![]() The tone knob is a conventional tone knob, and it has only one toggle switch, for coil tap. The X149 is identical to the X150 in every respect except that it does not have powered EQ. Matsumoku had raised the art of making composite chunks of hardwood out of smaller to a fine degree, and these laminated bodies are made with all the care and attention of a flagship model. Excellent bolt-neck that it is, it need not pretend. Ironically, the laminated body is sometimes mistaken for an imitation of a neck-through guitar, which it is not. ![]() The laminated body follows the identical stripe pattern with many other Matsumoku-made guitars of the time, including Aria Pro, Westone, Washburn and Skylark models. No doubt one or two of these would be ordered as premium display attractors but the lower priced models were what sold the most. ![]() When the Electra Phoenix first appeared in late 1980, there were the standard 2- and 3-pickup models with pickguards, and there were also two deluxe models with bodies of dark brown ash with laminated strips of maple and walnut at the center. Bolt neck double cutaway with laminated ash, maple and walnut strip body, maple neck, chrome hardware, brass nut, brass hardtail bridge and dual humbuckers with toggle switch for coil tap, brass knobs.
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