Subject: RE: Haruo 12 String - What do we know? From: GUEST,curcio Date: 20 Feb 04 - 09:51 PM In response to your request, my T-10-12 12 string has serial number 57935 and the number "13" on the front under the place where the pickguard used to be. How about yours? Have you been able to find out anything else about these guitars? I think mine just keeps getting better with age and I would never part with it at this point. |
Subject: RE: Haruo 12 String - What do we know? From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 18 Feb 04 - 10:47 PM CLICK HERE for a picture of same model Haruo 12 as Brett's. Just judging by the headstock inlay on the guitar in the above link, I think Sam Bush has (or at least had) a Haruo 6-string D. I got to do a little backstage jamming with Sam and Bela Fleck back toward the end of the New Grass Revival days and Sam was playing what I thought was a Randy Woods guitar. I was familiar with Randy's guitars because a friend has one and the headstock inlay was very similar. When I asked Sam about the guitar he said that it was just a cheap thing he had picked up while on tour in Japan but he liked the sound so much that it had become his regular "road" guitar. If Sam's guitar isn't a Haruo, there's more than one Japanese builder using the same headstock inlay. Bruce |
Subject: RE: Haruo 12 String - What do we know? From: Naemanson Date: 18 Feb 04 - 03:27 PM Wow! You are the only person I've found with another Haruo 12. I'm curious. What is the serial number on the label in the sound hole? As I understand it the serial numbers given to instruments do not follow any set procedure. Some makers serialize all their instruments no matter what they are. Others have specific numbers for specific types of instruments. |
Subject: RE: Haruo 12 String - What do we know? From: GUEST,curcio Date: 18 Feb 04 - 01:58 PM I purchased a T. Haruo 12 string guitar new in 1978 at Sam Goodys in New York for $200. It is model T-10-12 and apprently was the 13th guitar off the line (I was told that the number 13, found under the pick guard which came off many, many years ago was the maker's identifciation for this). I still have this guitar. It is beautiful, well actioned, well toned and seems to get better with age. Never a buzz or bad note. Most definitely one of the most under-valued and under-appreciated acoustic guitars out there. I have no idea how many were manufactered, what the history of the maker is or any of that information. I just know it is a great guitar that I will always keep. I will continue to search for more information on this brand. |
Subject: RE: Haruo 12 String - What do we know? From: Naemanson Date: 31 May 02 - 10:44 AM Refreshed, not because I think someone is not telling me what they know but because people need to be on the lookout for these guitars. If you find one and it is for sale, buy it! My Haruo is one sweet guitar and the few other owners I have found all agree with me. You will not be sorry. Sure, Martin and Guild are nice guitars but for what you pay for that name you can buy a LOT more guitar if you can divorce yourself from the brand name. |
Subject: RE: Haruo 12 String - What do we know? From: Naemanson Date: 30 May 02 - 10:28 AM Here is what I have received for information on my inquiries from the people who posted to that bulletin board:
Esmond's message |
Subject: RE: Haruo 12 String - What do we know? From: Francy Date: 29 May 02 - 04:31 PM I had a 6-string Haruo in the 80's and it was a wonderful instrument....The only reason I didn't keep it was I got a Martin D35..........Like Mudjack.....If it sounds good, it's it's solid,,,, no cracks or anything....It's a player........My second guitar is an Alvarez solid top and I put the sound of the Haruo as good, if not better than the Alvarez............ Frank of Toledo |
Subject: RE: Haruo 12 String - What do we know? From: GUEST,Mudjack Date: 29 May 02 - 03:36 PM If you think you might want to sell it, oh! let me have a shot at it. I acquired my six string in the mid eighties. I have searched and searched the web and have no more information that has been previously offered in this thread. My T Harua is made of an African hi-brid rosewood also called jacaranda and trimmed out with abalone inlays. I really get favorable comments when people hear it voiced. Even more impressive is how it feels when played. I think you have acquired a wonderful instrument and like mine will never be monetarily appreciated as well as the well known brand names. Who cares about that kind of value, If it plays and sounds good, Its a keeper to me . Mudjack |
Subject: RE: Haruo 12 String - What do we know? From: Naemanson Date: 28 May 02 - 03:10 PM Thanks guys, I'll start my Japanese lessons when I finish with Italian [Grin]. This is probably not much of a guitar to those who know guitars but I like it and that is really what it's all about. |
Subject: RE: Haruo 12 String - What do we know? From: Haruo Date: 28 May 02 - 01:23 AM You might PM masato and ask him if he can find anything; my guess is the real scoop is somewhere on the Web, but all written in Japanese. Liland |
Subject: RE: Haruo 12 String - What do we know? From: little john cameron Date: 28 May 02 - 01:13 AM Not too much to be had.It seems that everyone who has one of these it pleased with it.Here's what I could fine.Maybe the same as fou got.guitar |
Subject: RE: Haruo 12 String - What do we know? From: Lonesome EJ Date: 28 May 02 - 12:33 AM Naemanson, a search revealed this comment on Haruo Guitars. If you click the guy's name, you can send him an e mail about his. Maybe he has some info by now. |
Subject: RE: Haruo 12 String - What do we know? From: Naemanson Date: 27 May 02 - 08:13 PM Refresh. I do have some more information. The guitar was purchased at a Sam Goody in New York about 10 years ago. I still don't know anything about these guitars nor does it appear does anyone else.
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Subject: Haruo 12 String - What do we know? From: Naemanson Date: 25 May 02 - 11:12 AM Well, I've been a bad boy. I made an early trip to the dump this morning and stopped at a yard sale. In the garage I found a T. Haruo 12 String guitar for $70. The neck seems nice and straight, the action seems good and when I played it hard (as hard as I ever play) I heard no buzzing of strings. I saw no cracks in the body. The label inside has the maker's name, T. Haruo, and a serial number and the model number, T-20-12. there are 20 frets and between the 19th and the 20th is a mother of pearl inlay with T. HARUA engraved on it. So I bought it. Now I'd like to know something about the guitar. My internet search located two old bulleting board messages one of which indicated the T. Haruo used to work for Yamaha but left to build guitars on his own. The guitars mentioned in the messages were both purchased in the 70's. The family I bought the guitar from is apparently a Navy family. I believe they might have purchased the guitar while in Japan. So, what do we know about this? |
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