2012 Mystery LS

[Sigmania]

SN 1228579

Description:

I bought it second hand. I took it to a dealer and had it looked at, and they found that it had: a hard maple top, a Madagascar rose fingerboard, a mahogany neck and body with a hard case. The pickups were genuine, and the pots were made by CTS, and I heard that it was probably a shop order item. It looks like the model will cost around 200,000 yen. The pegs have been changed to Grover, but the wood has been carefully embedded. It outputs very good sound.

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[Sigmania]

I had thought it might be a 2012 LS260 VF, but it looks like I am seeing a center seam?

Maybe a non catalog shop order as suggested in the listing?

 

[Sigmania]

I am thinking 2 piece because of how this lighter colored ripple in the center of the photo in the grain abruptly stops at what looks like a line.

 

[settebello]

Does the inlays look like amber cell to you?

 

[Sigmania]

I don't know. Seems like they are not uniform in color like something bled into them, or it may just be bad lighting.

 

[Sigmania]

They may have the weird corner rout in the rosewood like the LS320s have.

 

[settebello]

For me they look like the cheaper ones from the vintage series.
The yellow color is a reflection.If you look at the first pic there´s
no yellow.