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					<description><![CDATA[My Eternal Love!My Love for Gibson J200 At Tokutake-san’s live show on Wednesday, I brought out this beauty for the first time in a while—my Gibson J200 Blonde. Lately, the body’s been showing some serious cracks, so everyone keeps asking, “Is it vintage?” Even on Wednesday, Ritsu Murakami asked me, “Vintage?” I think I started [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>My Eternal Love!<br>My Love for Gibson J200</p>



<p>At Tokutake-san’s live show on Wednesday, I brought out this beauty for the first time in a while—my Gibson J200 Blonde.</p>



<p>Lately, the body’s been showing some serious cracks, so everyone keeps asking, “Is it vintage?” Even on Wednesday, Ritsu Murakami asked me, “Vintage?”</p>



<p>I think I started playing acoustic guitar about a year after I began singing…</p>



<p>I was completely smitten by the bold, masculine sound of the Gibson J200. I wanted it so badly. But my bandmates and even my mom said, “You might not stick with it, so why not start with a guitar you can buy in Japan?” <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f602.png" alt="😂" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> (Back then, only vintage ones were available.) It was expensive… <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f4a6.png" alt="💦" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> So for the first two or three years, I played a Takamine.</p>



<p>Then in 1988, I went to California and started calling every music shop near my house, asking, “Do you have a Gibson J200?” Every single one replied, “We have a Takamine or Yamaha.” <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f602.png" alt="😂" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> I thought, “No, no, I can get those easily back in Japan!” (lol)</p>



<p>Finally, the last shop I called said, “We have one.” <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f60d.png" alt="😍" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f60d.png" alt="😍" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f60d.png" alt="😍" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> I jumped in the car right away (well, I wasn’t the one driving <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f4a6.png" alt="💦" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />), and that’s how I met this brand-new beauty <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/2665.png" alt="♥" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>



<p>She’s been my partner for nearly 40 years now <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f495.png" alt="💕" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f495.png" alt="💕" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f495.png" alt="💕" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>



<p>It’s probably time to send her in for maintenance… <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f62d.png" alt="😭" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>



<p>水曜日の徳武さんライヴでは久しぶりにこの子、Gibson J200 Blondeを使った。</p>



<p>最近BodyのCracksが凄いからみんなにVintage？って聞かれます。水曜日も村上律さんにVintage?って。</p>



<p>アコギを弾き出したのは歌を歌い出して1年後くらいかな……</p>



<p>Gibson <a></a>J200の男らしい音に惚れて欲しくて、欲しくて。 当時のバンドの仲間やママに長続きしないかも知れないから<img decoding="async" height="16" width="16" alt="&#x1f602;" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6f/2/16/1f602.png">先ずは日本て買えるギターにしたら？(当時はVintageしか無く)高かったぁ<img decoding="async" height="16" width="16" alt="&#x1f4a6;" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t60/2/16/1f4a6.png">そして2、3年はTakamineを弾いていた。1988年にCaliforniaに行った時に家の近所にある楽器屋さんに片っ端から電話をかけ、Gibson J200はありますか？するとどの店も&#8221;We have a Takamine or Yamaha&#8221;と言ってくる<img decoding="async" height="16" width="16" alt="&#x1f602;" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6f/2/16/1f602.png">いやいや、日本帰ったらいっぱい売ってるし(笑) 最後に電話をかけたお店に1本あるよとの事<img decoding="async" height="16" width="16" alt="&#x1f60d;" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta1/2/16/1f60d.png"><img decoding="async" height="16" width="16" alt="&#x1f60d;" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta1/2/16/1f60d.png"><img decoding="async" height="16" width="16" alt="&#x1f60d;" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta1/2/16/1f60d.png">直ぐに車走らせて(運転私じゃないけど<img decoding="async" height="16" width="16" alt="&#x1f4a6;" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t60/2/16/1f4a6.png">)新品なこの子に出会ったのでした<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" height="16" width="16" alt="&#x2665;" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2d/2/16/2665.png">それから40年近い相棒<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" height="16" width="16" alt="&#x1f495;" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t7/2/16/1f495.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" height="16" width="16" alt="&#x1f495;" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t7/2/16/1f495.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" height="16" width="16" alt="&#x1f495;" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t7/2/16/1f495.png"></p>



<p>そろそろメンテ出さなきゃなぁ……<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" height="16" width="16" alt="&#x1f62d;" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tdf/2/16/1f62d.png"></p>



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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been playing Gibson J200 (several) since 1985 and the more I spend time with them I fall in love with it even more. Not to mention my blonde one was love at first sight ♡ Last night at Stagecoach with my guitar player, Kazuaki Furuhashi was one of those nights when I realized how [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>I&#8217;ve been playing Gibson J200 (several) since 1985 and the more I spend time with them I fall in love with it even more. Not to mention my blonde one was love at first sight ♡<br><br>Last night at Stagecoach with my guitar player, Kazuaki Furuhashi was one of those nights when I realized how much I love playing my Gibson!</p>



<p>一晃と二人のアコースティックライヴ、アコギの音色、音圧をめちゃめちゃ楽しみながらのライヴとなり、本当に楽しかった！<br>私はGibson J200をこよなく愛しているのですが、　1985年にJ200（Blonde）に出会ってからは色違いなどJ200しか弾いて来ていなくこの大きなBodyから出る男らしい音がたまらなく好き<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f495.png" alt="💕" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><br>勿論弦はMedium Guage<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/2763.png" alt="❣" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>



<p>昨夜は一晃と二人で出すアコギのグルーヴを楽しみながら一晃のTaylorと私のGibsonの音色を大いに楽しませて頂きました。<br>いつもLowdenの一晃が今回はTaylor。これがとても良い音していたな～～！<br></p>



<p>音楽って10代、20代に聴いてきた音楽が一生身体に住み着き、本当に一番大切な時期だと思っています。<br>幸か不幸かは置いて起き(笑)一晃が中学生から私のバンドを聴いてきているからか、私が求めていることが分かっているのでしょうか、最高なギターを弾いてくれます。そして現在では私自身のギターのプレイに刺激を与えてくれて学ぶことも多い！音楽はやはり楽しいね！&#8221;Circle Game&#8221;なのであります(^_-)-☆</p>



<p>来てくれたお客様、本当に、本当にありがとうございました！<br>そしてStagecoach、いつも本当にありがとう♡<br>お写真はJunko Suzukiさんから頂きました！<br>ジュンちゃんいつも素敵な写真をありがとう(^^♪</p>



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