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Dang, @Jakeboy! You beat me to it and I discovered the CL listing in the first place! 😭 @JonO Nice, it’s like the SG Gibson never made. And the Badass bridge started it all as far as an intonatable wraptail bridge. Did you check the weed stash, er, control cavity? ENJOY

I’m surprised Gibson hasn’t devised a way to bind all those wood chips into the shape of a guitar body, weight relieve THAT body, slap a neck on, and …. VOILÀ Gibson PRESS Paul

Stratowatson, or Watsoncaster?

This one m work https://reverb.com/item/41814424-true-custom-shop-8-32-white-toggle-switch-tip-for-switchcraft-and-gibson-usa

https://reverb.com/item/6779887-original-switchcraft-black-switch-tip-cap-for-gibson-double-neck-rickenbacker it’s an oddball, ideally in white

In the mid 80’s I built a homebrew Strat (before the term Partscaster was coined) using a Schecter neck and body. I used a Dimarzio Megadrive in the lead position and a Duncan Jazz in the neck position. In the middle pickup switch position and with the coils in parallel on the Dimarzio (I used a pull pot on the tone pot) the tone was heavenly, just like I would imagine a killer Tele would sound with a PAF in the neck position. Single volume and tone controls, it doesn’t sound like a complicated wiring scheme but man, LOTS of tonal combinations with that pickup combo. FYI: the body was light solid maple and the neck was solid Pau Ferro. Those Schecter Fender knockoff parts produced out of various/ exotic woods in the 80’s were awesome, most people don’t realize that that was the start of Schecter.

What brand of non-original tuners are on that thing? Oh, and the strap buttons are Gibson Posi-loks (TM).

I overlooked the Badass, I always liked those BITD.

One for us cheep bastids https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/msg/d/seattle-1996-hamer-eclipse-electric/7852912030.html

Thanks for the recon, same photos as the Reverb listing. Sad, thread retitled.

g Almost looks like an earthen maple burst https://waco.craigslist.org/msg/d/waco-hamer-standard-usa-burst-5aaaaa/7851963600.html

@Midnight Moses even though we’re a bunch of tire kicking window shoppers, can we uh, see the back of the guitar? TIA

I was aware of the tweed 3 x 10” (same cab as the bassman) but had never seen a brown face, must be pretty rare, looks cool.

Woogah https://reverb.com/item/89366519-robin-avalon-custom-flamed-dark-blue-w-ohsc

A 2025 Robin?! Nice maple, JE Lee approved PU slant, old school Floyd nut attachment (screws through back of neck, WHY?) https://reverb.com/item/88948558-new-robin-medley-pro-iv-2025-super-strat-trans-red-plek-d

Sort of a PSA here— Schenker will be touring behind his new album “My Years with UFO”, playing a long US Tour including the GAMH in SF during Oct. (I’m talking to you @RobB but I probably knew this already). The vinyl double LP is on sale at Amazon for under $16- https://www.amazon.com/Years-Ufo-Michael-Schenker-Group/dp/B0D6GTZ6L6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3CLYJSTWAA2HP&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.v3dCNdRs3ps3kOelnGQ22eFEM8njUlCaSfLtsxpQaK5LpKhbu1xR4kn7MnPG9_PLoOnw108LMJ0r7h3Wt0pBdaj4URgRN1OCAXfz6tE0vhCLhn5iSwJW4yKcvFoKRGXsPyEsg_avNxLnx-xC7S-hfo-f2V5UmVnVLBNmXCISP6rFwaD8MuTqqfDzt5ce2xuvg43eyv62ek-hArLnZnBteQPVx28Hotp1MrJ1cmLIzYA.S0R4SPK3HIvkbmTko5up0kEr_w8LAaSO-7hOITwVb8Q&dib_tag=se&keywords=my+years+with+ufo&qid=1742088680&sprefix=My+years+ufo%2Caps%2C164&sr=8-1 PLUS, he’s got a new Gibson signature V coming out!

Read that, But WHY, WHY, WHY!?

DAMN! Great looking axe from the front—- WTH happened to the back? https://reverb.com/item/87068238-robin-wrangler-2002-blonde

RAWHIDE! https://reverb.com/item/85990475-robin-rawhide-2006-copper-burnt-orange

NICE! Did the Stike metalflake treatment modulate the acoustic timbre of the instrument? (JK) What about the FACKYO TRC? enjoy it

Super cool! What does the third knob do for each pickup?

Fun video, thanks @ChugD. i did not know that Robin made a clone of the National map guitars. I’ve never seen one, are they Robin-branded or I wonder if they were ghost built for someone?

I wonder why this one hasn’t sold, $1250-, not the flamiest neck, though https://reverb.com/item/82466653-robin-ranger-90s-blonde