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Closest I've ever been to having a Charvel is one of these, Wayne-designed. Interesting guitars. Looks very much like this: Not sure how long he lasted there, or if it was just a contract gig, or what the real story was with them. He certainly had a profound effect on the guitar world. When I worked in a store here like 25 years ago, we had a 'Wayne' guitar that was covered in a shell material. I remember it being rather cool.

I've reached an age where I am starting to plot in my head that at some point in the next couple of years, I need to start doing what you've been doing. 47 guitars (9 Hamers for the scorekeepers) and assorted amps/effects etc all crammed into a one-bedroom condo has been great fun for me, but nothing goes on forever. At least the condo is paid for and I don't 'have to' do anything until I want to.

No my posting is still there... it's titled "Perfect for your Partscaster" (although I accidentally made a double posting & got crucified for it)🤣... I bought 4 of these but bought them through Home Depot when they had a sale "because I also had a 10% military discount" on top of that... I think they're absolute great cases, especially for the price 👍 I also made a posting when I bought them, to show the different guitar fitting

I didn’t look. Is that bad? 🤩 Dave was your deleted thread about this case offer? If so, you could have left it up. More that know can get one. Almost bought 2 🤡🤩😎

Hey, start your own thread.

I checked the pups in my son's SG which I really like the sound of and they are custom buckers. It's a long Tenon model but I don't know what year it is. The pups are original to the guitar. I keep trying to trade it away from him, but he knows he's got a great player!!

Why is "shirt" singular and "pants" plural?

Attaboy!

Probably.

I threatened to have them turn the brown truck around but he gave me 400.00 off of the newport.It is really nice , all of the Hamers they had came from one guy from Buffalo.

History repeats itself.

Well, you can't take them with you.... But you can TRY! 😀

"More than once, yeah?" "I believe so, Danny."

"But he's talking to Danny."

Maybe if I were gigging. That would be cool. But now days you have to have permits and the EPA gets involved.

A reminder is from the past. How can it also be from the future?

The good news is that you will love the Newport. I absolutely love how mine sits in the mix in a few bands I play with

So, I broke down and agreed to sell the two special DuoTones I still had. That gets me down apparently to just five. Newport with Bigsby Monaco Elite with Lollar P90s Monaco SuperPro....Custom order with korina, Lollar Imperials, F hole. 25th Anniversary Ltd Edition Artist Ultimate (Not counting a cheapie import set up in a faint tilt toward David Gilmour's Strat). Cannot think of too many reasons to cut loose any. Well, I probably will sell the Newport, but looking to do that locally. Hard to believe how many I once had!😉

Or put a smoke generator in there instead?

Yeah, I've looked into that. I have the schematic of Peter Frampton's pickup configuration. I may try it especially if the pickup swap improves things. Or, I may just wire it up like a two pickup guitar and disconnect the middle.

A (as opposed to the) cool way to wire those is traditional SG wiring for two pickups but with a Master Tone (ala Hamer) and the fourth control as a blender for the middle pickup.

I would if I were 20 minutes away...

Well, here's my update. The OX-4 chimed it up but it sounds like it may be too hi-fi for this guitar. Not sure just yet. I may add a few pedals in front for more adjusting. After @geoff_hartwell's suggestion of using a '59n I remembered having one from a Studio I never put back in. There's still a hole in the neck position of that guitar ala Phil X. So I thought I'd place that one in the middle position as that tone is pretty much unusable, for me anyway. The middle position on the 3 way selector switch connects the middle pickup and the bridge pickup making a weird tone. In the original '61 those pickups were out of phase according to Uncle Larry. I didn't notice this when I was in the control cavity on this reissue but I wasn't exactly looking for it as it was a bit of a struggle getting the new pickup wire through the tiny holes leading to the cavity. I mentioned the OX-4 chimed the tone up but there is still a mid forward tone to it more so than when it was in a LP, so confirming what those in the videos were saying about comparing LP to SG. So I may end up putting the '59 in the neck and the OX-4 in the middle. I'm also looking at the little wafer caps on the pots. They are .022 but little tiny things. I'm going to reharnes my 335 so will look at those caps as a possible upgrade in the SG.