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Heeere Kitty Kitty!
The New Madcats are Purrrrfect! This baby comes complete with a commemorative plate engraved with Prince’s insignia and dates of birth and death.  Honor Prince by playing his favorite guitar.

Buy now – it is selling quickly!

Paper in Oil Capacitor Just perfect.

Specs:
Tortoise pick guard
Neck-9.5 Radius Maple with skunk stripe
Frets- Med. Jumbo Nickel Alloy
Nut 1-5/8
‘”C” Profile
Quality Vintage Style ST pick ups with push back wire leads
Paper in oil cap .47
Die Cast bullet proof 3-way switch
Chrome sealed Tuners ( similar to Gotoh)
Flamed maple Top and Back, Ash core, solid
with walnut strip running down the middle.
Maple Neck
Serial numbered

See who bought one (below).

Tomas Nevergreen

Another Happy Cat customer! Check him out at http://www.nevergreen.com/

Madcat History

Moridaira History

The Moridaira Guitar company has been building quality handcrafted instruments in Nagano, Japan for a long time. Mr. Toshio Moridaira, the founder, was the first distributor in Japan to carry both Fender® and Gibson lines. In 1964, due to his working relationship with Gibson, Mr. Moridaira was able to visit the Gibson factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan. An employee at Gibson nicknamed him “Mori” at that time. In 1967, he founded the Morris Guitars company. He named it Morris, taken from the nickname given to him a while back. Morris produced copies of dreadnought and small jumbo models based on Martin and Gibson designs. To this day, Moridaira’s main production are Morris acoustic guitars.

Moridaira’s philosophy has always been to keep a continuing dialogue with musicians, and combined with the company’s expertise in acoustic sound technology, know-how in woods and electronics to produce instruments which push the boundaries.

Moridaira has been a leader in development with its fresh ideas and will continue pursuing the possibilities of creating new sounds with our superior technology and close contact to the artists, hereby contributing to the creation and the development of music.

Mad Cat History

In 1973, the H.S. Anderson brand was launched by Moridaira, and one of the employees Mr. Shiino Hidesato (HS) designed what would become an iconic guitar, the Mad Cat.

While most Japanese companies in the ‘70s produced copies from famous US-models, the Mad Cat was something completely unique. The body construction was based around a walnut center strip, with sen ash sides and tiger maple top and bottom.

The hardware and pickups were not what people would normally associate with a tele-type guitar, but is more similar to a hardtail strat-style guitar, and the unique leopard-style pickguards further distinguished the Mad Cat.

A little over 500 Mad Cats were made during the ‘70s, including a small batch made OEM for Hohner USA with a Hohner logo in the H.S. Anderson style.

Pop artist Prince discovered one of these rare guitars early on in his career, and used it live and on countless hit-records like Purple Rain, 1999, Controversy, etc. for over 30 years now.

Original vintage ‘70s Mad Cats are very rare and hard to find guitars, sought after by numerous collectors.

Testimonial:

Ben Petrik – “I can’t thank you enough for the awesome job you did on this guitar for me.  People constantly think this is prince’s actual guitar.  My response:  “Nope–it’s better”‘.