latest purchase incoming

Been wanting a thinline tele for a while now.

incoming

Fender Japan Telecaster TL52-DMC

Burny SG

not a bad player,nice feel,good sound but felt rather light and I don't enjoy light guitars really.

Sold it to a guy who's very happy with it.

As usual the made in japan attention to detail was in full swing

Morales Mosrite copy 1960s Japan

These were some damn fine Mosrite copies made in Japan by the Zen On company sometime in the late 60s by reportedly what evolved into the Firstman company.

Let's run it down here:

1) german carve / ufo body shape

Sometimes you get one or the other but rarely both & rarely both so historically correct.An absolute dream to play

2) zero fret & aluminium string guide

more often than not you'll see a fender or Gibson style nut

3)slaneted neck pickup

one of the distinct Mosrite features I thought

4) semi vintage correct Mosrite style pickups.

Wide P90 style wire coil around a plastic bobbin with alnico mags and screw polepieces.Quite different to the "reissues" which are more like a strat pickup under a p90 cover.

5)Distinctive tremelo setup

Close enough it should be illegal (haha yes I know)

6.Offset shape headstock

Burny RTV

Anyone considering buying a Burny les Paul Junior .... do it.
This is the first one I got some sort of late 80s/early 90s thing.Very light though but great neck.
I'm forever in this balancing act with Japanese made guitars.Fit,finish & necks are just fantastic but the tradeoff seems to be they're generally light ... unless yer rockin a Burny custom in the double digit LBS'
Eventually let this one go when I encountered upon a 75 Burny FTV.Much much much more solid feeling, nicer neck and nitro finish.
I do one day think I may try out the Greco junior but between you and me I'm not so much a fan of the finish they had in the 80s.