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Misc SUMMER SONG News:

SUMMER SONG Limited Edition is currently sold out at HMV, Amazon Japan, YesAsia, Play-Asia, Tower Records, and Sony Music Shop.

Except CD Japan. Grab it fast!

No wonder HMV, Amazon Japan and Play-Asia set this policy on limiting one person to one copy, for YUI's SUMMER SONG Limited Edition. Namie Amuro, ayaka, no limitations.

Since when YUI becomes so famous??

Or maybe Sony reduced the amount of first press. Or they just don't like YUI fans, because we like to buy her CDs.

Special thanks to CCDDSS for bringing up such interesting phenomenon.

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So uchihamel received the latest All Song Score book, together with SUMMER SONG CD. She told me that in the YUI guitars page, it stated that YUI has two Martin acoustics.

I asked her to show me that page, because I don't have the book. Obviously.


We know that YUI has more than five guitars. They are just showing her newer, more expensive ones.

Ooo Martin 1977 D-28 and 2007 HD-28V.

Then uchihamel told me that the guitar pickguard in SUMMER SONG PV is black.

I thought her Martin acoustic should be a D-28, with tortoise pickguard. In All Song Score, they have noted that the D-28 model in the pictures might be different from a 1977 model.

Why black??? Another Martin? Both D-28 1977 and HD-28V's pickguard suppose to be tortoise.

After comparing both D-28 and HD-28V closely, and watching all YUI videos I have with Martin acoustics, I came up with a theory.

Basically both D-28 and HD-28V look almost the same, the more obvious differences are fingerboard inlays and the lines along front body.

Let us solve the mystery of the Martin with black pickguard in SUMMER SONG PV first.


Why black???

If you look closely enough, the pickguard is actually thicker than usual. This screenie below confirms my theory.



Don't ask me why they put a black patch on top of the original pick guard, I wonder why too. Both are Martin D-28 (1977), same guitar. Mystery one solved.

So where is the HD-28V??

Lets check out the latest Mezamashi clip with footages from the 3rd tour in Tokyo.

YUI uses D-28 in Laugh away and CHE.R.RY. Looks closely at the guitar strap holder, it is at the side of heel.



Then in SUMMER SONG, YUI uses another Martin guitar. The guitar strap holder is on the heel/ at the back. That should be the '07 HD-28V, I think.



Or you can look at the guitar nut. 1977 one should be yellow-ish while 2007 model is still very white. Of course, YUI can change it if she wants to.

According to All Song Score, YUI got both guitars around October 2007.

Another Martin. USD 3,899, RM 12,476. Oh My God.

What about the other Martin in YUI LOCKS?!

PS: The purpose of this post is to show that, don't mess with my YUI guitars expert title lol.

PS 2: YUI used Martin D-28 in CDTV.