Maya ES-175(copy)

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:51 am

Got this today.It's a Maya ES-175 copy. It is a set-neck guitar made in Japan .

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 1:18 am

REally?!?? 3 in one week?

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 1:31 am

Billy3000 wrote:REally?!?? 3 in one week?

I got it for my Steve Howe Shrine. Now I can play Yessongs!

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taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 2:50 am

Billy3000 wrote:REally?!?? 3 in one week?

I am glad some can keep the economy going. I am always curious what you end up getting, though I am not as into the Gibson stuff.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 4:38 am

westtexasred wrote:
Billy3000 wrote:REally?!?? 3 in one week?
I got it for my Steve Howe Shrine. Now I can play Yessongs!

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Fucking love Yes. Steve Howe is an utterly ridiculously good guitarist. My brother has been learning Mood For a Day (for about the last six months) and can play almost all of now. He learnt the first third of Clap a while back too, but that was fucking ridiculously hard.

Have you seen some of these instructional videos he's done? They're brilliant. I watch them and think "Hey, maybe I could actually play some of that stuff". But I can't. I really, really can't.

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westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 7:46 am

ekwatts wrote:
westtexasred wrote:
Fucking love Yes. Steve Howe is an utterly ridiculously good guitarist. My brother has been learning Mood For a Day (for about the last six months) and can play almost all of now. He learnt the first third of Clap a while back too, but that was fucking ridiculously hard.

Have you seen some of these instructional videos he's done? They're brilliant. I watch them and think "Hey, maybe I could actually play some of that stuff". But I can't. I really, really can't.
Thanks for the vid.That is so cool. I want to try to learn some of those songs.

John Fruciante has a 1950s ES-175

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:36 pm

Oh and Jerry Miller had an ES-175 too!

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kapepepper · Post by **kapepepper** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 7:34 pm

this is some good stuff
lik these old japanese copies
any idea of the year?

And i suppose this is/was a good deal?

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 7:38 pm

back in the mists of time I used to have a maya bass it was pretty good... but had to be sold due to being young and skint

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 7:52 pm

Looks very similar to the ventura one James has. Probably from the same factory.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:38 am

stewart wrote:Looks very similar to the ventura one James has. Probably from the same factory.

Is James's Ventura like this?

James · Post by **James** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:57 am

westtexasred wrote:Is James's Ventura like this?

Nah, it's a lot more like yours, though still a little different.

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westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 6:57 am

James wrote:
westtexasred wrote:Is James's Ventura like this?
Nah, it's a lot more like yours, though still a little different.

Oh,that's a cool! Ventura made some really good guitars. I used to have a Ventura Strat. I think alot of the Ventura guitars were made at the Matsumoku and possibly the Fuji Gen factories. Maya guitars were made at the Maya factory in Kobe Japan.The factory was destroyed by the earthquake in 1995 and never reopened.

James · Post by **James** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:24 am

westtexasred wrote:I think alot of the Ventura guitars were made at the Matsumoku and possibly the Fuji Gen factories.

That sounds right based on what I've read and seen, Mine looks identical some Ibanez and Greco branded ES-175s I've seen so in the earlier days of that either Ibanez and Greco had a few guitars made at Matsumoku or Ventura had a few made at Fugi Gen. Either is completely possible but I imagine it's more likely mine was Fugi Gen.

It really is a great guitar. It doesn't feel 'perfect' but it has a bit of magic about it that makes it a joy to play.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:04 am

That's cool. Did yours come with the tune-0-matic bridge or did you add it? I was thinking about getting one for mine.

James · Post by **James** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:06 pm

westtexasred wrote:That's cool. Did yours come with the tune-0-matic bridge or did you add it? I was thinking about getting one for mine.

Those pics are how I got it and I assume it's all original, it certainly looks to be. Then I bought an ebony bridge and knobs for it. Now it has the ebony knobs on but the original bridge.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:00 pm

Awesome pics! Is that like Fran sings Elvis?

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George · Post by **George** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:21 pm

westtexasred wrote:

Ridiculous pout.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:58 pm

that's what having no teeth does for you.