by Big Beat » Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:34 pm
This is a very rare model that I've been trying to research myself. Not much luck so far. It was made by some smaller Japanese company, not one of the giants like Kawai or Fuji, and info on those little guys is just not out there.
The pickup coils are split. On my example the wiring is shot and I only get output from three treble strings, but not from the other three bass ones!
This is only the third such guitar that I have ever seen, besides my own. About six years ago, there was a greenburst one on eBay branded "Imperial". However, Imperial is one of those fly-by-night stencils which is found on models that can just as often show up under any one of a zillion other such obscure names, so it's really not much help. The logo on the headstock was a black oval sticker with silver lettering, those peel off and get lost easily. Hence most of these guitars are found nameless. I would love to find another example with a brand other than Imperial, something that might provide a clue.