| 1990s KAWAI MLY-140 MoonSault, Metallic Red $1,950.00 |
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!
Here's the deal on this one, not only is it one of the most unique looking guitars, the build quality is second to none. 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, it's old fashion pearloid. The color is a gorgeous metallic red that the photos barely capture the beauty of.
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.
One important thing to note is that this model is the exact official reissue (hand-made) original MLY-140, the nicest and most expensive of all MoonSaults.
The condition has to be called 9.9/10 virtually new condtion. It's a very, very difficult guitar to get your hands on. Almost all you see are the MS-70 models, the
ones with passive electronics, which are really cool, too. But, there is no comparison with what this guitar can do. It'll bury any other guitar you put to a test. You
can have authentic strat tone, authentic Paul PAF tone, plus a myriad of mixed configurations, and then when you flip that gain switch, you'd better be centered
and grounded, because it's going to take you for a sonic ride all the way to the moon. This guitar rocks harder than any other guitar out there. James Hetfield's
axes may look tough, but the searing tone and blistering-fast neck on this guitar would most definitely shred that guitar to death with that little switch flipped.
I know beyond a doubt that if you get this guitar, you'll be the only boy on your block with one. Incredibly rare, fantastic find. Kawai 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!
Here's the deal on this one, not only is it one of the most unique looking guitars, the build quality is second to none. 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, it's old fashion pearloid. The color is a gorgeous metallic red that the photos barely capture the beauty of.
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.
One important thing to note is that this model is the exact official reissue (hand-made) original MLY-140, the nicest and most expensive of all MoonSaults.
The condition has to be called 9.9/10 virtually new condtion. It's a very, very difficult guitar to get your hands on. Almost all you see are the MS-70 models, the
ones with passive electronics, which are really cool, too. But, there is no comparison with what this guitar can do. It'll bury any other guitar you put to a test. You
can have authentic strat tone, authentic Paul PAF tone, plus a myriad of mixed configurations, and then when you flip that gain switch, you'd better be centered
and grounded, because it's going to take you for a sonic ride all the way to the moon. This guitar rocks harder than any other guitar out there. James Hetfield's
axes may look tough, but the searing tone and blistering-fast neck on this guitar would most definitely shred that guitar to death with that little switch flipped.
I know beyond a doubt that if you get this guitar, you'll be the only boy on your block with one. Incredibly rare, fantastic find. Kawai Moonsault!
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"There's a red moon over yonder..."
"Look at the sky a burnin' hell-fire red, lord... somebody's house is burnin' down, down, down, down..." - Jimi Hendrix
"Look at the sky a burnin' hell-fire red, lord... somebody's house is burnin' down, down, down, down..." - Jimi Hendrix