This is a Lyle
S-726 model from the
Matsumoku
factory in Japan. These are copies of the Gibson SG design, but very nice. The good: Funky little guitar with upgraded Hipshot locking tuners, refinished body, new custom pickguard, and new volume/tone knobs. I got the guitar as a neglected project, and re-finished the body in a satin black finish. I replaced the broken tuners with hipshot locking tuners. There were originally two on/off switches for the pickups that were not working. Replacements were not available, so I wired in a standard 3-way selector. I did not change out the input jack or the pots, and left all of that wiring intact. I also custom-cut a new pickguard using the same material thickness and exact shape of the original. The pickups are very sweet-sounding and take to pedals very well. The bad: There is a small ding in the corner of the headstock. It's cosmetic only and does not affect anything else. If I were to keep this, I would probably replace the bridge with something more adjustable. The input jack works fine, but I did notice if the cord had tension on it it could cut out occasionally. I would probably replace that. I wanted to leave as much of the original wiring as I could, so I have not changed that out. This belonged to my neighbor for the last 20 years. A friend convinced him to pick this up at a pawn shop, but it's been in a closet ever since. He's an acoustic-only player, so he never really had a use for it. I have no idea what kind of wood it is made of, but it has a pronounced grain pattern. I think it took the black satin very well and I like the finish. I could only find a few pictures of this model, and I tried to return it back as close as I could get to what I could find. It's a nice little guitar, but I have too many random weird guitars and I can't justify keeping this one.
