Offered for sale;
Used c1976 Univox U1987 “Gimme” serial number 1028268.
This guitar is in good condition, neck and frets are fine. Cosmetically showing playing time without abuse.
These Univox “traditional” style guitars, (not mentioning names), are really quite nice instruments. There is something very cool about this guitar. That it was produced in the Matsumoku factory, which is renowned for quality, absolutely matters. This is a great playing and sounding instrument.
The body is a “pancake “style construction and the neck is a multi-ply bolt-on, the pickups sound great, it’s got a “vibe.”
In the early 1960s the Unicord Corporation, a manufacturer of electronic transformers, purchased the Amplifier Corporation of America of Westbury, New York. They began marketing a line of amplifiers under the name of "Univox". The company was purchased by Gulf+Western in 1967. Guitar making operations moved to Japan in 1975 where they continued making guitars until 1982. Production under the Univox name was halted after a fire at the Matsumoku factory. After this time instruments were made in Korea under the name "Westbury". The Unicord Corporation was purchased by Korg in 1985, effectively ending the line for good.
This is a cool guitar, own one before the legal eagles stop allowing advertising of these!
Includes gig bag.
“We carefully inspect every instrument when we buy it and bring it up to our standards before we offer it for sale. We also do a full set up before we ship. If you decide to purchase this guitar, please let us know what gauge strings you prefer.”
GUITAR SPECS:
Year: c1976
Serial number: 1028268
Body: Multi-ply wood
Neck: Multi-ply maple
Finish: Ebony
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Scale Length: 25.5”
Number of Frets: 22
Bridge: Tune-O-Matic style
Pickups: Univox humbucking
Controls: Volume, volume, tone, tone, 3-way pickup selector switch
Width at Nut: 5/8”
Radius: 9.5”
Weight: 9.6 lbs.
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