kizanski

"Playing" isn't the word I would use, honestly. It was more pick one up, noodle a little bit, realize that I suck, have the inner dialogue about how I wasted so many years not practicing or playing with other (actual) musicians), regret picking it up in the first place, and then hang it back up. As for the "difference," if there is one, it's a subtle one. In my case I lost interest in the instrument itself and got real with myself about the prospect of it ever being worth my time going forward. In @zorrow's case, he realized he's lost interest in a couple of his instruments and he'd rather see them played by someone who would get the enjoyment out of them that he wishes he did. Either way, their days are numbered.

Enough of the "thread shaming" and back to the topic at hand... Once your head lets these thoughts or realizations in, it's hard to go back. Ask me how I know. I described my guitar hording a while back as being akin to big game trophy hunting. Hanging all of those guitars on my wall looked cool as fuck, but it was a constant reminder to me that I wasn't playing anymore, and all of those wonderful instruments hanging there collecting dust weren't helping anyone. What started out as a hope that the guitar being out of the cases and in my face would inspire me to play actually backfired miserably. Once that light bulb lit in my brain, it never went out.

Some did, some were med/large. It’s a crapshoot.

I agree it looks like an import, mostly because of the lack of wrapper goodness. That's just one of the reasons why I don't like it. "Special Junior" is actually the model name, but no one on the planet calls them that.

No wrapper, no Junior.

That is troubling.

Around 1989 a girl sidled up to me at a local watering hole and asked me what my sign was. I was so put off by what was already an incredibly passé question that I told her, “No Parking.” My buddy standing on my left asked me WTF was wrong with me, and I just told him that it would have never worked out.

The guitar equivalent of “It beats a poke in the eye.” On second thought, poke me in both eyes. It did before they made what is essentially what an epileptic fit would look like if it was a guitar.

I honestly can’t find anything about it that I like.

WTF were they thinking?

Those two knobs are way too close together, just like on Hamer's Juniors. On any other guitar with just 2 knobs (like an actual Les Paul Junior), the knobs are spread apart more. This builder took a page out of Hamer's book and just deleted the third knob from the CNC program. The look is distracting from the rest of the guitar which is beautiful. Lazy.

Yes, Monaco Elite, Junior, Special, Les Paul, etc, all use the same case.

?? So do I! Your brother sure gave Revelator Fabricator, Eric, a severe beat down. ...and when I say "fabricator" I'm calling him a habitual liar, not someone who fabricates guitar bodies and necks, because we know now that he never did. This guy was diabolical. Seriously. Serial killer-level lies and lack of accountability. ...and for those who don't know, Serial's friend "who sent him his '59 Strat to have refinned" was me.

Yeah, thanks. I’m good. Sounds like the Revelator.

lol - literally not there when I posted. Not that it matters. The pix are not representative of a $3,000 ask.

I love it but the seller's effort leaves something to be desired. One photo and this in depth description: "Description Right at 9 and a half pounds" Gee, thanks.

I once asked the late, great Ken Jones a similar question, citing whatever-it-was was the "best of them at the time." He congratulated me on having a state of the art buggy whip. Suffice it to say, I dropped the subject. This is my way of saying that I'm no help whatsoever.

Accurate.

I've been getting a steady dose of 503s.

Uh huh. See my prior post.

Yes. Been there twice and if I found myself in the Buckeye State again, I'd go a third time.

You missed all of the fun. There used to be so much drama here that we would hand out Oscars every year.

Maybe it's the knucklehead changing the strings.

Thank you, Ted. The HFC isn't just important to me. The HFC changed my life. I have made several friendships here, the kind that I know I will have for the rest of my life. I would have never met these guys had there no HFC. I can't imagine there being no HFC, or worse, it moving to Facebook.