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Crafted in Japan, in the Matsumoku factory. Matsumoku Industrial was a Japanese manufacturing company from c.Barrett straightened Lyle’s bowed neck, lowered the bridge saddle, treated the fingerboard, filed and polished the frets, and generally brought this old instrument back to life. Lyle spent quite a bit of time earlier this year at Barrett Coughlin’s repair shop. Poor Lyle. Here’s a picture of Lyle the day he arrived in his original chipboard case. Mij 1952 Gibson Vintage Ace Guitar Strap Patent Gibson Univox Lyle 1970S Fender Stratocaster Fender Stratocaster. The guitar has plenty of dings, marks, scratches, a missing truss rod cover and one dime sized dent In the side (pictured). It plays we'll with what I'd call medium action. The passing of time had not been kind to this Lyle, which resulted in a bowed neck. Vintage Lyle F-520 Model There were a lot of MIJ gems from the '60s and '70s and the Lyles are among them, it is just a great sounding guitar. When the guitar finally arrived, it looked a bit rough: with a few scuffs, marks, dings, and plenty of scratches. Leave a vote for your preferred pronunciation. This model sports the hummingbird-style pickguard, a cherry sunburst finish and a dreadnaught size body. Simply select a language and press on the speaker button to listen to the pronunciation of the word. My son found this Lyle online at a Goodwill Store in Seattle. This is a sweet looking and playing value-priced, made in Japan Lyle twelve string. This particular guitar came to me as a gift from my family last Christmas. Lyle guitars were some of the best COPY CAT guitars made during the LAWSUIT years - years where Lyle (made in Japan) attempted to COPY higher end American made Gibson and Fender guitars - hence lawsuit guitars. The C-600 was made in Japan at the Matsumoku factory and sold in the United States by L.D. The Lyle C-600 is an excellent 1970’s reproduction of the Martin 000-18 guitar.