Yamaha Morales MD-350 Dove Acoustic Guitar w/ L.R.Baggs Element Active VTC 1970s
Description
-Condition: *NOTE there is a crack between the body and the neck. Refer to the last photo for more details.
Used. You may find few scratches from normal use. Please see the photos for more details.
Easy to play even if you have small hands. Also for beginners and women who want to play J vintage! Would you like to step on the first stage with a super-sounding Japan Pintage electric-acoustic guitar?
Morales is especially popular among core Japanese vintage enthusiasts, but this is the rare top veneer Gibson Dove type. Its sound and tone are different from the cheap sounds of other companies that only imitate the appearance.
Before putting it up for sale, the saddle was recently changed to cow bone at a repair workshop. And equipped with L.R.Baggs' Element Active VTC.
Perfect for live performances and street performances!
It is in very good condition, with string heights of 6 strings 2.5 mm and 1 string 2.0 mm. Of course, there is no warping of the neck, no lifting of the neck, and no lifting of the top.
I've acquired over 100 old Japanese guitars, and in a sense you could say this is a journey to find the ultimate guitar. It started out mainly as cheap plywood guitars, but the popular Yamaha Red Label is selling like hotcakes for more than twice the price at the time, even though it's made of plywood. Personally, I feel that the Red Label guitars made in the early 1970s are actually good, but even with those early guitars, I felt that they had a Yamaha sound that was different from the Gibson nuances, so I let them go. Ta.
However, I was very surprised when I got my hands on a couple of Morales guitars with full tone. I think there are individual differences in what makes a good guitar to hold, but even with an all-single-board guitar, I had a very limited experience with how comfortable I felt when I played it.
The sound quality is very well-built with a thick top, and the sound is appealing, with bright highs, volume in the bass, and a well-balanced percussive attack and extension with tight compression. Of course, it is not as high quality as the original Gibson DOVE, but it is by no means inferior in balance, sharpness, and loudness that resonates from the entire body.