This is my '76 Shergold Masquerader which I've had since 1978 and will never sell.
Shergold were a small English maker in the '70s and early 80's. Its a bit quirky, with wild switching with coils cuts and out of phase options on both pickups, excellent slim hand-carved maple neck with zero fret, and unusually large humbuckers.
The sound is very clear and clean - great for fingerstyle and light overdrive.
At the time, I could afford the masq, or
a not very good Strat copy and I made the right choice.
John