Vintage Polaris Hollowbody -- 1960s; Made in Japan; All-Original; 2 PUs; Vibrato Bar; Roller Bridge

Vintage Polaris Hollowbody Guitar

• Based upon other comparable listings that I was able to find online, I think this is a Polaris guitar, but I can't find any brand name anywhere on it.  If you happen to know anything more about this guitar that I could add to the listing, please message me & let me know.  :)
• All-Original
  
• Made in Japan
  
• 1960s
• Tobacco sunburst finish with very nice "flame" on the back of the body & the headstock
  
• Hollowbody
• Bigsby-style vibrato bar/tailpiece & roller bridge
• Nice two-piece neck with rosewood fretboard, nice tight binding all the way around, & truss rod with metal cover plate.
• It's just had a complete professional set-up--restrung with new .010s, frets polished, fretboard cleaned & oiled, pickups & bridge heights adjusted, floating bridge placement, intonation set, etc.
  
• Here are the positives:
  • • It's in very good condition, esp. for a vintage guitar; it plays really well & has plenty of adjustability to suit different preferences (unusual for most vintage guitars like this).
    • There is fret wear, as you'd expect on a guitar of this age, but the frets still have plenty of life left on them (see photos); the action is really nice as it is now, & there's lots of room to raise it or lower it as desired.
    • The switches work fine.
    • The bridge mute bar works (see photo #20).
    • The neck is straight & feels great.
    • The tuners work very smoothly.
• & here are the negatives:
  • • It has electronics issues & you should assume that the bridge pickup is non-functioning
      • The neck pickup measures 4.3 ohms (which is low but usable) & sounds really nice
      • The bridge pickup only measures just over 1 ohm & the output is so low that I can't even hear it over the acoustic sound of the guitar even with the amp turned way up, so I'm guessing it needs to be repaired in some way.
    • The tone which should be for the bridge pickup seems to be wired for the neck pickup, although the difference it makes is barely even discernable anyway.
    • The input jack is scratchy.
    • It has plenty of normal cosmetic wear, as you'd expect on a guitar of this age, most of which can be seen in the photos.

Please look carefully at all of the photos and feel free to contact me with any questions before buying.  In addition to my 100% 5-star feedback rating here on reverb.com, I also have a 20+ year, 100% positive feedback rating on eBay (from well over 1000 ratings--user name "scedro").

Note:
The set-up on any guitar is subjective & a matter of personal taste, which of course varies for every player. While each instrument I sell is professionally set-up prior to being listed on Reverb, that set-up may not be exactly to your particular taste "right out of the box" & (as with any instrument that you buy anywhere) you should expect to possibly make adjustments to the action, string gauges, etc. to suit your exact tastes.