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Were all Washburn (early 80s) A10, A15, A20's made in the Matsumoku Plant?

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Post by Lunatech78 Sat Aug 07, 2010 7:34 pm

I have an A-15 that I bought new in 1984 and was never aware that it could've been made in the same plant as my Spectrum II. Were all Washburn (early 80s) A10, A15, A20's made in the Matsumoku Plant?  Icon_surprised
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Post by corsair Sun Aug 08, 2010 1:59 am

yep,... and these lads would just love to make your acquaintance!!

http://www.matsumoku.org/ggboard/index.php?sid=27fcd47c2f4d99f271f7dd2871dc9d5d

and..

http://www.matsumoku.org/models/washburn/stage/stage.html

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Post by Lunatech78 Sun Aug 08, 2010 9:57 am

Thanks for the links John. Another great website for Matt Folks! The A-15 has always been one of my favorite players. It has a great strat sound and a whole lot more!
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Post by norfolkngood Sun Aug 08, 2010 6:21 pm

Also worth having a look around the Washburn Guitar Forums, couple of threads about Uncle Mat DNA on there.
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Post by Barry Mon Aug 09, 2010 1:50 pm

Um, pictures?? What a Face

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Post by corsair Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:03 pm

Yes... a valid point made by the Canadian chapter of this organisation; more pix?? Loads of 'em??
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Post by Lunatech78 Tue Aug 10, 2010 2:01 am

Alright my fellow GAS sufferers, I got a few pics here for ya Were all Washburn (early 80s) A10, A15, A20's made in the Matsumoku Plant?  Icon_smile I guess it was rather rude of me to ask a question and not even have the courtesy of including a single pic Were all Washburn (early 80s) A10, A15, A20's made in the Matsumoku Plant?  Icon_rolleyes Now these are a few of my favorite things!

https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/i/importedphotos00007n.jpg/

The gold top LP is a 72 that has been refinished. (someone painted it white!) It needs a few more parts to get it correct for the period. The others are mostly copies that are daily players, and of course the A-15. Back in the day when I gigged with the A-15 the other guitar player in our band played a Sunburst A-20. Man I loved the sound of that guitar. Well - it's back to the Spectrum Project!!! I'll be posting more pics as progress is made.
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Post by Barry Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:54 am

Hey now! That's what we're talkin' 'bout! cheers
She's in beautiful condition. And I love that gold top too! (he painted it white????)
Great collection. Thanks for the pix.

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Post by corsair Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:22 am

I don't know whether I like that or not; upon reflection I believe I do!! And I know the Washburn crew at Matsumoku.org would love to see it as well as they have nothing about this model over there atm!! Were all Washburn (early 80s) A10, A15, A20's made in the Matsumoku Plant?  Icon_biggrin
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Post by Lunatech78 Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:52 am

Yes, the LP was a gift (16th birthday) and it was white when I got it. I had no idea it was originally a gold top until the PUP wells were opened up 35 years later. Thanks for the compliment.

Yes John, I am registered on the Matsumoku forum and I will definitely post pix of the A-15 over there.
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Post by Racing Fri Aug 13, 2010 7:34 am

Luna.

No.
Not all Washys were made at Matsumoku.
Some of them were contracted to be built by Yamaki,and this holds true for the A series amongst others to our findings over here.
The highend Wings,some of the A series and some of the HM series can be either basicaly.

From what we´ve gathered tho it is EITHER Matsumoku OR Yamaki.

Yamaki in general,from what it seems,more often involved in the highend builds.

If you search this forum for "Daion" you´ll see a prime example of what Yamaki was capable of in it´s heyday.
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Post by Lunatech78 Tue Aug 17, 2010 12:18 am

Thanks for the tip, I checked out some of the Daion posts. Very impressive, now I have a few more to add to my wish list.

Just curious, are there any identifying marks inside the A-15 that would tell me where it was made?
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Post by Racing Tue Aug 17, 2010 5:01 am

No not really.
You spot a Yamaki vs a Mat on the little stuff.
Like the shade of the caps and stuff like that.
TMK Yamaki for instance didn´t use the Mat typical philips set screw underneath the neckpup,but this on the other hand is NOT a rule.

In general,from what i´ve concluded,most of the lower digit A series and Wings were made by Mat and the other way around for a couple of yrs around the break of the 80s.
After that it was all Mat.

For instance all the neckthroguh A20s i´ve seen have been Yamaki.
Friend of mine stopped by with a SC equipped A15 a while back and that was clearly Mat.

Most Falcon and Hawk at least were Yamaki at one point while Ravens were mostly Mat.

Daion in turn was Yamakis housebrand very much like Westone was Mats.

If you want me to i´m sure i can muster a couple of examples of various Washburns in this case as i´ve both owned a few and in turn worked on others.
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