 and it also has the following addresses on label...
Ray Durant Ste, 12 Rue La Vieuville, Paris 12e, France
Durant Sales Inc. 302 4TH AVE. NEW YORK, NY
Inside the guitar is stamped 3558P and also TAMA, SEISAKUSHO CO. AICHI, JAPAN.

What i thought was just a dirty old guitar that i didnt know was worth fixing or not for me to learn to play on seems to be a peice of precision instruments that has its own high place in history...

Cheers and looking forward to playing this little classic acoustic even more so now!!!!

Ghazza