oldskoolrulz

I saw the initial post 20 mins after it was posted, then proceeded to pace around for the next hour trying to determine if I should buy in or not. Bottom line, timing just wasnt there for me in regards to wanting/needing another guitar. Probably a bad decision but one I had to make

how freakin' cool is this? congrats to all involved, cannot wait to see the end results!

i've been eyeballin' that GOO Monaco III for months, seems like a helluva guitar for the $. I live and grew up close to Nashville, so the GOO theme has some relevance to me I guess. if $ wasn't the issue at the moment, I would seriously consider this one my next guitar purchase...

Very sorry to hear the news, best of luck to all that are effected by FMIC's unfortunate decision...

i've seen you post the 'looks bored' statement a few times, and i guess i'm trying to figure out why a 'fuck-face' has anything to do with this kid's or anyone else's talent/ability? when i'm watching someone play the hell out of their guitar, I rarely think to myself "man i wish they were doing the fuck-face a little more it's ruining the whole vibe for me" i get your point, just doesn't seem to be relevant in this situation. again, my humble opinion...

if that's bored, then I prefer that over strange facial contortions any day and that fact that she is smooth as silk also and made zero mistakes, excellent playing all day long in my humble opinion!

The ironic part is I've always blamed my limited lead playing ability on my small hands. After watching this video, that theory has officially been blown out of the water

why yes, I guess I can

wow, some absolutely amazing Hamers in this thread! most here have seen it but thought i'd throw my willcutt custom standard in the mix

Still enjoy listening to Alive! every once in a while, that album cover is still the coolest picture of Kiss out there imho

So I paid a visit to murkat today to let him check out the twins and to also do a p/u swap in the HB model, went with dimarzio 36th ann PAF's for both neck and bridge to be as period correct as possible. also swapped out the knobs for black gibson speed knobs, just like on the early models in the late 70's. my goal was to make it as close to the original as possible, i think it turned out most excellent

not a prob, just make sure to give a little notice

Yep, the bridge is a Dimarzio 36th Anniversary PAF and I believe he said the neck was a SD '59 which is original to the guitar? would have preferred the it had all original equipment but wasn't a deal breaker, may end up doing a p/u swap at some point anyway on that one...

A few other tidbits: these were made in 2006, not 2007 but no biggie there. the humbucker model has been played more and shows some minor wear, but again not a big deal and I am planning on playing them both anyway. the p90 model is almost nos, not a blem that i can find. also, no COA's or paperwork with these, not sure why the seller would not have gotten any but they are the real deal so i'm not gonna sweat that either... hope to get some better pics at some point, but these will have to do for now

FIrst of all, I'm sure there were others here wanting these and all I can say is sorry, I went after them pretty aggressively by offering the seller his asking price PLUS PP fees and shipping. After a couple of exchanges via PM, I knew it was meant to be when I discovered the seller only lived 45 minutes from me! Then we spoke via phone call around lunch today, and after that conversation the deal was pretty much done... So we made arrangements for me to come to the seller's house this evening to check out the guitars, cash in hand. After getting there we took a few minutes to talk, and then it was time to see the goods after a few more minutes of discussing how he came about them, I could tell that this was truly tough on him letting 'em go so I did make a vow, and that was if I were to need to sell at some point down the road myself that I would give him first shot at getting them back. Felt it was the least I could do, and I will keep my word on that... Ok, that's my story and I'm sticking to it! Getting a little late to do much jammin' tonight, but plan on playing them both after a fresh string change tomorrow evening. And of course my camera batteries were dead, so they are charging now and I will put up some pics here in a few...