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Seems more like a like a Chap than a Cali to me.

I had no idea that was a cover! I have never seen Sweet live but was lucky enough to see The Atomic Playboys live once at Toad's place in New Haven CT.

My main amp is a GK MB212-II combo and I am very happy with it. The 2-12 setup gives me everything I want and the whole rig only weighs 41 pounds. I think the 12" is a perfect compromise of the low end of a 15" and the snap of a 10". I am a fan of the "modern" GK sound and this does that well, I am not sure how it would be if you are going for more of a vintage sound. The only gripe I could see is if you want an effects loop since this doesn't have one. I sometimes run an Pod Go before mine and do not miss the effects loop.

I absolutely love the way this thread derailed!

Steinberger. I greatly appreciate that for small companies (compared to Fender and Gibon) Hamer and Steinberger did a good job of offering left handed versions of their instruments.

I read this one and really enjoyed it. Not too much detail on the music (playing) side of things but lots of detail on the music industry aspects of things. Noel does a good job of trying to tell the story fairly which is impressive since it could have easily been a "this is why these guys are jerks" rant.

Strange indeed!

Extra funny given that it's literally printed all over the guitar! 🙂

It's the red knobs on the one on the left that make them sound different! 🙂

If Evel Knievel played a Tele it would look like that!

Awesome work! I have no idea how accurate your sunburst is or isn't in Fender terms but I can say I definitely like it better than most Fender sunbursts I see.

Cool to see builds like this! It took me a while to figure out what the slots were in the Strat body template.

Oh my that is beautiful!

I'm liking these! What's the reason for drawing the control cavity (I assume) on the top?

If you make a guitar called "Pinky" can "The Brain" be far behind? :-)

Or a lighter where the flame shoots from his mouth. :-)

I have the exact same Godzilla figure guarding my beer fridge in the garage! :-)

Glad to see somebody here got that one. When it popped up on ebay I knew I would be left in the dust when the bidding was over. That and the first run of Shiskov's are two times when I really wish I had started a reserve guitar fund for emergencies like this. Sometimes I just have to step back and count myself lucky for having the ones I do have, especially my yellow lefty Chap Sustainer which is already pretty much my dream guitar. Not that I won't still be jonesing over that Vintage-S and your Red Cali! :-)

The humbuckers and single coils didn't always match shade even when new and they all seem to fade. These look a little faded but a lot of them are far worse.

Price is a bit high but in my very non-expert opinion a few things warrant it: It seems to be a bigger problem on the pink and yellow ones but a lot of them look washed out by now, both the paint and the pickups. This one must not have seen much UV because it looks good and bright plus the paint looks to be pretty ding free - at least as much as you can tell from crappy CL pics. Fretboard is clean And most important of all it still has the trem hand rest plate. BTW: I have lusted for a desert yellow JEM since I saw the first add. Another time when it's very frustrating to be left handed.

Perfect!

A work of art (in more than one way)!

Also there are supposedly a lot of EPA type hurdles to opening a tube factory and that has killed off attempts to open a US based tube factory. There was a time when that would have probably just meant that somebody would open a factory in Mexico where you could avoid EPA concerns but I think the NAFTA agreement put an end to that.

Listening now - thanks for sharing!

Wow! I love how the binding hasn't yellowed, must not have been around much smoke or sunlight over the years.