Maison RE-480 electric guitar

Description

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After much deliberation, I'm offering my Maison RE-480 guitar, rarer than a white raven, for trade. What I could find out about the brand is that in 1975, a small Korean manufactory started producing guitars under this brand name until the 90s, then they changed their name, but the company still produces guitars to this day and their instruments are still handmade. Specifications:

- Alder body, ergonomic design
- Extremely comfortable, 24-fret, satin maple neck with rosewood fretboard, wide, flat jumbo frets, transitioning gradually from a fuller C-profile to a flat D-profile towards the upper frets.
- Licensed Under Floyd-Rose Patents tremolo, not the locking type but the rear-loading one, which is virtually indestructible (the guitar is at least 25 years old, the Floyd is flawless). It does not go out of tune even with intense tremolo use.
- Its electronics (including pickups) were completely rewired by Master Yogi a week ago, a 0.022mF Orange Drop capacitor was added to the tone pot. The single coil is original, but the humbucker has been replaced with a 15.9 kOhm, splittable German Rockinger Troublemaker, which can be split left or right with a microswitch, so you can choose whether the outer or inner coil is active. Manufacturer's website:

www.rockinger.com

Overall, it's a well-thought-out, precisely built guitar with a versatile sound, especially at home in rock, blues, or metal genres, but its clean tones are also beautiful. It's in nice, well-maintained condition for its age, with a few minor signs of use visible in the pictures.

I would part with it with a heavy heart, but since I need a more serious looper pedal, I am only interested in a trade or trade-in for that, or it is for sale at the advertised price. A Telecaster of similar price and quality might also be of interest.