Matsumoku built Aria and Epiphone guitars and also built guitars for many other well-known brands in the 1970s/1980s. They went out of business in the early/mid-1990s. They also made Acoustic guitars for Yamaha in the 1980s before the Yamaha Acoustic production moved to Taiwan. They were involved in a joint venture with Roland for guitar synths in the late 1970s. Kasuga made the Heerby and Ganson Gibson replica guitars in the 1970s/1980s. Ida Gakki (Iida) also own the Peerless guitar factory in Korea. Ida Gakki have made solid body, semi-acoustic and acoustic guitars for well-known brands such as Ibanez, Yamaha and Caparison. Terada's output is now about an 1/8 of what it was at their peak and they are still actively producing guitars at their Kanie factory.
At their production peak (in the late 1970s/1980s/early 1990s) they were producing around 10,000 guitars a month using three factories, the Higashiku factory, the Kanie factory and the Shirakawa factory. Martin, Gallagher, Gretsch, Guild, Ibanez, Morris, Orville by Gibson, Steinberger and other well-known brands as well. Terada primarily concentrates on making semi-acoustic and acoustic guitars and have made guitars for Epiphone Japan, Burny, C.F. Dyna Gakki made the Yamaki/Daion/Founder/Joodee solid body guitars for Daion in the 1970s and early 1980s. In the late 80's and through the 90's they made a range of guitars for Fernandes. Dyna Gakki made the early 1980s Ibanez Blazer guitars for Hoshino Gakki and have also made Greco guitars for Kanda Shokai. They currently build some of the Fender Japan guitars.ĭyna Gakki currently build some of the Fender Japan guitars and also build some of the Gretsch guitars as well. Tokai have built guitars for many well-known brands over the years. Other Japanese OEM Guitar Manufacturers Manufacturer FujiGen has three factories: the Omachi factory in Omachi, the Hirooka factory (established around 1992) in Shiojiri and the Matsumoto head office factory in Matsumoto. FujiGen still manufactures OEM guitars for companies like Ibanez and Epiphone but in much smaller quantities than in the past. In mid/late 1992, FujiGen obtained a part of the Orville by Gibson contract which ended in 1998 and from then on have made Epiphone Japan solid body guitars, some Gretsch models and their own branded FgN guitars. In 1981–82, FujiGen obtained the Fender Japan contract which lasted until 1996–97 and in 1983 FujiGen were producing 14,000 guitars a month with 80% of the guitars being made for export markets and 20% being made for Japanese domestic markets.
FujiGen obtained a CNC router in mid 1981 for making guitar parts and also began to manufacture their own pickups starting in late 1981. In 1981, FujiGen opted out of acoustic guitar production to mainly concentrate on solid body guitar production. In 1977–78, FujiGen went into a joint venture with Roland to produce guitar synthesizers. In the 1970s, FujiGen started making guitars ( OEM) for companies such as Hoshino Gakki ( Ibanez), CSL ( Antoria), Kanda Shokai ( Greco guitars) and Yamaha. In 1962, FujiGen started production of electric guitars. 2 Other Japanese OEM Guitar ManufacturersįujiGen started production in 1960, making violins and classical guitars.
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