Teiscofan
Joined: Feb 21, 2011
Posts: 513
Ontario
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Posted on Feb 24 2011 07:49 AM
A good friend of mine laments back to "the day" when he played surf on his Gemtone guitar through his Beltone amp. He is not much of a computer guy so I tracked him down a Beltone ( which he is running one of my old strats through). I am having no luck in verifying that this guitar really existed . It vaugely looks like a tobacco sunburst strat. It had a huge chrome faceplate on it and had 3 pickups. It came in a 1 or 2 pickup variety as well.
I found 1 ( count em 1 picture of what might have been a Gemtone) on the net. I am beggining to think that this is an impossible quest......lol ACcording to my buddy, this is a great SURF combo .
So, after all that background the question is. "Has anyone ever seen one" 
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FritzCat
Joined: Sep 11, 2007
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Sonoma, CA
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Posted on Feb 24 2011 10:24 AM
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Teiscofan
Joined: Feb 21, 2011
Posts: 513
Ontario
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Posted on Feb 24 2011 10:44 AM
Fritzcat,
Many thanks for the info. The links are awesome! The more information the better. AT least now I know that it actually exists! I thought Teiscos were hard to find ( in Canada anyway) this ones gonna be a hoot. I am going to gather all the info I can about it and file it in my MIJ 60's guitar file.
IM going to show my buddy the linkl so he can drool...................lol
Cheers!
BTW, its snowing here today and we are expecting 5-10cm of snow. I am compenmsating by listening to the SG101 Podcasts...............
JIm
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CrispyGoodness
Joined: Apr 06, 2009
Posts: 565
North Cackalacky
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Posted on Feb 24 2011 03:42 PM
Like your links mention, yonder Gemtone was likely made by Kawai, and one of the big house brands that used a lot of Kawai stuff in the States was Kent. Maybe try looking up that brand name whilst trolling Ebay and such--you might find something really close, if not exactly like it.
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jdango
Joined: Aug 07, 2013
Posts: 3
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Posted on Aug 07 2013 07:46 PM
Hey I was looking online for info about gemstone guitars. My grandfather gave me one with an amp and a microphone. Is this rare?
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jdango
Joined: Aug 07, 2013
Posts: 3
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Posted on Aug 11 2013 09:52 PM
Teiscofan wrote:
A good friend of mine laments back to "the day" when he played surf on his Gemtone guitar through his Beltone amp. He is not much of a computer guy so I tracked him down a Beltone ( which he is running one of my old strats through). I am having no luck in verifying that this guitar really existed . It vaugely looks like a tobacco sunburst strat. It had a huge chrome faceplate on it and had 3 pickups. It came in a 1 or 2 pickup variety as well.
I found 1 ( count em 1 picture of what might have been a Gemtone) on the net. I am beggining to think that this is an impossible quest......lol ACcording to my buddy, this is a great SURF combo .
So, after all that background the question is. "Has anyone ever seen one"
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jdango
Joined: Aug 07, 2013
Posts: 3
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Posted on Aug 11 2013 09:56 PM
I have a gemtone handed down to me from my grandfather. I called him today actually and he said that he bought it in Fredericton < New Brunswick from one of the diamond trio (???) He bought it in 61 and is going to try to see if he could dig up the paper work. He said that the guy he bought it from is a a friend and he was going to see if he could find out the back round info for me.
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fifty2
Joined: Aug 26, 2013
Posts: 1
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Posted on Aug 26 2013 04:49 PM
Hey Jdango! I'm from Fredericton and I have a gemtone too! I want to know more about it. Strange... I've been googling all over for some info about it and found this post. http://imgur.com/yGvEVUX,rRhaCPv#0 http://imgur.com/OuSm1rU There's a couple of pics of mine. My gemtone is my main guitar even though it will never intonate. It's an ugly duckling that howls with feedback! The headstock simply says "STEEL REINFORCED NECK" and "GEMTONE" ... that's all thats written on it. Also, I play it lefty if you've noticed that its upside down.
Let me know if you hear more about Gemtones! I'm curious.
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