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One of the best (jokes) over some time: "masterbuilt" Greco SA 12-string version. I guess the "masterbuilt" has been mistaken for "butchered" here (LOL :D): https://reverb.com/en-ee/item/80953504-1982-greco-sa-series-masterbuilt-custom-shop-12-string-brown-sunburst otherwise seems like a...

Sorry for overlooking the question, my Reborn Old has got embossed serial. I haven't seen or heard of any original Reborn Olds (made only in 1980) that would have inked serials.

My Reborn Old LS-80 has a embossed "80" on the last fret - Reborn Old was the last series to have it like that (it's a sticker starting from the Love Rock era).

I can tell that my Reborn Old LS-80 (1980) did have rather fat neck. That is compared to the Washburn Falcon 1979 and Hawk 1983 (Wing series) 1979 and Goldstar Sound D shape neck (1984). Even more so by modern standards of the average neck thickness. I did measure the thickness of my LS-80 neck...

I guess there is a fine line in between - the neck is not that flat on the back perhaps as you would expect from the typical D-shape, but then again it is not definitely that rounded as well what you'd expect from the typical C-shape... if there are typical shapes at all :) So, it could be a...

I'm happy owner of this Goldstar, by the way. The close up shot of the Dimarzio VS-1 pickup that I posted earlier was the one from this guitar. I took the risk of buying the guitar from the "I don't know anything" style of (private?) seller from Japan with slight consequences, though. The...

Looking at the sticker in the bridge pickup cavity, Seymour Duncan Antiquity humbuckers from mid-nineties have the same type of paper labels attached to them - the font style, the hand-written signature and the length of the serial number (eight digits). I'm not suggesting it is Antiquity tele...

Regarding Dimarzio VS-1 pickups, my Goldstar Sound ST-80 from 1984 has got these. They have distinct appearance, made of black fiberboard or something. One close up with cover removed - you can see "DIMARZIO U.S.A." there. Edit: picture here, for some reason posting pictures doesn't appear to work.

Thank you, Cliff - I almost pulled the trigger on this one. There are other stores - notably KOMEHYO in my experience - that ignore the facts and overstate the condition. In the KOMEHYO case, there were supposed to be 80% of frets remaining whereas there was none in the middle of the neck. The...

Up for sale!

Let's renew the topic. Still available!

Available, now with a price drop!

Washburn Hawk from 1983 for sale. Made in Japan, excellent condition. All original except recently installed bone nut (to replace the original plastic one) and Switchcraft jack. Original nut and jack come along with the guitar. Features: - set neck - humbuckers with coil-split possibility...

Sold to a forum member.

Still available!