Purchased around six months ago from Matsumoku Rocks (a company specialising in vintage Japanese guitars) with the intention of doing a few minor upgrades and gigging with it.

However, I had to wait so long for the custom pickups I ordered (five months) to arrive that I’d purchased another guitar.

The guitar is in great condition and sounds wonderful. As it’s a 40+ year old instrument it has signs of use but nothing major.

I believe I have a trem arm that will fit the guitar so I’ll include this if I can locate it. No case but will be well packaged for shipping.

Description from the company I bought it from:

This is a very rare model - left handers are few and far between.

With its original tobacco-burst finish, and its VIN-54 pick-ups, this is already a fine guitar. We are stocking this as a donor for a DreamBuild upgrade, but would be happy to let it go as it is for the person who falls for its charms.

As it is left-handed, the headstock decals are limited in what they tell us, but had this been right handed, it would have said Strikin' Sound - the mid-range version that for a 20% price hike, could be offered in left handed orientation.

We have given this ST-500L a slight makeover with a new black scratchplate, FS-1 DiMarzios from an ST-600D, and a good set-up, but the potential is here to go further and modernize its delivery. The original parts accompany this guitar.

Body: Ash

Neck: Maple

Bridge: Gotoh Vintage Tremolo

Weight: 4.08kg (9lbs)