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Profile of Mitsuhiro Uchida
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| 1952 |
Born in Tokyo |
| 1972 |
Began to take lessons in making guitars from a teacher: Toshihiko Nakade who is a luthier of classical guitars |
| 1979 |
Had trained for repair and quality control at Kohno guitars |
| 1980 |
Had taught to make guitars and quality control at some guitar factory in Nagoya city |
| 1983 |
Went over to Germany
Repair of string instruments at BSA musical instruments |
| 1987 |
Went over to Northern Ireland
Participated in Lowden Guitars for General manager of Technical division
Recognized as Teaching officer, Key worker from the government of Great Britain |
| 1988 |
Participated to make many professional models for factory manager of Lowden Guitars
(Guitars for Pierre Bensusan, James Taylor, Bob Dylan, John Renbourn, Elvis Costello, David Lindrey, Jackson Brown etc) |
| 1990 |
U(vol.1, but no serial), U 12st(vol.3, but no serial), U Jazz(vol.4, but no serial), Seven string guitar(vol.6, but no serial)
Retired from Lowden Guitars in December
Returned to Japan to make original guitars |
| 1991 |
Set up workshop in Takato town of Nagano prefecture in October. U(vol.7, #9101) |
| 1992 |
UN-C ceder top, jaca back & side Yoji Yamamoto(#9201)
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| 1993 |
C-HLC(#9301), Concept #1(#9306), Concept #2(#9308), N(#9310)
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| 1994 |
U(#9401), M-HLC(#9408), U-C(#9409), 24 string Concert Harp Guitar (#9410) |
| 1995 |
U-tiple(#9501), #9501-2, #9501-3, U-Mignon(#9502), #9502-2, #9502-3, Mignon 12 string guitar(#9505), #9505-2, #9505-3, #9505-4, 30 string Double Harp Guitar(#9506), #9506-2, #9506-3, #9506-4, M(#9509), FN-HL(#9510)
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| 1996 |
Mandomignon(#9601), F-HLBC(#9603), F(#9604), U-6 Nylon(#9606), U-6(#9607), FSS(#9608), FS-HLC(#9609), Nouveau Walnut(#9610), Nouveau Koa(#9611)
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| 1997 |
Nouveau(#9701), FN-HLC(#9702),18 string Mignon Harp Guitar(#9704), U-HLC-J(#9707), K-alpha(Offset Soundhole)(#9708)
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| 1998 |
FS-HLC(#9805), F-Mignon(#9502), FSN-HL(#9810)
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| 1999 |
FNS-HLTBC(#9901), FS-HLTBC(#9902), U-99(#9908)
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| 2000 |
Piccolo(#001), Millennium-Twelve(#003), FShN-HLTBC Black Wood(#100)
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| 2001 |
FShN-HLTC(#104), 27 string Terz Harp Guitar(#105), UK Soprano(#111) |
| 2002 |
FShN(#116), N-HLTC(#118) |
| 2003 |
FS-HLTC(#121), FSN-HLTC(#122) |
| 2004 |
K-HLTC(#125), Piccolo(#128) |
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Uchida guitar size list
A=Body length, B=Bust, C=Waist, D=Hip, Unit: mm(millimeter)
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U |
UN |
F |
FN |
FS |
FSN |
M |
N |
C |
NO |
NON |
K |
KN |
UM |
FM |
P |
| A |
508 |
508 |
510 |
510 |
495 |
495 |
491 |
485 |
490 |
480 |
480 |
508 |
508 |
352 |
352 |
255 |
| B |
280 |
260 |
292 |
272 |
282 |
262 |
290 |
260 |
283 |
275 |
255 |
296 |
276 |
200 |
210 |
146 |
| C |
260 |
240 |
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242 |
216 |
244 |
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| D |
410 |
390 |
412 |
392 |
402 |
382 |
388 |
348 |
378 |
405 |
385 |
390 |
370 |
290 |
284 |
206 |
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Depth of body
80~120mm at the end
Scale
650mm (standard)
Mignon: 480mm (standard)
(Changeable)
Top
Sitka Spruce, Cedar
Back & Sides
African Blackwood, Brazilian Rosewood, Indian Rosewood, Mahogany, Walnut, Maple, Hawaiian Koa, Wenge, Lacewood etc.
Head shape
Solid, Slotted, Three Dimension type
Tuners
Gotoh, Shaller (standard)
Waverly, Rogers, LSR (special version)
Neck
Honduran Mahogany (standard)
Walnut, Maple, Spanish Cedar (special version)
Fingerboard
Ebony, Brazilian Rosewood, Macarssar Ebony
Bridge
Brazilian Rosewood, Ebony
Finish
Satin finish with clear lacquer (standard)
Gloss finish (special version)
Case
Hiscox(standard)
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