The Guitar Gallery - The Guitars of Matsumoku

The DX is a nice solid little player and holds its tuning very well. The fact that it has the string locking plates is a big bonus! Those things are always "lost" on most of the Spectrums you see. Bloody nuisance. My DX was also in bad shape when I got it, but it came back to life very nicely and is ...

Interesting indeed. Another Mats made label I didn't know about.

A lot of the architecture is familiar, but those pups, original?
They look kinda modern to moi.

Nice guitars both, but with enough controls to pilot the Starship Enterprise!

Kmaxpe1500 wrote: ↑Fri 06 Dec 2024 05:58 PM ...neck through, easy upper access..

That heeless neck joint is a beautiful thing!

I agree Crusty. As much as I love my Thunders (and that colour in particular) this asking price, even after a reduction is much too high. In Canadian funds especially: C$732.02 + C$366.74 Shipping!!! I can buy any number of excellent new guitars for a thousand dollars! It does have the MMK53 pups ...

All in all, they have been reasonably well cared for, but it does pain me to see bridges and tuners installed badly and crooked.
I have always liked the trans blue Cardinal model. Perhaps one day...sigh.

I think the selector switch would be fine with a little Viagra.

That's what she said!

*SOLD already* But oh wow, what a fantastic buy! And with the OHSC too. My red AV325's trans finish is just stunning, and of course being a Vantage it plays beautifully. It's an '81 and came with one of those lousy barrel saddle bridges (top loader) which were dropped in later builds in favour of a ...

That's gorgeous alright, looks like it just came off the showroom floor!

The pickups are new one on me, and kinda unusual to have a coil cut on this ES style, no?

Don't think I've seen this model before.
Yeah, looks OK (after a run through the local car wash maybe). And the selector switch is, um, novel.

guitar produces sound through amp

That's always a good sign!