And, it doesn’t weigh a ton like some of the similar-looking Kawais and Teiscos. The finish is thin, and the body is not encased in thick poly like some Japanese guitars are.
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The pickguard is trying to very slightly curl up at some of its points, and there is a small crack forming at the lower treble horn point where the screw is, but it’s not all the way across. The guitar is in excellent cosmetic condition for its age, just a few dents and dings, and a little finish chipped off the edge of the body, but nothing too bad. With the two bridge pickups on, the right amp, and the right attitude, it can sound like The Dog is in your living room. The pickups are wired as a series, so the output increases with each additional pickup you engage. Wanna come close to getting that tone? This guitar will get you there. It has the correct pickups (screw pole pieces, not solid squares), the right scale length (25 & 5/8”, most look-alikes are baritones), the right neck (mahogany with narrow fret markers, not the commoner maple), the better looking beveled body edges, a master tone with four individual pickup volume controls rather than one master volume and one master tone, and the tomato-red and black sunburst like Taylor’s was. It’s exactly like the one Hound Dog Taylor played (see pic). Of the two Kawai’s associated with Taylor (the S-180 and the SD-40) this is by far the rarer one. This guitar actually is one of the two models that Taylor famously used, a mid-1960s Kingston-branded Kawai SD-40. Taylor was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1984.A lot of four-pickup guitars on Ebay are described as being the “Hound Dog Taylor model”. Taylor died of lung cancer in 1975, and was buried in Restvale Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois. More posthumous releases occurred as well, including Genuine Houserocking Music and Release the Hound, on the Alligator label as well as some bootleg live recordings. His third Alligator album, Beware of the Dog, was recorded live in 1974 but was only released after his death. In 1975, Taylor and his band toured Australia and New Zealand with Freddie King and Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. Their second release, Natural Boogie, was recorded in late 1973, and led to greater acclaim and touring. A live album Live At Joe's Place documents a Boston appearance from 1972. The band became particularly popular in the Boston area, where Taylor inspired a young protege named George Thorogood. Iglauer began managing and booking the band, which toured nationwide and performed with Muddy Waters and Big Mama Thornton. It was recorded in a studio in just two nights. It was the first release on Alligator records, now a major blues label. Having no success getting Delmark to sign Taylor, Iglauer formed a small record label with a $2500 inheritance and recorded Taylor's debut album, Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers, on his fledgling Alligator Records in 1971.
He was also famed among guitar players for having six fingers on his left hand.Īfter hearing Taylor with his band, the HouseRockers (Brewer Phillips on second guitar and Ted Harvey on drums) in 1970 at Florence's Lounge on Chicago's South Side, Bruce Iglauer - at the time a shipping clerk for Delmark Records - tried to get him signed by his employer. He was known for his electrified slide guitar playing roughly styled after that of Elmore James, his cheap Japanese Teisco guitars, and his raucous boogie beats. He became a full-time musician around 1957 but remained unknown outside of the Chicago area where he played small clubs in the black neighborhoods and also at the open-air Maxwell Street Market. He originally played piano, but began playing guitar when he was 20. Taylor was born in Natchez, Mississippi in 1915 (although some sources say 1917). Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor (ApDecember 17, 1975) was an American Chicago blues guitarist and singer.
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