1972 Matsumoto Japan LE-200 Les Paul Professional (Walnut)

1972 Matsumoto Japan LE-200 Les Paul Professional (Walnut)Made by the Matsumoto company (who produced guitars for brands such as Pearl and Franpton), the LE 200 was an attempt at recreating the polarising Les Paul Recording model. Chambered laminate mahogany body with black binding on the top and back, slim 60's style mahogany neck and a rosewood fingerboard (22ish frets, 42mm nut width), it weighs 3. 6kg's. Factory loaded with a pair of Maxon blade style humbuckers, a three way pickup selector and a range

There's a small bit of over spray near the neck pocket

• Neck/Body Join: Set-in

Passive PJ pickups with four control knobs

Built for guitar players on the go

it weighs a mammoth 5kg's

painted maple neck with a bound dark rosewood fingerboard that features the little baby frets that Mosrite fans love

frets are clean with some light playwear but play smooth and are shiny with life left

This one's seen plenty of use over it's 50 years and was refurbished prior to listing

Nice solid body with a rounded maple neck and 21 fret fingerboard

No power supply included

The neck is straight however the truss seems close to it's end as it doesn't appear to have much of tightening left

Loaded with a Dimarzio PAF Classic in the neck position and a Texas Special bridge pickup