I have a TAMA TG 80, with the TGs acknowledged as a superb top-end series of TAMAs built '77 - '79.I bought it in '79 at the age of 16 in Tasmania after working my butt off for a couple of weeks hay-baling. It was $570 down from $750. A lot of money then, but it was, and still is, the most beautiful guitar that I've played. Solid mahogany body, ebony fretboard, spectacular wood binding, abalone and bone. Just stunning. Truly a work of art and rings like a bell. Sold it to an ex-girlfriend in the late 80s on the condition that if she ever sold it, it would be to me. Found out later that she had hocked it for $40!I was devastated. I have missed that guitar terribly, buying a still-beautiful TK 50 for $200 about 10 years ago to try to cheer myself up...

Well, looking online two days ago, found a TG 80...yes, my old guitar! Incredibly, it had been found by a music shop guy in the same interstate hock (pawn) shop after sitting in a back room, dirty, but still in its case for more than 30 years...and under the dirt, brilliant condition still. It'll be back in my hot little hands in three weeks' time - can't wait!!

And now I have two TAMAs :)