Hawk, model C.


Manufacturer: Matsumoku
Years Offered: 1982 - 1984
Body:  flat top, double cutaway, bound edges, “comfort cutaway” on backside
Body Wood(s): ash
Neck Wood: 3 piece, maple, set neck
Fingerboard: rosewood, dot inlays, bound edges
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
Bridge-Tailpiece: Washburn “Harmonic Lock”, string through body
Hardware: chrome, brass saddles, plastic nut
Finish: tobacco sunburst, cherry sunburst , candy apple red
Comment: electronics cover made of aluminium, jack input on the side, the name “Hawk” engraved in the plastic trussrod-cover, serial is 6 digits only, stamped on back of headstock.



Washburn Hawk Vibrato, model C.

Manufacturer: Matsumoku
Years Offered: 1982 - 1984
Body:  flat top, double cutaway, bound edges, “comfort cutaway” on backside
Body Wood(s): ash
Neck Wood: 3 piece, maple, set neck
Fingerboard: rosewood, dot inlays, bound edges
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
Bridge-Tailpiece: Washburn “Divebomb” tremelo, string through body
Hardware: chrome, brass saddles, plastic nut
Finish: tobacco sunburst, cherry sunburst
Comment: electronics cover made of aluminium, jack input on the side, the name “Hawk” engraved in the plastic trussrod-cover, serial is 6 digits only, stamped on back of headstock.

Washburn Hawk BBR, model C.

Manufacturer: Matsumoku
Years Offered: 1984
Body:  flat top, double cutaway, red bound edges, “comfort cutaway” on backside.
Body Wood(s): ash
Neck Wood: 3 piece, maple, set neck, red bound, headstock also bound.
Fingerboard: ebony, red dot inlays
Frets: 22
Scale: 630 mm
Tuners: Washburn die-cast, sealed, 3xR, 3xL
Pickups: 2x or 3x  “Washburn Power Sustain” humbucker
Electronics:  2xV, 2xT, 3-way pickup selector
Bridge-Tailpiece: Washburn “Wunderbar” tremelo, string through body
Hardware: all black, black plastic nut
Finish: black
Comment: made in a 2 pickup and 3 pickup version. Electronics cover made of aluminium, name “Hawk” engraved in red in the plastic trussrod cover, serial is 6 digits only, stamped on back of headstock.