This guitar tells a story. I do not know much about it. I have many guitars and my friends know that if they have guitar that someone maybe interested in they usually come to me first. This guitar is first of all a very well made acoustic and sounds excellent. I have modern acoustics they can not hold a candle to the tone and the amount of volume this guitar can produce low end and lower mids. All I know is it was made in Japan. I put new strings on it about a year ago when I got it and after they broke it they havent gone out since. This guitar was played and loved. Plays awesome, only things I see is the tuners were changed at some point because you can see the old tuner screw holes but The tuners on here so hold tune very good. I took a picture of the inside tag show you have the info I have. The other issue it may need a fret job sometime in future. I pick it up and play all the time and it no problem I just noticed under inspection the frets have been played. I am no expert with acoustics. I typically play electric and I have no room in my small place with the gear I have so I figure let someone enjoy this thing. Its in player grade condition.