*DISCLAIMER*: Buy at your own risk! Although we like to point out interesting buys on eBay,, and other sites, Tone Gems has not tested this guitar and does not endorse or recommend this product, nor this seller. Vintage 588 classical guitar, needs strings and light restoration. Here is the link to the eBay* auction: Vintage 1970”s Lyle Electric Guitar Made In Japan Good (Used) Good condition items function properly but may exhibit some wear and tear.
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The seller says this guitar plays and sounds great with low action and no fret buzz. of Portland Oregon during the 1960’s and 70’s.
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Most Lyle guitars were built in the Matsumoku factory in Japan, however the Mahogany neck and the pickups suggest it could have been built elsewhere in Japan? Lyle guitars were sold by the L.D. Mostly known for its less expensive copies of famous guitars, Lyle actually sold some decent gear-in addition to a lot of low end beginner’s trash! This one appears to be of higher quality as suggested by the three-ply pickguard, the sliding switchgear, and the closed back tuning machines. This Strat-like 3-pickup solid body is dressed nicely in an aged and relic white finish, tremolo bridge (the arm is missing), with a Japanese bolt-on Mahogany neck, an adjustable truss rod, and Rosewood fingerboard. Find out all you need to know need to know about the best and most rare vintage guitars from the Sixties Besides bigger brands such as Fender and Gibson, several smaller brands flourished in this decade, and names such as Airline, Supro, Teisco and Hagstrom are today very desirable. Here’s an interesting vintage 1970’s Lyle guitar currently offered on eBay. Excellent condition, red sunburst finish, double cutaway hollow body, bolt-on maple neck, w-b-w-bound 20-fret rosewood fingerboard, offset dot inlays, 1-5/8 nut width, 30.5 scale, two single coil pickups, adjustable bridge with rosewood base, chrome hardware, fancy trapeze tailpiece, 4-ply black pickguard, made in Japan, retro-cool 16265 450. 1970’s Lyle ‘Strat-Like’ Electric Guitar, white solid body, 3 pickups