1980s Original KAWAI MLY-140 MoonSault, Midnight Sky
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Most people don't know this, but Kawai has been building guitars for around 60 years.  I just wish they would build more guitars like this one.  I brought a Moonsault
over to Scott Lentz of Lentz guitars and he was just blown away, he told me,  "John, you have to open a museum for people to see guitars like this, they'd come
from all over just to get the chance to see such amazing instruments."  Then he told me how a great a company they were and what quality they put into their
instruments.  I was surprised because, when I saw the guitar, I wanted it for it's unusual and unique shape, I didn't realize until playing it what a great guitar it is!

One important thing to note is that this model is THE
original hand-made MLY-140, the nicest and most expensive of all MoonSaults.  The condition is about 8.5/10
and that's superb considering its age and design that seems to get bumped and bruised easily. It's a very, very difficult guitar to get your hands on.  It's a light
guitar weighing in at a little over 6 lbs. The neck is medium C shape, it's perfectly straight and made of rosewood.  Action is fantastic.  Did you see the inlays?
Mother of pearl, done in the phases of the moon.  The binding on the body is totally cool and aged, old-fashion pearloid.  The finish color is Midnight Sky.

The electronics are second to none,  and there are more passive and active pickup configurations than you'll know what to do with, due to the coil-tapping that is
wired in and the v-volt-powered boost switch. For those of you who don't know, this means that you can switch between single-coil and humbucking tone for each
pickup. Add a gain-boost switch. This guitar creates some serious, serious tone. This type of gain is more than Sweaty Teddy would know what to do with. Pickups
are Dimarzios, the sound is classic Les Paul but with a lot more options.  I fool a lot of people with the tone. They want to know what Paul I use to get that tone
sometimes and are always astonished that it came from this guitar, not a Paul at all.

There are few of these guitars out there, and even less of the original ones.  Strap one of these on and you'll find your true potential as a guitarist player.
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