1979 Kawai F-1 Double Neck Vintage Guitar Natural, Neck Through w/ Case

Description: Up for sale, a 1979 Kawai F-1 double-neck in exceptional, 100% original condition and in perfect working order, complete with the original hardshell case and hangtags. Taking it’s design cues from Alembic, this finely-crafted Kawai double-neck features dual neck-through construction with five-piece maple/mahogany necks, body wings comprised of a mahogany core sandwiched between maple on top and back, 24-fret rosewood fretboards, and a vast array of electronics for exceptional tonal sculpting functionality. The original quartet of humbuckers are wound to ~8k ohms, warm and full with smooth trebles, airy lows, and a tailored midrange for optimal clarity, capturing the broad spectrum of sounds including the chiming, harmonically-dense twelve-string neck. The active preamp enables a huge amount of control, with a wide array of tones on tap. The pickups can be coil tapped for single coil sparkle and shimmer, with an independent split toggle for each neck, meaning one neck can be full and rich while the other is brighter and sharper, as well as independent phase switches for slinky out-of-phase tones. There’s a six-position rotary Varitone switch, and an on/off Gain switch that goes all the way into distortion territory when the Preamp Volume knob is dialed up. This Kawai weighs 13lbs 13oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with fresh 10-46 strings, low action, and accurate intonation. Neck Specs: -Wood: Five-piece maple/mahogany -Shape: Medium C, full shoulders -Six-string depth: .845” 1st fret, .955” 12th fret -Twelve-string depth: .865” 1st fret, .950” 12th fret -Fretboard: Rosewood slab, 24-fret, snowflake inlay, 12” radii -Frets: Medium jumbo, virtually no wear on twelve-string neck, very faint wear on six-string neck beneath G and B strings on frets 1-2 -Scale Length: 24 3/4” -Nut: 1 5/8”, bone -Tuners: Kluson-style -Serialization: 9-prefix serial, stamped on back of peghead Body Specs: -Wood: Mahogany cores, maple top/back -Pickups: Humbuckers x2, ~8k ohms -Harness: Untouched solder, preamp powered by 9V battery -Controls: Three-way neck selector, Three-way pickup selector, Volume, Tone, six-position rotary Varitone, Preamp Volume, six mini-toggles for Preamp On/Off, Boost On/Off, Twelve-String Coil Tap, Twelve-String Phase, Six-String Coil Tap, Six-String Phase -Hardware: Chrome-plated adjust-o-matic bridges, tailpieces The gloss Natural finish has a couple small finish chips on the bass-side lower bout perimeter and some minor dings on the body as a whole, largely relegated to the back and perimeter. The neck profiles retain their smooth gloss, with some minor marks on the bass side of the 12 string's neck carve. The original hardshell case is included.

Price: 4499.99 USD

Location: Seattle, Washington

End Time: 2024-10-25T05:57:40.000Z

Shipping Cost: 150 USD