This entry is about another Jagard model, this time a JG35, designed on the Gallagher body shape and made by Terada around 1975. This is the second Gallagher-based model i have had, the other being the Aria G300 which i have written about earlier, and it is another really fine and accurate copy. Tonally very distinct from the Martin/Gibson based designs, i find these produce a very rich and balanced sound, particularly so in this JG35 model, which has some wonderful tonewoods used in its construction; indeed these were quality beyond what i was expecting at the 35,000 Yen price mark, more in line with the sort i see in the 50,000 Yen models. The solid spruce top is exceptionally tight grained, which really helps drive that full tone out under hard strumming. Bound onto some Indian Rosewood sides, and a three-piece Indian Rosewood back with that lovely mosaic purfling used between the seams of each section, it is a fine looking guitar. The neck is 3-piece mahogany, with a nice C-shape contour, and quite chunky - quite different to the neck on the Aria G300, which was more vintage V shaped and which had a volute neck joint. It also doesn't have that rather cleverly reworked Gallagher crest like the Aria on the headstalk - some Jagard models do have a J reworked similarly to the A or the Aria, but as far as catalogues show me, this is only on the top of the range JG1200 model! Lovely to behold i am sure! What we do get with this model is a nicely inlayed Jagard logo in abalone, and some high quality Gotoh tuners. Similar to the Aria, we had a bound rosewood fingerboard with snowflake inlay position markers. Internally, construction is again quality from Terada, with clean and tidy work throughout, and the familiar woodpatch stating the model number and Handmade by Terada.
As normal, here are some photos:
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