Sunday, September 23, 2007, 10:47 AM
- Models
Set neck LP copy, natural finish flamed maple top, maple fretboard with trapezoid inlays, gold hardware, 5-way tone spectrum selector knob (see MPC guitars for details)The Omega was the first Electra to carry the 5-way tone spectrum knob designed by Tom Presley that would later become a trademark of the MPC guitars. Headstock was open-book shape in 76 and fan shape for all other years.
Like most Electras with a fan-shaped headstock, the Omega is believed to be made by Matsumoku.
From the 1977 catalog:
Jarkki from Finland sends these pictures of his beautiful X230:
Note that this example has a 3-way switch instead of a 5-way selector knob. This is a fairly common variation, as many people didn't want the extra options. Sometimes people replaced it themselves, but it seems to have come that way from the factory sometimes too.
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Sunday, September 23, 2007, 10:42 AM
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Set neck LP copy, black with rosewood fretboard, gold hardware, 5-way tone spectrum selector knob (see MPC guitars for details)The Omega was the first Electra to carry the 5-way tone spectrum knob designed by Tom Presley that would later become a trademark of the MPC guitars. Headstock was open-book shape in 76 and fan shape for all other years.
Like most Electras with a fan-shaped headstock, the Omega was believed to be made by Matsumoku.
From the 1977 catalog:
Sunday, September 23, 2007, 10:33 AM
- Models
Set neck LP copy, black with rosewood fretboard, gold hardware, 5-way tone spectrum selector knob (see MPC guitars for details)The Omega was the first Electra to carry the 5-way tone spectrum knob designed by Tom Presley that would later become a trademark of the MPC guitars. Headstock was open-book shape in 76 and fan shape for all other years. In 1982 the X110 was redesigned with a slightly different body shape:
Like most Electras with a fan-shaped headstock, the Omega is believed to be made by Matsumoku.
From the 1977 catalog:
From the 1981 pricelist:
Sunday, September 23, 2007, 10:25 AM
- Models
Bolt neck LP copy with flamed maple top, antique sunburst finish, rosewood faced headstock, and gold hardware. The X110 is one of a very few cases of confusion where the same model number was applied to two different guitars: X110PW and X110NA were single-pickup versions of the Electra Phoenix, a bolt-neck double cutaway quite unlike the rock strad.
From the 1977 catalog:
Sunday, September 23, 2007, 10:16 AM
- Models
Bolt neck LP copy with transparent Ivory finish, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, gold hardware, and a rotary selector switch for series/parallel and phase reverse options. This is a later variant of the White Zephyr, with a lovely finish.
From the 1981 pricelist:
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