1998 Levinson Blade Texas Special MIJ Strat Style

Overview:

MIJ Blade Texas Special from the late 90s with the full "Texas" feature set: Sen Ash body, HSS layout, and the onboard VSC gain boost system. This era of Blade is often credited within the gear community as being built through Tune's Japan production, and it has that high-end MIJ fit-and-finish feel.

If you like the idea of a Suhr-style "Strat-plus" that covers a lot of ground cleanly, this is in that lane: premium build, versatile electronics, and no need to mod anything to get more sounds.

Specs & Features:

• Construction: Bolt-on
• Body/Wood: Sen Ash (transparent finish shows the grain)
• Neck: Hard Rock Maple
• Fingerboard: Rosewood, dot inlays (12" radius per Blade spec)
• Scale length / Nut: 25.5" scale, 42mm nut (Blade spec)
• Pickups: VS-1 single coils (neck/middle) + LH-55 humbucker (bridge)
• Electronics: VSC / Gain Boost with auto-split behavior on the bridge humbucker
• Hardware: Levinson FT-3 tremolo, chrome hardware
• Tuners: Staggered SG-36
• Origin: Made in Japan

Condition:

• Plays and presents well
• Normal honest playwear for a 1998 guitar
• Light scratches and small marks, most visible on the back in the light (see photos)
• Frets look clean in the photos

Notes:

This is the "Strat-plus" concept done right: great base guitar first, then the VSC/boost gives you a real second gear without turning it into a complicated project. The ash body keeps it snappy and lively, and the HSS layout makes it an easy one-guitar solution.