burningyen

The Standard headstock would be a deal-killer for me, but don't let me stop the train!

I would be hard-pressed to say no to this.

It took some doing to get the frets in shape (including a trip through L6's RMA process that didn't fully address the issues), but I finally had time to do my own polish and it's now a great axe:

Just avoid slanted saddles, which tend to mess with string spacing.

Shit, Ted, what a nightmare. Sorry to hear you're going through this.

Gorgeousness and gorgeosity made flesh.

I wish I could do that.

A little warning next time? lol

I played violin pretty seriously for 17 years. At the 10-year mark, I took to stealing my boarding school dorm mate's guitar for a few minutes at a time and taught myself a few tunes like Money For Nothing before he decided to restring it lefty and started locking his door. At the 14-year mark I finally got a guitar of my own and took a year of lessons with a Berklee grad. My violin training was key in developing my ear and general hand-eye coordination, but those lessons made a huge difference in my understanding of the instrument. I definitely encourage anyone to spring for lessons if they have the funds. Oh, and the time I spent as 2nd guitarist to my friend Jack Devine was a great education in and of itself.

If you're intent on running this down, you would probably need to subpoena the host of Jol's blog, Typepad.com.

I was wondering what that was all about. I would ask Jol to use his admin powers to delete the comment.

Please sign me up for a signature plate. I just placed my order via Schiffer.

Egad, that one makes me nervous! Get one of your buddies to shoot the routing pics.

This thread literally has my heart racing. That pic of the Newport 90 just about had me out of my seat. coolfeel, if you pass on it let me know.

Interesting, do all Calis have a slanted Floyd recess? Oh, and cool finish.

Not just the HFC for me, other sites as well.

It's almost like they're speaking English.

Incredible!

Wow, that is just ridiculously cool!

The awesomeness of that defies description!

http://vimeo.com/38296751

Interesting, I always assumed it was Roland, but a quick google search reveals it was Neil Taylor: