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This is a 1968 Guitorgan M340 electric guitar in excellent condition original pick guard, knobs, despite it's age there are few very few scratches. It includes volume pedal, special cable, and case. Made in Waco, Texas, U.S.A. Serial number 1319. Information from oddmusic.com: The Guitorgan started out in life as a Univox "Effie", a Gibson ES-335 copy. They were bought in quantity by Musiconics International out of Waco, Texas in 1969 and outfitted with organ parts. Each fret has six segments and when the string makes contact with the fret, the corresponding note sounds. It can be played as guitar, organ or both. It is believed that only about 3000 guitorgans were made. Information from Wikipedia.com: A Guitorgan is an electric guitar with electronic organ components added. Bob Murrell is credited with its invention and Musiconics International (MCI) of Waco, Texas claims to have introduced the world to the Guitorgan. The most critical part of making a Guitorgan is to separate each guitar fret into six segments, creating independent contact switches for each string. The organ notes are keyed when a string touches a specific segment (only the highest fret-segment played on a particular string will sound), thus, making the ground connection necessary for the circuit to produce output. The organ section in a Guitorgan is a 6-note polyphonic circuit, which allows full guitar chords to be played. There is also a button on the Guitorgan's neck that allows the use of open chords. The guitar section always remains playable, but organ notes can be played alone or simultaneously with the guitar. The idea behind being a "Guitorganist" is to use the Guitorgan's expression pedal to creatively and accurately bring the organ in and out of the musical foreground, while playing the guitar at the same time, and vice versa; as if there are actually two separate musicians playing. Murrell worked on converting existing products from the late 1960s. In 1968, he had a significant run of instruments based on semi-hollow body guitars from Japan. The B-300 and M-340 are among the most common examples from this run Not for Sale
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