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  1. Same guy if this is the one you're thinking about: https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/x1106241111
  2. For those around here who know me know that I spend a lot of time scrolling through guitar listings in Japan. including the Yahoo Japan auction site. There is seller seller there who offers handmade guitars. His YJ ID is leftyseki621. He seems to average about 2 per month. And while I know nothing about him, he seems to get consistently good reviews on YJ and I know of at least one person in the US who bought one of his offerings and raves about it. Here's a list of his feedback, you can click through to several of his older sales: https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/show/rating?userID=leftyseki621 I just took delivery of a Handmade Explorer he recently listed. Man, this thing is a beast! Outside of my Shishkov Ultimate, the neck is the best I've had on an Explorer style guitar. Nice and fat with some shoulders, between a 58 and 59 LP. And a nice dark rosewood fretboard to top it off. The one piece slab of African mahogany is really nice looking. it's a thin nitro lacquer finish. He describes it as similar to what was used in vintage Gibsons. It has a slight relic finish. All the hardware is Gotoh. And it plays very well up and down the neck, nice low action with no buzzing. The only knock are the pickups. I'm not quite sure yet if they are keepers. They are a set of 1976 Maxon U-1000s. Initially they seem a little on the brittle side. But I will mess with them and see if I can dial in a more pleasing tone. Otherwise, I have plenty of spare sets that I can try. I don't know who this builder is, but he makes a killer guitar. Given the opportunity, I may give another one of his builds a try.
  3. The Gravelin Charlottes I dropped on my Triple Threat are killer. Highly recommended.
  4. Price drop to $1,800. Thank goodness I found my TT before I saw this, I would have a very difficult time resisting.
  5. Around here, that's like asking the wind not to blow. It's all in good fun, but as soon as I saw the pic of the serial number, I knew what was coming without needing to scroll down.
  6. Yes, the tiki Tele sold, sorry. I cleaned up the original posting, but not some of my own responses. I'll do that soon.
  7. Bump. I've updated the list to be current. Feel free to reach out with offers or questions.
  8. Cream City is where I bought the Triple Threat. Very smooth experience. I would definitely give them a call and deal directly.
  9. I wouldn't say that it has big shoulders like the R8s I've played. It does get rather beefy as you get around the 10th fret and higher. I'll get some measurements later.
  10. Thanks for the clarification. I certainly needed that. One day, my girl and I were ordering something at a restaurant and one of the items was "Verde" She casually mentioned, "Verde, that means green", like I'm an idiot ( a common issue in our relationship). It's an ongoing jab at her now.
  11. Most have probably already seen that I had a TT incoming from posts in my WTB listing. Now that it's here, it deserves its own NGD. I had a Triple Threat a few years ago and stupidly let it go. I've been watching for one to pop up for sale and had an active WTB here. Thankfully, a member here saw a TT go up on Reverb and remembered my ad and shot me a heads up message. It's unlikely I would have seen the listing as it wasn't described as a Triple Threat. Regardless, I immediately called Cream City and nabbed it. It was delivered yesterday and I must say it is everything I remembered it to be. I love a fat neck, and it has that in spades, quite a bit larger than a typical Hamer. And the top looks far better in person than the listing pictures indicated. Not that it looked bad or anything, it just shows it's 3D in person. My only knock are the pickups. I've never been a fan of most Duncan pickups, and this came stock with a set of 59s. They sounded fine, but nothing more. Fortunately, the buyer of the Special FM LTD did not want the Gravelin Charlottes I had installed in it, so they came right out of that one and right into the TT. In additiona to a massive tone improvement, I love the classic double cream/zebra that the Gravelins are configured. Anyway, here are a couple of pics with the new pickups. I certainly hope I don't have another brain fart and let this one go. The road behind me is littered with those.
  12. Agree, I was simply passing on the great deal I got to another HFC member.
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