Developments were fast and fluid at the time, and, while there must be a paper record (purchase orders, letters of credits, invoices) to buttress these recollections, it wasn't primarily Tom's job to take notes, and that record isn't immediately available. Tom played a major role in this history, working with every major Japanese (and Korean) builder of the day: Kasuga, Fuji-Gen, Terada, and Matsumoku most prominently. It recounts events of 30 years ago, attempting to reconstruct a coherent and definitive timeline for specific prototype instruments, placing them in their context as part of the Electra and Westone brands, as well as the larger historical context of the Japanese-American guitar manufacturing partnerships of the 80s and 90s.
the LaBaye 2x4 longscale bass - is it really.