Fender Strat

Guitar 70 years of manufacture from the Japanese company MATSUMOKU.
Matsumoku produced guitars, or parts of guitars, for Vox, Guyatone, FujiGen Gakki, Kanda Shokai (Greco), Hoshino Gakki, Nippon Gakki (Yamaha), Aria, and Norlin (parent company of Gibson.) American owned Unicord contracted Matsumoku to build most of its Univox and Westbury guitars. St. Louis Music Company imported Matsumoku built Electra guitars. J. C. Penney sold Matsumoku built Skylark guitars through its catalog division. Matsumoku built many early Greco guitars as well as Vantage, Westminster, Cutler, Lyle, Fell, and no-name copies of Gibson and Fender guitars and basses. Washburn Guitars contracted Matusmoku to build most of its electric guitars from 1979 through 1985.
In 1979, Matsumoku began to market its own guitars under the Westone name.
By the early 1970s, Matsumoku had begun using CNC mills, routers, and lathes, one of the first guitar makers to do so. Even so, 60% of the guitar making process was still done by hand including planing, fretting, joining, and assembly. This machine cut, yet hand worked process yielded high quality instruments with unique character.

Players of Matsumoku guitars: Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, Univox Hi-Flyer guitars, John Taylor of Duran Duran, Aria Pro II SB-1000 bass, Cliff Burton of Metallica, Aria Pro II SB-1000 bass, Elvin Bishop, Electra Model 2281, Neal Schon, Aria Pro II PE series guitars (several models.)

Surprising fact that the guitar has retained its original appearance after more than 3 decades and has almost no serious defects in the coating. Wood Ash for several decades has become an excellent dry live sound. The guitar is absolutely suitable for the playing and requires no configuration and modifications.

Super well packed...double boxed with bubble wrap…no worries.

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We are not guitar players or experts.  We pick up great vintage guitars from all over the World.  We are not the original owner, so we do not know when, where or if any modifications have ever been made to these guitars, nor do we know what repairs, if any, they will need.  We sell them in the exact condition that we found them.  We do our best to describe them but do encourage you to ask any questions before you bid!

We include a great many pictures in our listings so the buyer can see EXACTLY what they are getting. Our guitars are as described so please look carefully at the pictures. Often something that looks like a flaw is dust or a reflection. Also keep in mind that close up pictures can make a tiny flaw look much worse and even completely normal things look strange. When was the last time you stared at a guitar from 3 inches away?  All used guitars will look worse with close up pictures. Our new guitars are indeed new so if you see something strange it is almost certainly not really there. If you have questions ask. These guitars pretty much always look MUCH better in real life!!!

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