X120
See Spectrum I entry
X125
Production
Matsumoku to Jan 1987, Mid 1986 to early 1987
Description
Similar shape to the 1985-6 Spectrum guitars, but without the beveled edge where your right elbow rests.
Single bridge mounted humbucker, volume control (No tone control) and Fender style tremolo.
Given that it has a UBC (unbalanced coil) pickup, which were designed to overcome the inherent 50% volume drop when an ordinary humbucker is coil-tapped, it’s puzzling why there’s no coil tap switch, unless they were trying to produce an entry-level instrument as cheaply as possible.
Specs
- Tek Glide II trem
-one Magnaflux pickup
-oiled neck
Info from the August 1986 US pricelist – this model does not appear in any of our other price lists.
It’s name in the August 1986 price list is Spectrum Basic – this name was later used for the X120 (AKA Spectrum I and Spectrum Special)
- The X125 appears in the 1987 German catalogue.
-Maple body
-Hard Maple oiled neck
-Rosewood fingerboard
-graphite nut
-65cm
-25.5 inch scale
-22 frets
Strat-type trem, chrome hardware, single volume control and a Magnaflux I UBC pickup, available only in black.
Update May 2012:
This beautiful white example courtesy of Forum member Gittarasaurus (Mike).
The spring cover is missing on this black example, and the tremolo arm isn’t original.
