Description
What makes this guitar special: This is a super cool vintage Japanese-made Vantage electric with great inherent tone and a classic 70s natural look. The T-Top humbuckers in this guitar sound awesome and appropriately represent the manufacturing era with a warm and full neck response and jangle in the bridge, all with a rounded upper midrange characteristic of the 70s sound, giving it some serious tone mojo. The slimmer profile neck plays fantastic with a multitude of styles from the nut to the cutaway. In addition, for a guitar that is around 40 years old, it is still in great shape and plays the same thanks to the setup our techs have given it.
Condition: Especially considering this guitar is almost 40 years old, it is still in very good condition overall. There are various nicks, dings, dents, chips, scuffs, and scratches, but is still in great shape for an instrument of its age. The frets have light to mild wear but still have a considerable amount of life left in them. The neck is comfortable and the truss rod functions as it should.
Body: Maple and mahogany double cutaway body in Natural finish. Fixed bridge with adjustable saddles. Cream speed knobs with notched top grips.
Neck: Slim profile maple neck and rosewood fingerboard with white dot inlays. Replaced Schaller tuning machines. 1 11/16” nut width. 25.5” scale.
Electronics: T-Top humbuckers in the neck and bridge. 2 x volume, 2 x tone controls. 3-way pickup selector. 1 x tone/coil-tap mini toggle.
Neck: 8.43k Ohms
Bridge: 7.97k Ohms
Weight: 7 lbs 7.7 oz
Playability/Sound: The slimmer-profile neck plays beautifully from the nut to the cutaway. The pickups are the perfect blend of body and vintage character. They sound great in all three positions with a warm and full response in the neck and some jangle in the bridge, all with a subtle rounding of the upper midrange which gives it such great vintage voicing.
Case: Includes original hardshell case.
