Fucking nice. At first glance hanging on the wall between a couple of import les pauls it vaguely reminded me of Hodges's Westbury (which I'm clearly not too visually familiar with on a mental level I guess), which is why I picked it up in the first place... the drastic differences immediately apparent after picking it up, I was still very intrigued... I always liked doublecut gibsonesque designs like the ibanez artist etc.. and mostly play DC Juniors these days. The heel on this guitar is scooped-away at the back to allow better high fret access, and there is a belly contour which makes the top (bass side) edge of the body seem very thin... these are both pluses because this was a pretty thick-bodied guitar. It played like a dream and sounded purdy, and had a nice aged ivory look to it I really like in white guitars (not quite as yellowed as the lower pics; my '90s epi LP custom is a similar hue). It's a 1981 "B-model", which makes it probably a Yamaki (later ones and overlapping alternate models like the c-model were made by Matsumoku), and neck-thru with a 5-piece laminate maple/walnut neck; they were made from '79-'85, and I have since learned the coil-splits on the push/pull volume controls are stock. The pickups sounded like Super Distortions (which I have in my white Epi LP) but weren't real ones.
They were selling it for $330.
A definite new-trousers moment. I could not put it down and spent a great deal of time turning it in my hands and allowing the light to reflect off it.
The natural ones show off the construction
