Morris Guitar Serial Numbers
Identifying Vintage Guitars. Wiley Morris of the Morris Brothers Hillbilly. All Gurian Guitars have serial numbers stamped on the neck block in characters.
I have a Morris that I bought in Sydney Australia in 1977. The only number I can find is W645. It has a three piece back with some nice abalone trim. Nice ivory style dots in the string pegs. As a friend said 'It's no longer a tree'. Really good for the big strum thing.
Ashlar Hatch Pattern Autocad Tutorial. Aug 04, 2007 I have an old Morris acoustic guitar. The serial number is 80. The original price tag says 60,000yen. It appears to be a copy of a very high-end Martin. Identifying Vintage Guitars. Wiley Morris of the Morris Brothers Hillbilly. All Gurian Guitars have serial numbers stamped on the neck block in characters. Film The Ottoman Lieutenant 2017 Online. About our Luthiers: Morris Guitars of Japan. Morris Guitars currently offer a wonderful line of fingerstyle guitars with. Number of employees increased to.
I've had a passive pickup slotted into the bridge, put some slightly heavier strings and it now gets some bottle neck workouts. Last time I saw any thing by this people was at a music show in London circa 1995 for nearly a £1000. I'm amazed that I haven't seen more as it's nicely built, looks like a Martin D whatever (dreadnought stylee) and sounds great. I have a Martin look-alike Morris W609TM, Serial No. 82106 and I bought it in 1985 in Europe, used, for $500 (US). I haven't found anything about this model anywhere on the Internet, so if someone has some info to share, I would really like to hear it. All I could find was that Morris guitars are very highly rated with acoustic guitar players all over the world and they were selling them in US up until 1980.
Recently (in the past year, they have introduced a new line of acoustic/electric and classical guitars and there are approx. 20 dealers of these new Morris guitars in the US today.
Their web-site is but there's nothing on the history of Morris guitars and no words about the models before this new 'S' line. Of course, there's nothing about their line of electric guitars.
But, maybe they are owned by a bigger company (Moridaira) now, so there's nothing on past history. I'll try to find out more by writing to them. I've been playing for over 30 years, 15 professionaly, and have owned and played just about any guitar out there on the market, but none of them have the sound (playing live or recording in studio) and the personality like this Morris. In so many words, this model is the best sounding instrument I've ever owned.
I purchased mine in 1979 for $125.00 and the counter guy thru in a hard case for free. It has a spruce top and mahogany sides, back and steel strings,it was manufactured in Korea and it still is in very good condition. I have never adjusted the truss rod, tuning heads still work,holds a tune for months and months. No splits, No glue letting go, the finish is still very good. The action was very high,I lowered it and playability is much better.
I happy with my inexpensive Morris. I bought my Morris W-840 in 1983 in Sydney Australia for around $A360 new. At the time I knew zip about tonewoods and guitar history & design. All I knew was that I loved the tone: deep, resonant lows, rich, warm mids, and sweet, shimmering highs. So I played it for 5 years or so before drifting into Telecasters, then recently dug it out again after reading 'Clapton's Guitar' by Allen St John. Lovely, lovely instrument. Very like a Martin dreadnought in looks and design.
Looks like a bookmatched close-grained spruce top, brazilian rosewood sides, 3-piece rosewood/maple/rosewood back, ivoroid binding on sides & neck. Even with the old strings, the tone is rich & glorious. Here's me thinking, 'Wow! What have I got here?!'
I've tried contacting Morris / Moridaira guitars on their US website for info about the W-840's background, but haven't had a reply.
: I LOVE THESE GUITARS TOO, THEY ARE WELL MANUFACTERED WITH GOOD WOODS (EBONY FINGERBOARD) AND ORIGNAL HARDWARE, I HAVE COMPARED THEM WITH ACTUALS MODELS OF TAKAMINE, OVATION, ALHAMBRA NJ, AND I THINK IN SOME ASPECTS THEY PLAY BETTER.: THE WEB OF MORRIS IS IN JAPANESE AND I WOULD FIND SOME WEB IN ENGLISH ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL GUITARS. ANYBODY NOWS ONE?:my uncle sent me a dreadnought smallbody morris guitar on a second,it was so cheap so he buy it from a friend who doesn't know how to play.i just want to ask if how much is the exact of this guitar.this is the best acoustic guitar i've ever palyed.scottbrian from cebu,philippines. Installer Removepreviousversions Doesn T Work. : I LOVE THESE GUITARS TOO, THEY ARE WELL MANUFACTERED WITH GOOD WOODS (EBONY FINGERBOARD) AND ORIGNAL HARDWARE, I HAVE COMPARED THEM WITH ACTUALS MODELS OF TAKAMINE, OVATION, ALHAMBRA NJ, AND I THINK IN SOME ASPECTS THEY PLAY BETTER.: THE WEB OF MORRIS IS IN JAPANESE AND I WOULD FIND SOME WEB IN ENGLISH ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL GUITARS. ANYBODY NOWS ONE?:my uncle sent me a dreadnought smallbody morris guitar on a second,it was so cheap so he buy it from a friend who doesn't know how to play.i just want to ask if what the exact of this guitar.this is the best acoustic guitar i've ever palyed. : I LOVE THESE GUITARS TOO, THEY ARE WELL MANUFACTERED WITH GOOD WOODS (EBONY FINGERBOARD) AND ORIGNAL HARDWARE, I HAVE COMPARED THEM WITH ACTUALS MODELS OF TAKAMINE, OVATION, ALHAMBRA NJ, AND I THINK IN SOME ASPECTS THEY PLAY BETTER.: THE WEB OF MORRIS IS IN JAPANESE AND I WOULD FIND SOME WEB IN ENGLISH ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL GUITARS. ANYBODY NOWS ONE?:my uncle sent me bought a dreadnought smallbody morris guitar on a second,it was so cheap so he buy it from a friend who doesn't know how to play.i just want to ask if what the exact of this guitar.this is the best acoustic guitar i've ever palyed.