1982 Vantage VE-550 "entertainar" electric guitar

I am putting up feelers for my MIJ 1982 Vantage VE-550 Matsumoku-era guitar in hard shell case for sale.

History/info on the guitar:

This is 1 of those famed Japan produced Matsumoku-era guitars from the late 70's-80's .. while it may be a bolt on neck it sustains for days & with it as well being produced well. These guitars list online from various sources between $600-800 on the used market in good condition given the condition of this one its in that upper range for value. On the truss rod cover it was purposely spelt "Entertainar" to denote it was the lower tier of the same model as the "Entertainer" of the same model number was a set neck guitar. You can see in the gallery at the bottom of the page this guitar as well as the stats for it on vantage-guitars under the ve-550 catagory.

This guitar has been in my posession for a few months now to which it has been played, given some extra TLC (Deep frettboard cleaning, frets worked on, polished & etc.) & given a new set of alnico v pickups. Everything is original & intact then the pups being replaced (will include original pups if buyer pays within my satisfaction for a amount) & while the mini toggle switch is disabled its still usable of course. This guitar is in Very Good+ / Players grade condition with no issues for a guitar of its age (37 years old).

Guitar will ship in shown case detuned & insured. Due to continued Cites laws buyers from canada only please.

Serious inquiries only & I will accept reasonable offers as listed price is just for a starting reference.

Thanks