NGD: 1975 Electra Super Rock

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:22 pm

I bought this a few weeks before Christmas but I didn't finish cleaning it up 'til now. It's a 1975 Electra Super Rock. Matsumoku I believe.
I'd been wanting a Les Paul for quite a while but I wasn't willing (or able) to go in the hole for the kind of money that Gibson wants for one.
So,I'd been looking at copies. Edwards, Greco, Tokai, etc... but, they were still just out of my price range. Then I ran across this one on ebay and I remembered a friend having one back in high school and it being pretty nice.
This one was all original except for a missing pickguard. I replaced the bridge when it arrived because two of the plastic saddles were busted during shipping. I would have probably replaced them anyway so it wasn't a big deal. It plays like a dream and definitely has that Les Paul sound. It sounds great on old Aerosmith, Kiss, Alice Cooper type stuff.

Here's a picture from the ebay auction. Over 30 years of grime still on it.

crumpler · Post by **crumpler** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:28 pm

she cleaned up nicely.

love those 70's LP copies for ballz out RAWK.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 8:48 pm

oh boy thats cool, nice buy.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:00 pm

Don't know if it's just the lighting or flash or what, but that guitar looks like a million bucks in your photo, and maybe like $200 in the auction photo.

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:19 pm

Thanks! It was really dirty when I got it. It literally had 30+ years of grime on it.

Pacafeliz · Post by **Pacafeliz** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:35 pm

NICE!

i'm usually a les paul hater, until i found this Kasuga (set neck!) this year!

i think it has the same bridge pup... those are friggin' A!!!

Pat.

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:13 pm

Very nice guitar Pat. It looks like an Ibanez "Tree Of Life" LP with the fancy neck inlays.