Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Nice to meet you, Alejandro!
Welcome to Japan! I hope you have a wonderful trip.

Thank you, Tadashi I am excited to visit. I would like to bring back some guitar souvenir from Tokyo or Osaka. If you have any recommendations, please let me know.

Thanks!

Sorry, I don't have much information about it.
But there are many good guitar manufacturers in Japan. Yamaha, Yairi, Morris, Takamine, etc.
I'm sure you'll find a good souvenir!

Thank you Tomo. I will check out the blues bar!

Thank you for the recommendation Hiro. I watched some videos on Ochanomizu and it looks great. I will visit and hopefully get a small ukulele-type guitar that I can take back home to Texas with me.

Thanks Sammi! Yeah, I am excited to see Mt. Fuji in person and learn more about Japanese culture.

Thank you!! I went that Fender store!

Cool store and fun area!

Thank you.

Tomo

Thanks Kurt!

Wow! That looks sweet Michael.
Fingers crossed they make a lefty for you!
I bet it is nice and light! Maybe get a lefty bass to match :-)

Kurt

What I like about this 'telecaster' is that the body is made of mahogany rather than the typical pine. I love the sound of mahogany, so warm and balanced as in my D-18.

I hope I can get one made and delivered to me in Canada.

Well just got a reply. They won't build a left handed guitar. Quite frankly I'm surprised they won't do this and build a custom guitar. Won't be promoting their guitars anymore. Pretty bad customer relations if you ask me.

I will be playing with Toshiki Soejima in Tokyo (Early June)
So I will play that Bruno. Hope I can make a quick demo fo you guys.

Thank you.

Tomo

Not that interested in a demo of the Bruno at this point. I'm sure it's a nice guitar but a company that won't make something is pretty weak in my opinion.

You are a lefty?! I am teaching my little cousin how to play guitar and he is also a lefty. When we sit together for a lesson it’s like a mirror. Much easier to teach chords shapes lol

I am a bit ambidextrous...I write with my left hand, throw with my right. When it came to trying my hand at guitar, I started with a righty and switched to a lefty. There is a YouTube video where Tomo gives me a beginner lesson, and I have a left-handed guitar. One user commented: "Dad has a near endless supply of the coolest guitars on hand. Daughter: I'm going to play lefty." Pretty funny

I remember that video! Whatever is most comfortable and keeps you playing works. Maybe one day you'll be able to play guitar with both hands lol. There's plenty of cool lefty guitars too. The Silver sky lefty model, suuper nice.