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Yes it is! Still got a neck Vintage Rails and a bridge Vintage Rails as consolations prizes. Also, I have a bunch of humbucker covers sitting around (because I hate them and take them off whenever I can), so let me know if you want some and I'll throw 'em in the case for you. -Austin

I assume you're asking if it's resistant? I'm not sure what "resonant" means. At any rate, yes, the finish makes it resistant to moisture (not the chamber obviously as that is unfinished). And our course, it's nitro, so you know it's got mojo out the yin-yang. As far as being limed mahogany, no it's not. However, I can easily remedy that should the buyer so desires. Just let me know how many limes you want squeezed in the chamber and I'll make it happen. And did I mention it plays like butter? (unsalted butter, so don't worry about that upcoming salt ban you prospective New York buyers) -Austin

Just got it today and it is sweet (reminds me of the first Hamer I ever played; a Duotone Custom), but not as sweet as my '94 Studio Custom and I don't really have any use for the piezo, so... It is in excellent condition with very little fretwear. It is a bit dirty (the frets need to be cleaned and the body needs a bit of a wipe down) and the OHSC is beat up, but after some cleaning up it will look almost new. I'll be cleaning it up and taking pictures this weekend if you want to wait. If not, the original auction still has pictures up that are accurate. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...e=STRK:MEWNX:IT Oh, the neck is medium btw, like all the Mirage's I've owned (that were, not coincidentally, made around the same period). Yours for $675 PayPal'd and shipped to the contiguous 48 states. I also have 3 Seymour Duncan Vintage Rails pickups for sale (2 neck/middle and 1 bridge). Pictures of the neck and middle are here: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v157/atq...s%20for%20Sale/ The bridge is in similar condition. You can have the whole set for $110 Paypal'd and shipped or individual pickups for $35 a piece. These were in my Vintage S and sounded surprisingly good (they never impressed me much in the Mirages I've had), but I like the beefier, slightly higher output Dimarzios I have in now more. Thanks for looking. -Austin

I'm not seeing anything wrong other than 0 feedback. I've bidded on auctions by 0 feedback bidders before, but not for something that pricey. My main concern would be jack-ass packing resulting in shipping damage. - Austin

Bingo! -Austin

Looks very similar to one that was for sale on here a while back... - Austin

Mmmmm blue! I actually think the green one on eBay looks very nice too, I'll just be surprised if this goes the distance. - Austin

I'll be surprised if it gets any bids. -Austin

...guitar I keep for longer than 6 months. -Austin

Personally, that was a country vote for me. -Austin

I'm kind of disappointed "Bridges? Feh! Gotta be a trem, baby..." wasn't a choice for all the polls -Austin

That was my thought. Would probably be great for someone that does lots of playing with the fingers. But, hell, I even play classical guitars with a pick, so it ain't for me! And MCC, say it ain't so?!? -Austin

I wasn't me! Someone got them to do it in the 1997 though. It's the only Hamer I've seen with a wider neck and the only Eclipse I've seen with an ebony fretboard. - Austin

It's not just the inlays; the nut is 1/8" wider than standard! -Austin

This could be yours for $700 PayPal'd and shipped. It's in excellent condition and the neck is HUUUUGE! -Austin

That one does indeed have a flat top. - Austin

So the recording of Eliminator was a f*&$@cking travesty like most of the stuff recorded during that time period. Obvious, but still sad. - Austin

I would have already gotten a Pigtail for my Special, but I don't know jack about cutting saddles, so... -Austin

I'd hit it!! -Austin

Happy Birthday! - Austin

Kind of. Andy had been dependent on Valium for years before XTC even started. The precise timing might have been due to what you described, but if someone needs to be on Valium to tour, then they probably shouldn't be touring. Plus, in Beatle-esque fashion, the music got better, so who's to complain. There are a couple XTC bios that go into this stuff a little bit. Nice to have for fanboys. Also, the early live stuff I've heard from them (all post-Barry) is incredible! - Austin

Dukes of the Stratosphear is brilliant and I really like the last 2 XTC albums as well (Apple Venus and Wasp Star). I just ran out of steam For some reason I don't own White Music, but I'll pick it up someday... -Austin

I'd recommend buying the entire Skylarking album. It contains Earn Enough For Us as well as a bunch of other awesome songs (including, unfortutely, Dear God, which is one of the hits you're no doubt referring to). In terms of essential XTC Albums I'd say the Big 4 are Black Sea, English Settlement, Skylarking, and Oranges and Lemons. I'm a ridiculously huge fanboy, so I like them all, but those are must haves. However, if you just want a list of kick-ass songs, here are 3 non-hit songs (not that XTC really had all that many) from some albums I'd recommend Go-2: Beatown, My Weapon, Are You Receiving Me Drums and Wires: When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty, Scissor Man, Complicated Game Black Sea: There is No Language in Our Lungs, Paper and Iron, Travels in Nihilon English Settlement: Jason and the Argonauts, Yacht Dance, Snowman Mummer: Great Fire, Deliver Us From the Elements, Me and the Wind The Big Express: All You Pretty Girls, The Everyday Story of Smalltown, I Remember the Sun Skylarking: Season Cycle, The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul, Sacrificial Bonfire Oranges and Lemons: Mayor of Simpleton (o.k., it's a hit, but if you don't like this, you probably won't really like XTC...), Pink Thing, Miniature Sun Nonsuch: My Bird Performs, That Wave, Books are Burning (for guitar content) Also, XTC started out fairly abrasive and angular and moved into the Beatles/Beach Boys more and more as they progressed. So if you're looking for that sort of pop, I'd look English Settlement and onward. - Austin

Happy Happy Birthday Birthday!!

Well, shouldn't a 25" scale guitar with a thick mahogany body, maple top, and mahogany neck with a 6-screw trem sound fuller than a 25.5" scale guitar with a basswood body, maple neck and a double-locking trem? It would be embarrassing if it didn't. Still, they both sounded like "Vai" if you know what I mean. Anyway, I can't f$#*#in believe that's on the same album as that tweener pop crap single. It's mind-boggling. I will definitely be downloading that song and would be all over an album of like-minded material. -Austin