Anatomy of a faker..

[johnallg]

Thanks, Russ. It is a straight rod with an oblong t-type nut thingy in a rectangular recess.

[Mr.Mow]

Thanks, Russ. It is a straight rod with an oblong t-type nut thingy in a rectangular recess.

Ohhh, technical term!!

[bassassin]

Really interesting to get a close look at this. I have a bolt-neck copy from the same manufacturer & it's intriguing to get a look at the details & differences. Excuse me for being a bit of a JapCrap fanboi here but I'm always impressed by the care & attention to detail one finds in Japanese instruments of this era, despite the fact they were basically mass-produced budget copies.

Anyway, a bit of info, if anyone's interested: Heerby was a Japan-only sub-brand of Kasuga Gakki, a little-known but good quality Japanese manufacturer. You won't find many Heerbys outside of Japan, but Kasuga exported under their own brand & also built for a variety of other names. The Electra Corsair faker mentioned in this thread was built by Kasuga.

The Grovers on this are genuine - Japanese copy ones are unbranded, like all "lawsuit era" products, they were copies, not counterfeits. A lot of hardware on MIJ copies was generic - for example the same toaster & bridge pups as these appear on several other manufacturers' products too, likewise the bridge with its chrome saddles.

Anyway, a very uncommon copy, that, and an intertesting example.

Jon