GPOTD 6.22.21

[tiger roach]

Morris Groovin TG-60 Rare! MIJ! 1990’s

Very rare guitar from Morris Japan. This guitar was made for nylon strings but is currently equipped with steel strings and I decided to leave it like that. You can certainly switch it back to nylon if that is your preference. Features a beautiful spalted maple top and alder body. Maple neck and rosewood fretboard. Plays and sounds great with active electronics (note that the pickup requires a 9v battery to be installed). Lightweight and comfortable guitar!

The guitar has some scratches and chips around the edges, the top is in great shape! See pictures. No case.

Scale Length: 25-1/2”
Nut Width: 1-3/4”
Action at 12F (1st): 0.040”
Action at 12F (6th): 0.060”
Weight: 7 pounds 4 ounces
Overall Condition: 7.5/10
Cool Factor: 11 out of 10

https://reverb.com/item/41369523-morris-groovin-tg-60-rare-mij-1990-s

 

[Denverdave]

Interesting. Kind of a one trick pony, but that guitar would have it's uses. Much better options available today.

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

Might be fun to take it back to nylon. Cool studio guitar.

 

[335clone]

Aren't most nylon string necks pretty flat? I wonder what the radius is.

 

[Aahzz]

Looks naked.

 

[Monson]

Interesting, I guess. Don't like the Ibanezesque head. Not my cuppa.

 

[jelloman]

Cool Factor: 11 out of 10

It does NOT go to 11...

 

[Chicken Man]

I'd be marginally interested if it was still nylon string. The aesthetics are repellent--they've completely missed the point of the "clean, no-nonsense" Tele thing--the only thing that would make it worse is heavily figured wood. If this had a fine-grained, spruce-ish top--like the nylon string it's supposed to be--it'd be so much hotter. The headstock--no.

 

[bsman]

Frankly, I'd rather have a Godin A6 Ultra or Acousticaster, because that gives you a magnetic and a piezo pickup and the ability to either send the signals to separate amps or blend them. Far more versatile.

 

[Pine Apple Slim]

I like the looks well enough.
I would def put it back to nylon. If it wasn't built for steel it shouldn't have steel, it will eventually lead to failure of something. Neck bow and bridge lifting would concern me.
Assuming it could be put back right with nylon to play decently, then it would all depend on the quality of the pickup system.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

The thing that bugs me most is the ball ends of the strings showing.

Otherwise, its mildly interesting.

 

[mongooz]

that's interesting.
like to hear what it sounds like.
(thru a Marshall Major )

 

[Honkridge]

7 lbs-4ozs is really heavy for a guitar like that.