It's slightly slimmer front to back and made from two sandwiched sections of solid mahogany that have been routed-out and then glued-together like a '70s Les Paul. In many ways the body design is actually superior to the "real" Fender Thinlines. This guy is probably a Fujigen product and I'll be the first to say that, hey, it's tres cool. Ships in a non original hardshell case.I'm familiar with the higher-end Japanese-made Les Paul and 335-style Electras and the Phoenix SuperStrat-like beasts, but I'd never handled one of the brand's Telecaster copies before. Overall this is a fun, great playing, slick looking guitar and one not to miss out on. We get these gems because he fell in love with our customs and only plays Margasa guitars these days. He has a great collection and his guitars are all well maintained given he is also a luthier. This was traded in to us with a few other vintage MIJ guitars by a good friend and local customer of ours. Tuners are non original upgraded Grover minis (you can see the small screw holes have been filled). The guitar weighs in at 9 lbs 2 oz which is actually on the lighter side, they're usually extremely heavy. Playing the guitar is easy, the neck and fretboard are very comfortable and so is the action. Single volume and two way switch which acts like a kill switch, it's either on or off which can be used for a stuttering effect. Also the tone control has a great sweep, nice low end bassy tones all the way back to clear and bright rolled the other way. Stock pickup is a single coil, the tone is full and very warm with some gain from your amp, gets much brighter when played clean. This guitar features the slide out interchangeable pickup system just like the original Ampeg. The headstock logo has been removed so there's some clear coat missing. Otherwise there is typical surface scratching throughout when you look up close but nothing to even bother about, no used guitar is perfect. Some small crack-like scratches by the pickup screw but appear to be surface only. A lot of lucite or plexiglass guitars get stress cracks typically by neck bolts and there are none here. Beside being just a plain cool guitar period it plays really well and is in great condition for it's age and this type of design. Up for your eBaying pleasure is an excellent rare Dan Armstrong plexi copy made by Electra Japan in the 70s.
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