![]() ![]() ![]() Louis Music as the Product Manager and part of the marketing team to begin MPC project. Matsumoku has made many popular guitar brands over the years including Aria, Westbury, Westone, Epiphone, Vantage & Vox to name but a few. We have already discussed this company in detail if you would like to refer to an earlier post. The Electra guitars with MPC models were made by Matsumoku of Matsumoku, Japan. These unusual Electra guitars were imported from Japan by the Saint Louis Music aka SLM from 1971 to 1984. The upper knobs controlled volume/tone and the lower two controlled the effects level and attack. The four potentiometers were lined up in a row. There were twin toggle switches on the guitars body to turn on or off the modules. Instead of a toggle switch found on the upper bout of a Les Paul, there was a rotary switch to control which combinations of pickups/effects were turned on. I could not believe how many Les Paul owners and owners of other respectable instruments traded these guitars in for an Electra MPC Les Paul style guitar.Įach guitar held two effects modules and a nine volt battery in a body compartment. ![]() The guitar's distributor was more than happy to send a demonstrator to perform one night. Tim Keller, the owner, had built up a respectable business. Around 1977 Keller Music, the local store in my town began to offer a new guitar brand called the Electra MPC. ![]()
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