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Lyle spent quite a bit of time earlier this year at Barrett Coughlin’s repair shop. Poor Lyle. Here’s a picture of Lyle the day he arrived in his original chipboard case. The passing of time had not been kind to this Lyle, which resulted in a bowed neck.

When the guitar finally arrived, it looked a bit rough: with a few scuffs, marks, dings, and plenty of scratches. My son found this Lyle online at a Goodwill Store in Seattle. This particular guitar came to me as a gift from my family last Christmas. The C-600 was made in Japan at the Matsumoku factory and sold in the United States by L.D. The Lyle C-600 is an excellent 1970’s reproduction of the Martin 000-18 guitar.

A bass guitar version of the Coily was also available.

Similar to Epiphone Casino, Epiphone EA250, Epiphone 5102T.

Made in Japan by Matsumoku, mid 1970’s.

Separate volume and tone controls for each pickup.

P-90 Pickups (made to look like Humbuckers).

Sunburst body in Orange, Red, and Jade Green (rare color).

Full Hollow body thin line body (no center block), arch top, electric.

But the Abbey Road Rooftop Concert might be the most famous, with John playing it during their recording of “Get Back.” Specifications You can see John playing his Casino in several Beatles films and videos. The Casino was the only guitar that was owned and played by all three. John Lennon was the first Beatle to get one and later Paul and George each got their own. The Coily was based on the Epiphone Casino, made popular in the 1960’s by The Beatles.

The 1975 Coily featured a flamed Maple body, fully bound, in a sunburst finish, P-90 type pickups, a ball-bearing Vibrato arm (Whammy Bar), Matsumoku’s three-piece Maple neck, Rosewood fingerboard with Pearloid “Box” inlays. It’s a full hollow body Maple thin line guitar, with a pair of P-90 type pickups, similar to John Lennon’s Casino. distributor of Marshall amps… and… that’s about all they were known for! They did have their own line of guitars and amps, but most everyone wanted to rock a Les Paul with their Marshall, not a Univox, or even a Fender for that matter.īut the Coily has that Epiphone Casino-like mojo. This thing just rocks!īack in the 70’s, Univox was known as the U.S. The Univox Coily is one example of a guitar that no one wanted in the 70’s, but would die for today. The Univox Coily Hollowbody Electric – A True 1970’s Sleeper