1990's Edwards Japan (by Navigator) E-LP-95C Ken Signature Model Les Paul Custom

1990's Edwards Japan (by Navigator) E-LP-95C Ken Signature Model Les Paul CustomEdwards Guitars is the subsidiary of ESP Guitars (or in this case Navigator like many of the earlier ones) that creates high quality Japanese made instruments for very reasonable prices. This is an artist model designed in collaboration with Ken Yokohama. This one came to us from a professional session musician and has a few mods but has been looked after by professional techs for many years. Medium C mahogany neck profile with a rosewood fingerboard,

truss functions and the neck is straight

the AST95 is every ST lovers dream come true

This is a late 90's model made in Korea by Samick

weighs just over 4kg's

Made by Aria Pro II in the mid 00's

22 frets with a 648mm scale length and 43mm nut width

Was used as one of my workshop guitars for testing pedals for a year or two

628mm scale length with nice big frets

Fresher guitars were built in the famous Matsumoto region of Japan throughout the 1970's and were sold by Kyowa (responsible for importing Charvel

vibrato and sustain buttons

Given a full setup and service prior to listing

It's a custom shop order from the Fujigen factory made in 1991 that was designed to emulate the looks of a walnut/rosewood in a more practical form