1980s Fernandes FV-85MS Michael Schenker Flying V 100% Original, Japan Matsumoku

Up for sale, a 1980's Fernandes FV-85MS Michael Schenker-style Flying V in excellent, 100% original condition and in perfect working order, complete with the original fitted faux leather gigbag. Commissioned by parent company Fernandes, this Flying V is a rare, Japanese-made iteration of Schenker's iconic two-tone Flying V produced at the Matsumoku factory, identifiable by its lack of a headstock logo, brass nut, and wide dot spacing at the 12th fret. Loaded with a pair of PAF-style humbuckers, the guitar interacts well with high gain, providing plenty of chunk and power for cutting, thick riffs. The guitar has a bold natural projection, and the warmth and midrange qualities of the solid mahogany construction translates well through the pickups. The guitar is featherweight at 6lbs 11oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, comfortable action, and solid intonation.The neck has a deep, chunky '50s-style C-shaped profile carve at the nut with round shoulders, quickly filling out with even more substance as you travel up the fretboard, measuring .885" deep at the 1st fret and .975" at the 12th. The thick slab rosewood fretboard features pearl dot inlay and pristine stock jumbo fretwire. The guitar plays effortlessly in all registers up the straight neck with an ideally adjusted and responsive truss rod. The scale length is 24 3/4“, and the brass nut measures 1 9/16“ in width, increasing the top end articulation, sustain, and note attack. On the headstock, the original chrome Schaller-style tuners with metal buttons are intact, as well as a two-tone truss rod cover.  All of the electronics function as intended, with the humbucker pair wired to original full-size pots and a Volume/Volume/Tone control configuration. The Gotoh hardware includes the original chrome-plated bridge and stopbar tailpiece, and the original white plastic Strat-style knobs are present too. The pickguard matches the body's two-tone aesthetics, showing only a bit of requisite pick scuffing across the strum path. There is light yellowing of the clear coat on the white half of the instrument, and cosmetic wear is limited to scattered faint finish scratches and scuffs in the gloss on the body. The neck profile finish is remarkably clean with just a few minuscule marks that are not distracting to the palm.The original fitted faux leather gigbag is included.