Vantage matsumoku serial number

Used — Fair. Used — Very Good. Electric Guitars Solid Body Vantage. Change shipping region. Listing Sold. Shipped From. Quick Shipper. Message Seller. Secure Checkout At Reverb, your safety and security is our priority. About This Listing This is in excellent shape and plays and sounds superb. It's not mint, but it only has a few small imperfections.

Serial number is These Vantage Flying V guitars were made in the early 80's at the legendary Matsumoku factory in Japan. Product from this era is noted for its fine craftsmanship. The pickups and all hardware are original. New strings have been added recently.

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Used — Good. Brand New. Used — Very Good. Jay Turser Flying V Black. Arbor Flying V Unknown Purple. Used — Fair. Electric Guitars Solid Body Vantage. Change shipping region. Listing Sold. Gibson decided to remarket it toward jazz players and changed the tailpiece to one from a Riviera, and the pickups to mini-humbuckers. The result was a Casino that looked more like a short scale Riviera. The Casino was restored to its specifications around , about the same time Matsumoku began production of set neck archtops.

This created a very strong neck not prone to splitting or warping. An often used variation of this is the 5 piece neck with two thin trim strips of walnut or ebony separating the 3 sections. Matsumoku made many neck-through-body solid body electric guitars and basses, most with 5 piece necks.

Matsumoku often utilized the Nisshin Onpa company, who own the Maxon Effects brand as a subcontractor for its pickups. The name Matsumoku appeared on the neck bolt plate of some guitars they built. Gibson restructured after being sold by Norlin and began to move its Epiphone production to other Japanese manufacturers and to Korea. By , the home sewing machine market was in heavy decline and Singer was nearly bankrupt.

Matsumoku could not afford to buy itself out of Singer and in , closed down. After Matsumoku ceased operations, Aria continued production of Aria Pro II guitars and basses through its own factories and other manufactures. Some top line and special edition guitars are still manufactured in Japan, however, most Aria guitars are now produced in Korea and China. Note: There is often confusion between Matsumoku and Matsumoto.

Matsumoto Musical Instrument Manufacturers Association is also the name of a musical instrument. Production In the earlys or mids , Matsumoku began to look into other woodworking markets because several subcontract work of the Singer had been moved into the Philippines and, as it had on its staff several skilled luthiers, finally ventured into guitar and violin production in In , Matsumoku began to market its own guitars under the Westone name. Aria Shiro Arai founded Arai and Company in as an importer of classical guitars.

Epiphone Gibson decided to move Epiphone production to Japan in the early s and chose Aria as its contractor. End of Production Gibson restructured after being sold by Norlin and began to move its Epiphone production to other Japanese manufacturers and to Korea.