bruce919

I figure the Soldano IR pedal is next from the Freidman group.

I didn't realize that store was still in Business. I stopped in regularly in the 90's. they always had a great selection. The front of the store was always filled with piles of Silverfaced and Blackfaced Fender amps. I will have to stop in next time in that area.

That is the Tortoise Watson in Progress.

Facebook market place you get the endless "is this still available" messages . that say nothing else. Sold some odds stuff on there but am hesitant to post any guitar gear.

In the 90's and early 2000's you could pick those up dirt cheap. Now they are crazy money.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/405703695638?_trksid=p2332490.c102020.m5276

The pickguard cover up the hole. The wood all around the toggle switch is broken away. It all jagged around the switch.

The wood around toggle switch is broken away. So there is a hole around the toggle switch.

The HFC needs to do a Chibson run of them!! question is should we use particle board for the top or just Formica ? og and the color ?

I will refer to them as Double "hype" bobbins.

I talked with Alpep about these several years back. I think the same CNC was used but it was all put together on the Ovation side of the factory. I know Jol had some input on the design. The neck looks to be one piece as well, so it breaks with the Hamer three piece neck assembly.

The factory already had a CNC program for Special FM guitars. The CNC didn't care if it had a Maple top or just plain Mahogany . There may have been a setting for cutting speed. We all know with Hamers, even if it was not on the price list that year many variants got made. It could just have been a dealer tell a sales rep. I wish those specials came with Humbuckers instead of P-90's, ya, we can do that... I've seen a hand full of 90's era Specials with stock Humbuckers.

Is that the Standard that has the Newport Orange sparkle finish? If so, I saw it at one of the HFC Jams at Muse Cafe.

I got a Nux Queen of Tone last year. Half Klon clone & half BB each with two modes. You can also stack them in different orders as well. I dig it.

it not a neck thru build. It just a set neck so it a Firebird Studio with mini humbuckers. It a costing cutting model. The neck thru is what made the FB different.