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1975 TAMA 3561-NT
3561 Natural (more images) Red copyright sprite

The 3561 is a TAMA branded acoustic guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1974. It was made by Tama Seisakusho Co. in Aichi, Japan.

The 3561 features a dreadnought body with finest close-grained solid spruce top bound with herring-bone wood bindig on selected matched indian-rosewood back and sides. The round soundhole is trimmed with multiple inlaid rings with herring-bone marquetry rosette and a tortoise pickguard. The hand-shaped mahogany neck with adjustable truss rod has a 20-fret ebonized rosewood fingerboard with abalone snow-flakes position markers and a rosewood headstock. Components include a plastic saddle in an adjustable rosewood bridge, a bone nut, and chrome plated Smooth tuner machine heads.

The 3560 is a related model with abalone hexagones fretboard inlays selected matched indian-rosewood back and sides and gold plated hardware.

The 3561 was discontinued after 1976.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for 3561
Name: 3561
Year(s) offered: 1974–1976
Sold in: Europe / USA
Made in: Japan
Price: MSRP: US$:395 [1] / US$:395 [2] / DM 1,080 (1978)
Finishes: Natural (NT)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
Dreadnought
Dimensions:
  Body length: 502mm/ 19¾"
  Width: 368mm/ 14½"
  Depth: 114mm/ 4½"
Top:
  Material: finest close-grained solid spruce
  Bracing: hand shaped and sanded
  Finish: High gloss
  Binding: pearloid
Back/sides:
  Material: Selected matched indian-rosewood
  Strip inlay: fancy wood marquetry
  Finish: High gloss
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
three ring w/ herring-bone top
Neck
Neck profile:
hand-shaped
Neck material:
1-piece mahogany
Neck joint:
Dovetail at 14th fret
Scale length:
648mm/ 25½"
Fingerboard:
Ebonized rosewood
Inlays:
Abalone snow-flakes
Frets:
20 / medium
Nut:
Bone (43mm)
Machine heads:
Smooth tuner
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)
Components
Bridge:
Rosewood / adjustable
Bridge pins:
White w/ black dots
Saddle:
Plastic (11mm string spacing)
Hardware color:
Chrome plated
Pickguard:
tortoise

Images[]

Tama 3561 USA brochure
Tama 3561-NT USA brochure Red copyright sprite

Sources[]

  1. 1976 Chesbro-Ibanez price list (p. 2)
  2. 1976 Ibanez-TAMA Guitar-accessory pricelist (p. 2)