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H.S. Anderson Introduces the Vintage Re-issue Mad Cat Guitar

Most famous as the main guitar of Prince, who’s been using a Hohner-branded H.S. Anderson Mad Cat since the early ‘80s, original Mad Cats are a highly sought after, well-kept secret.

Nagano, Japan (October 19, 2012) – Japanese instruments played an important role in the history of modern pop music. Iconic items like the Tube screamer, the TR-808 and TB-303, the SG2000, the JEM, the recording 9000, the CP-70 etc. all helped shaping the sound of decades.

European distributor Amptec is proud to announce the return of a legendary Japanese instrument, the H.S. Anderson Mad Cat, after 30 years of absence. Most famous as the main guitar of Prince, who’s been using a Hohner-branded H.S. Anderson Mad Cat since the early ‘80s, original Mad Cats are a highly sought after, well-kept secret.

The upcoming Vintage Re-issue Mad Cat was developed with close attention to detail and it captures the feel and sound of the original guitars, without some of its issues. Tuning stability, reliability and noise were all improved, thanks to decades of experience in handcrafting guitars, almost 40 years after the original Mad Cat was released in 1973.

The H.S. Anderson Vintage Re-issue Mad Cat will be sold exclusively in Europe, in very small quantities. Both right-handed and left-handed models will be available.

Specifications:
- Vintage Correct Re-issue of the original 1970’s H.S. Anderson / Hohner Mad Cats
- Handmade in Japan
- Walnut / Ash / Maple body construction
- All maple neck, 21 frets, C-shape
- 42,8mm nut width
- 240R (9,4”) Radius
- 2mm (0,0787”) x 1mm (0,0394”) vintage frets
- 2 string retainers
- Gotoh GTC102 Hardtail Bridge, Callaham USA vintage bent-steel saddles (also included are extra Gotoh modern type saddles), 10,5mm string spacing
- Gotoh SG360 Machine Heads, 1:14 gear ratio
- Bill Lawrence USA S1 & S3 vintage pickups
- 1 volume control, 1 tone control, 3-way switch
- Polyurethane lacquer, custom made for Moridaira
- Unique headstock shape
- Pearloid H.S. Anderson logo
- Stamped serial nr on back of headstock
- Leopard pickguards and black body binding
- SKB-66 case with full-length neck support
- Left-handed available at an extra charge, but with black headstock logo
- Exclusive model for Europe, only available thru Amptec

For more information:
www.madcatguitars.com


     

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Paul
on 03/20/2013 		where can buy this one?? how much
haroldmckee@ yaho
on 03/04/2013 		I have an original for sale, not super condition, but plays great. WOuld love one of these copies plus cash.or just cash.
Don Myers
on 10/24/2012 		I had an original one in the 70s-80s, foolishly modified it, then sold it. Best tone control of any guitar I've ever had or built. I've wanted one badly for 30 years. Don't think I'm up for $3K, when the originals were $600 LIST, but this is a classic, well worth the effort. I wonder if there are any plans to reintroduce the A-2 model, which was an original HS Anderson creation.
Dany
on 10/24/2012 		They were only made for a couple of years, Prince made them famous only a couple of years later. Stellar guitars, I have one from '79. Very rare and difficult to find (they sell for up to 6000$), so a re-issue is actually very good news imho. The electronics are like a hardtail strat, so it doesn't sound like a tele by the way. The dynamics are better than any other guitar I ever played.
Mike
on 10/24/2012 		yawn, another tele copy. It's not the 1950's anymore...
Bobcat
on 10/24/2012 		Dan, try one out then get back to me, my mate had one years ago and I kept trying to buy it off him... Stonking guitar and I really don't like the Tele styling..
Toby
on 10/22/2012 		I wanna get one.
Dan
on 10/22/2012 		Does anyone understand the guitar industry? If all these reissue guitars weren't good enough to keep making back then why are they all worth making now?



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