kizanski

HAHAHA!! That's another good one!!

I'm sure you're right, and the expression "Kiss my pucker" comes to mind!

"Groovy" even.

Gale, you have a screw loose.

Here's mine... Well, it used to be mine. As the story goes, before I discovered the Internet, ebaY, and the HFC, I was a One Guitar guy, and to get something else usually meant selling what I had. At the time, I was a small neck fan, and I couldn't bond with the neck on the PRS, even though it was an otherwise magnificent instrument. I was also in the market for something (I can't remember what anymore), and sold this to a good buddy for $950. That was a good price at the time (c.1990), but for a friend, it was not out of bounds. Fast forward to about a year ago, and my first opportunity to play the guitar again after I sold it. "Let me check that one out," I said, "because I could never deal with that neck." I held it in my hands and cursed myself and everyone in the room because the neck was PERFECT for me! "Of course it is," my friend said, putting it back in the case. "Tripple your money back, buddy?" He didn't bite, but he did laugh a hearty belly laugh at me. He went on to tell me that he had been offered $6000 for it by a collector, but turned him down. Some buddy. He'll get his!

All good points, Steve. My point was that it's a two 'bucker flamed maple top set neck guitar with a straight headstock angle and trem. Kinda like a PRS. Let me qualify what I meant by "PRS Killer" when I say that a mint condition Mirage costs about a tenth of what that Private Stock PRS costs. Of course, no one will be buying a Mirage for their "collectablity," but then, how many of those Private Stocks get PLAYED, rather than hiding out under the bed? The Mirage will not be winning any beauty contests. It's a utility guitar. Considering its price in a "bang for the buck" comparison, it's a killer.

Yea, yea, I know. You love 'em or you hate 'em, and some look better than others. I have also seen some pretty gowd aweful-looking PRS's over the years.

If you mean the newer PRS's (I'm guessing when you mentioned "The Heal" that you do), I think Hamer makes a guitar every bit as good as anything that PRS makes. That said, I wish I still had my '87 Whale Blue Custom 24, but that's another story for another day. Here's my Turdus Maligned, but HHB Approved PRS Killer... Rio Grande Genuine Texas and BBQ wired with a 5 way switch (PRS style). The Wilky bridge works very well, and it's long scale! It just needs bird inlays (but I might use Dolphins - heh heh heh). Me likey.

Yep, saw it on a pile of other necks at the HFC6 Factory Tour. Seems it had a really bad case of the twisties.