bubs_42

Its no longer a day job.

What Kiz's said or just find anything that is not painted, which isn't easy.

The Silhouette Special's are great guitars. I have played many of them since we have a dealer in town. I have purchased 2 used from GC and sadly both of them were duds. Not so much in the quality but more "abused" than "used". I also had a Very Early one just like Keith Richards used with the Stones. They were different beast but I would say they have improved over the years. Necks Profile, Radius, Frets all feel comfortable when you play it, more like and old friend than a shred machine. Just a note that the routes are shallow and they can only except true single coils (No Stacked Coils) and short legged humbuckers. I am just not a fan of Modern Dimarzio's, and if you want to swap for a Seymour Duncan humbucker in the bridge you may have to fuzz out the pickguard around the edges a bit. Route for the Special to my knowledge is still HSS under the guard. They have there own sound, its not a start or a tele sound. Best work I can think of is they are "Airy" Sounding.

If you like the JB but it is just to aggressive, I would try the Custom 5 or the Custom Custom. You'll get tons of suggestions but the best thing is to just buy a couple of different ones and try them all out. Jim Wagner Pickups are also a good choice. I would start with the Custom 5.

Some missing pieces have arrived. Pearl Buttons, New Guard and the mystery package All I need now is 3 Hamer Pots and a 5 way switch and a tap switch. The pups are NOS from 09 and single coil'ISH.

Totally a Vintage Vibe but with Custom Shop Quality and a 14" Radius Fretboard. I don't have a picture of my Green one but here is the other 3.

Holy Smokes! That is SUPER HOT!!

This guitar needs pearl tuning pegs. Heading off to the music stores tomorrow to look for pickups locally. I'm thinking Dimarzio Area Pups, I want noisless and I lilked the Dimarzio Blues and Blues II that I used in my White Daytona. Like them yes, loved them no, I missed the sparkle. I need to find that beefy, snappy, sparkly set.

Pictures!

Porkloin and Sparkledrive are two of my favorites. Maybe its time to buy the Sparkledrive MOD.

Hum, clean channel on the Budda, TC Sparkbooster, makes a pretty damn good Strat Tones. Now how to lay some dirt on top of that? FET Driver maybe?

So I broke down a couple of weeks ago and bought a Daytona. I went down to the local shop where it was, Trans Red, 7'ish pounds, completely stock and as close to NOS as i've ever seen. Gentlemen came in and sold it to the store because his son is grown and didn't want the guitar. He purchased it new for his son and he never took it up. Little pick action above the guitar and maybe 2 tiny tiny dings. The pick guard and pickups are not even yellowed. Only thing I want to do is change the pups, but i'll do a complete guard swap so I can put it back no harm, no foul.

Lesson #1: Just because its cool doesn't mean you need it. Nathan that guitar is simplicity at is best.

I'm going to keep bumping

Awsome!

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We sure do love our Sunburst Guitars around here.

TTT !

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A couple of HFC'er and I had talked about a Korina Prototype Run (Not Recently). That would so kick ass in my book. The Prototype looks funny but feels so perfect when you play it. It IS a great guitar. Stike, Jay and Myself are working on Phantom #2. I'm hoping it will top the first one.

My iPod has Generic Hustle under "Unclassifiable" .

So is the wood bought, plans laid out and chips should be flying next Saturday right? They should be done by like 2020?

Amen Brother. Let me know so I can start my FS threads.

I'd buy that. I'd buy a revival bound sunburst style one too.The hiccup, as Austin pointed out, is that it would have to be reasonably competitive vs buying an old Sunburst... IMHO the Quality of the instruments that Hamer has produced in the last 13 years surpasses even the Vintage Instruments. If they put out a "Working Mans Guitar" that is of the same quality I will pony up.