1979 Kawai F-1 Jr Vintage Neck Through Electric Guitar, Stainless Steel 24 Fret, Japan

Up for sale, a 1979 Kawai F-I Jr. in excellent, 100% original condition and in perfect working order. This rare, expertly-crafted Kawai clearly takes its design cues from Alembic, featuring neck-through construction with a five-piece maple/mahogany neck, mahogany body wings, and a 24-fret rosewood fretboard with stainless steel frets.

The double cream bobbin humbuckers offer a combination of clarity, power, and tonal breadth. The neck position is full-sounding, and the bridge is exceedingly detailed and authoritative. Each humbucker also has a dedicated “Triple Sound” mini toggle coil tap for single coil sparkle and spank (the second and third positions tap the second coil to varying degrees). Weighing 8lbs 3oz, this F-I Jr. has been professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and spot-on intonation.

Neck Specs:

-Wood: Maple/mahogany (five-piece)
-Shape: Medium C, measuring .850” 1st fret, .945” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Rosewood slab, 24-fret, 10” radius
-Frets: Medium jumbo, stainless steel
-Scale Length: 24 3/4”
-Nut: 1 5/8”
-Tuners: Gotoh
-Serialization: 9-prefix

Body Specs:

-Wood: Mahogany
-Pickups: Humbucker x2, both ~7.1k ohms
-Controls: Volume x2, Tone, “Triple Sound” three-way coil tap mini-toggle x2, three-way Pickup selector toggle
-Hardware: “Harmonica”-style Tune-o-Matic bridge, stopbar
-Plastics: Strat-style knobs, cream pickup surrounds and switch tip

The gloss Natural finish shows only a bit of pick scuffing on top and some minor dings on the back and lower bout perimeter. The gloss on the neck profile is smooth and clean.

A gigbag is included.