Masaru Kono Kohno 1101 1959 Brazilian Extremely Rare Early Model

For sale is a Masaru Kono Kohno 1101 1959 Brazilian Extremely Rare Early Model in Good Condition!

This one has a gorgeous Brazilian rosewood back and sides with really high contrast grain No export!

If you are looking at this listing you probably already know that Masaru Kohno is regarded as the best Japanese luthier and one of the best of the 20th century. This is an extremely rare early model from Kohno built in 1959! During this period he was still using the English name “Kono” as indicated on the label. It’s an extremely well-built guitar using beautiful woods! The neck is straight and the guitar plays and sounds absolutely beautiful as you would expect from a guitar built by a master and aged for 60 years. Excellent sustain and great projection, very lightweight guitar!

There is a crack between the sound hole and the bridge that has been repaired. Also the back crack that's seen in the photos that has been repaired as well.

Case: Hard

Scale Length: 645mm

Nut Width: 49.2mm

Frets Remaining: 7/10

Action at 12F (1st): 3.5mm

Action at 12F (6th): 3.5mm

Weight: 1429grams

Overall Condition: 7/10

Cool Factor: 11 out of 10

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