Falcon, model C.

Manufacturer: Matsumoku
Years Offered: 1982 - 1984

Body:  flat top, double cutaway, bound edges, “comfort cutaway” on backside
Body Wood(s): ash, maple top
Neck Wood: 3 piece, maple, set neck
Fingerboard: ebony, dot inlays, bound edges, headstock also bound
Frets: 22
Scale: 630 mm
Tuners: Washburn die-cast, sealed, 3xR, 3xL
Pickups: 2x “Washburn Power Sustain” humbucker, two height adjustment screws on top side
Electronics:  2xV, 2xT, 3-way pickup selector, push-pull coil split on both volume controls.
Bridge-Tailpiece: Washburn “Harmonic Lock”, string through body
Hardware: chrome, brass saddles, plastic nut
Finish: tobacco sunburst, cherry sunburst, ivory white, black
Comment: electronics cover made of aluminium, jack input on the side, the name “Falcon” engraved in the plastic trussrod-cover, serial is 6 digits only, stamped on back of headstock.

Washburn Falcon Vibrato, model C.

Manufacturer: Matsumoku
Years Offered: 1982 - 1984
Body:  flat top, double cutaway, bound edges, “comfort cutaway” on backside
Body Wood(s): ash, maple top
Neck Wood: 3 piece, maple, set neck
Fingerboard: ebony, dot inlays, bound edges, headstock also bound
Frets: 22
Scale: 630 mm
Tuners: Washburn die-cast, sealed, 3xR, 3xL
Pickups: 2x “Washburn Power Sustain” humbucker, two height adjustment screws on top side
Electronics:  2xV, 2xT, 3-way pickup selector, push-pull coil split on both volume controls.
Bridge-Tailpiece: Washburn “Divebomb” tremelo, string through body
Hardware: chrome, brass saddles, plastic nut
Finish: tobacco sunburst, cherry sunburst, ivory white, black
Comment: electronics cover made of aluminium, jack input on the side, the name “Falcon” engraved in the plastic trussrod-cover, serial is 6 digits only, stamped on back of headstock.


 

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