1987 VESTER MANIAC - 1ST GENERATION - All Offers Considered.

 

 Another “Restoration By James” project. Built by YOUNG CHANG in SOUTH KOREA in 1987. VESTER entered the guitar world looking to give the big names of the day some real competition, this particular one was geared to the shredders. The restoration is now complete and this black beauty is now available. Make me an offer.


 FEATURES:

·Solid Alder Body

·Maple Neck with Scarf Joint

·Beak Shaped Head Stock

·Gotoh Tuners

·String Tension Bar

·Arched Top

·Rosewood Fret Board

·Shark Fin Inlays

·Bound Neck

·24 Frets

·HSS Pickup Configuration

·Licensed FLOYD ROSE SFT-70A Bridge with original vibrato arm

·Brass Bridge Block

·3 Dials (Volume/Tone/Tone)

·3 Toggle Switches. Each is an on/off for each pickup.

·The 3 Toggle (Kill) Switches also allow you to have 7 pickup combinations where a blade selector only lets you have 3 to 5. With this you can have Neck/Bridge or ALL 3 PICKUPS at once for a wall of sound.


RESTORATION AND SET UP HIGHLIGHTS:

·Rehydration Process – 10 days sitting in the humidifier room to slowly rehydrate the fret board.

·Tested all electronics and confirmed pickup output with multimeter.

·Fret Work – Fully taped fret board and pickups. Leveled and crowned frets using a Music Nomad fret file. Polished frets using a 4 sided polishing block.

·Fretboard treated with pure mineral oil.

·Electronics treated with Deoxit to ensure no oxidation.

·All plastics treated with 303 Aerospace.

·Body, Neck and Head Stock steamed and microfiber buffed.

·Truss Rod adjusted for slight relief.

·Intonation Set

·New Ernie Ball 9-42 Strings

PICKUP OUTPUTS (Ohms):

 Switch 1 on = NECK PICKUP

 Switch 2 on = MID PICKUP

 Switch 3 on = BRIDGE HUMBUCKER PICKUP

·1 – 4.99

·1 & 2 – 2.55

·1 & 3 – 3.16

·1 & 2 & 3 – 1.97

·2 – 5.10

·2 & 3 – 3.21

·3 – 8.32

 A lot of features in this beauty. Part of me wanted to keep it. Comes with gig bag.

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Listed2 days ago
ConditionExcellent (Used)
Excellent items are almost entirely free from blemishes and other visual defects and have been played or used with the utmost care.Learn more
Brand
Model
  • MANIAC
Finish
  • BLACK GLOSS
Categories
Year
  • 1987
Made In
  • Korea, Republic of
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Number of Strings
  • 6-String
Body Type
  • Solid Body

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