Northwest Vintage Guitars presents a Epiphone FT-150 made by Matsumoku Japan. This was Gibson's sister label and in 1970 Matsumoku Industries in Matsumoto Japan was building these flatops for Gibson to sell in the worldwide market, including the USA. That's right, Gibson was having Japanese manufacturers market Epiphones with the open book headstock and selling them in the USA right next to Gibsons. And that was over a decade before Fender Japan was up and running. This one sets up great, has room at the saddle to go either way, and plays cleanly up and down the fretboard with no dead spots.
The nut measures 1.78", neck depth is .75"-.94" at the 1st and 12th frets respectively. The neck is straight, the truss rod turns in both directions, and the relief is currently set for optimum playability. There is a crack on the side of the neck that was glued up long ago and isn't going anywhere. Solid as a rock. There are scattered dings, dents, scratches and weather checking as pictured. It remains in very good playable condition with great action and room at the ADJ bridge to go up or down. 25.25" scale, 10" radius.
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