Washburn Falcon ”Wing Series” tobacco sunburst -79 serial 791093, beg. (Stockholm)

Very Good condition, 7,5/10, Made in Japan, archtop with neck through, both pickup rings have cracks but function well, original knobs, made by Yamaki (Daion), including black original hardcase with logo on the lid, from online:

”Falcon, model B.

Manufacturer: probably Yamaki

Years Offered: 1979 - 1982

Body: arched top, double cutaway, bound edges

Body Wood(s): ash, rosewood or maple top, also top layer on headstock with bound edges.

Neck Wood: 5 piece, maple-rosewood, neck-through

Fingerboard: ebony, brass ring inlays, bound edges

Frets: 22Scale: 630 mmTuners: Washburn “deluxe”, sealed, 3xR, 3xL

Pickups: 2x “Washburn Power Sustain” humbucker, two height adjustment screws on top side.

Electronics: 2xV, 2xT, 3-way pickup selector, push-pull coil-split on both volume controls.

Bridge-Tailpiece: Washburn “Harmonic Lock”, string through body

Hardware: chrome, brass saddles, brass nut

Finish: tobacco brown with rosewood top, blonde with rosewood top, blonde with blonde maple top, cherry sunburst with maple top, tobacco sunburst with maple top, candy apple red with maple top.

Comment: control cavity (squary shape) and trussrod cover made of wood, jack input on the side of the guitar, serial nr. is 5 or 6 digits only, stamped on back of headstock. This model is the most common version of the Falcon. The last (1982) run of B-model guitars have the name Falcon printed in italic on the (plastic) trussrod cover, the electronics cover is made of aluminium and the guitars have a caved comfort cutaway backside like the B-model Eagle. ”