Extraordinary rare! It is! Showa headway HD-407 of phantom! It is!From the certainty of making it, sound quality, scarcity of the number of productions, etc. It is a particularly popular headway among Japan vintage.This time, such a rare Showa headway arrived in the 35-style illusion of HD-407 that did not even appear in the catalog!Spruce veneer TOP, rosewood plywood SIDE, rosewood veneer BACK (3 piece), mahogany NECK, ebony fingerboard & bridge, 43 mm nut, 646 mm scale dreadnought.It is a model conscious of D - 35, such as fingerboard binding and 3 piece back. There is no other model conscious of 35 at Showa headway, probably it seems to be one prototype type one towards a significant model change around 80's.And surprising is bracing! While taking the body of non-scallop · bracing, it is inferred that the scraping toward the edge is long and deep, aiming at a kind of scallop / bracing-like effect.I think that I pursued 35 sweet and gentle sound characters to become a headway. Headway is terrible! It is!That sound is surely a bit different from the powerfully bold sound common to Showa Headway, it gets groaned with a sense of overtone like soft bouncy.It is a clear sound different from Martin's 35, but I can admire how it interprets 35 sounds in the headway flow.The rise of the sound is quick, while the sound like a headway is fairly loud, while the middle low-range feeling a little bit and the harmonic overtones rich flavor of the treble is added plus, finishing to a distinctive attractive sound which can only be output by this model It is done.Of course, it is an almighty sound that combines feeling of harmonics with brightness and harmony which can be used enough even with a finger!Condition of the instruments, TOP is sunburned, there is a reasonable aged feeling, but there are no scratches or damage that is prominent prominently, and it keeps the most beautiful condition!Small scratches There are scratches scattered, but it can be said that it is a very good condition as an instrument made nearly 40 years ago. Pegs are probably exchanged for globber pegs in recent years, from original globber type original origin headway origin.Neck condition is also good and straight, the current string height is on the 12 frets on the 6th string side 2.4mm, on the 1st string side about 1.8mm it is very easy to play setting.There is still room in the saddle, so you can fine-tune further the chord height. There are also places where the frets are slightly reduced, but even at the point where they are the most reduced, more than 80% of the original height remains.Once you get it in your hand, it is a gem without a doubt that you will be amazed at the height of its quality!The case comes with a general-purpose hard case.SN: 2156