A beautiful little Shortscale from the early 70s, this was likely made by Matsumoto Musical Instrument Alliance with the body coming from Natsumoku and neck maybe from Kasuga.

Even so, the fit is surprisingly tight, and the neck of high quality.

Body.

The body is multi-part camphor, nyatto wood and Agathis with maple veneer. The finish is a gloss lacquer top coat which has some surface cracks in it but is not flaking or anything. Overall the body is in clean condition .

Neck.

The neck is high quality dark Indian Rosewood on a one pc maple neck. The neck is in great shape with about 80% fret life left and a still fully operational dual action truss rod. The grip is aslim c type with a 38mm bone nut

Hardware.

The tuners are small footprint clover types and have a smooth action despite their age.The bridge is an 18mm pitch dual saddle type

The hardware is really quite clean for the age.

Pickups.

Original single coil type with magnetised screws on a ceramic magnet base.

Controls. Vol vol tone

Weight. 3.6kg

Case. Gig bag