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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