1970's Heerby Japan (by Kasuga) LS-500BS Les Paul Standard (Brown Sunburst)

1970's Heerby Japan (by Kasuga) LS-500BS Les Paul Standard (Brown Sunburst)Made by Kasuga in the 1970's, the LS 500BS was a Les Paul Standard model sold under the well respected Heerby brand in Japan. Pancake mahogany construction with a slim 60's mahogany neck and a 22 fret rosewood fingerboard, it weighs 4kg's. Original Maxon humbuckers and Japanese hardware with a replacement knob set. Good overall condition with a small crack at the tuner screw on the headstock, no movement and no structural issues. The frets are shiny

rock solid and smooth to touch

Loaded with a set of BurstBucker humbucking pickups

This one dates to 1988 (based on the pot codes) and is built with a basswood body bolted to a maple neck and a factory "Blackmore" style scalloped rosewood fingerboard

Made in the Fujigen factory in 1985

This is one of the initial run of FGM100's that was hand signed by Gambale at the launch event with the signature very faded but still visible on the back plate

Never used

the EP-8 has a slim hollow body set to a solid neck with a sharp deep V profile and 628mm scale length

Neck - Mahogany (Slight V profile)

it's wired with a 5-way blade selector and a master volume knob with push/pull coil split capabilities and a straight-to-output switch that can also operate as a killswitch

combining killer looks with the kind of features you'd normally find on a collector's model

Designed to emulate the looks of a '58 Gibson Les Paul

Loaded with the original factory loaded Dimarzio PAF in the neck position and a Dimarzio DP153 "FRED" in the bridge position along with the original PCB mounted pots and wiring