Trip Down Memory Lane...

[chrisolson]

Sweet Ralph - first thing I thought before I read ANYTHING - Quiet Riot & Carlos!! Nice!!

[zeegler]

Should have a brass nut as well.The A20 I saw did.The pickups were Gotoh super D clones they really sounded great lots of bottom end.
The Japanese pickups of that era sound outstanding.

Nah A10s had bone nuts. It is an ash body with a one piece neck. Matsumoku guitars are built like tanks, and are virtually indestructible. Great score. I have been close to buying one myself a few times, but I'm not too sure about the V shaped necks.

[j2379]

yeah i was never really fond of the V necks they used.

[Accept2]

Not all were made by Uncle Matt, and not all have the V shaped neck.................

[zeegler]

Not all were made by Uncle Matt, and not all have the V shaped neck.................

I didn't know that. How can you tell which ones are Matsumoku and which aren't?

[Accept2]

Of the 70s and 80s made ones, 22 fret neck models are Uncle Matt, 24 fret neck models were made at Washburn's Kasuga factory..........

[zeegler]

Of the 70s and 80s made ones, 22 fret neck models are Uncle Matt, 24 fret neck models were made at Washburn's Kasuga factory..........

That's just messed up. I wonder what their reasoning was for that. So which is better? Or are they comparable?