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Masashi Hara's Guitar #2    back to #1


1950s fender statocaster 1960 fender telecaster
1958 Fender Stratocaster
(56' maple neck)

Body: solid alder (3-tone sunburst).
Jim Dunlop 6100 frets.
Kluson tuners .

Original handwound Fender pickups set high to offset the shallow neck pocket.
Half-locked glued-back synchronized tremolo arm.
Standard five way selector switch. 		1960 Fender Telecaster

Body: solid alder (3-tone sunburst).
Neck: brazilian rosewood fingerboard on maple.

Strings action set high for slide guitar performance
Masashi uses heavy Dadario strings, 0.11 - 0.52.

See a Quicktime video clip of Masashi wielding axe here

Hyper Guitars, Shinjuku, is Masashi's favorite guitar store.

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