by sneakypete » Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:18 am
HI,
found one in a catalog I have...info is in Japanese so my wife translates it to...
solid spruce top
ovankol back and sides...not listed as solid so I think they aren`t.
rosewood board
piezo TC18 p`up
preamp TC2895A, IV, 4EQ
retailed for 80,ooo...thats why the 801 model number. They had the top end MR-1801, MRG-1001, MR-1001 then the 801 finally the MR-601. Can`t find a year on the catalog but they have the model I own...the M-2001...an outstanding guitar by anyone`s standards, all sold wood and if I remember I got mine around the turn of the decade so thats the time frame for the 801 I`m using. I have another Morris...the S-61...they introduced that line a bit later and even though the one I own is not top end it is a great little guitar...their top of that line sell for several thousand dollars. Morris is very well regarded in Japan and they have been in business for decades and had a line of electrics back when.