Travis

Ok, I got trade-in offers from Dave’s and CME. Gonna take it in to GC on Monday and see what they’ll give me on trade. CME quoted me a market range of $1500-$1700 and offered me a % of that (understandably so cuz they’ve got to take some time to list it, make some money on it, etc…) I’ll do $1,500 for the pair on a local pickup/meetup. If anyone wants the head I’ll do $800 plus shipping.

Man, between this one and bruce919’s kool blue Mirage…. Gotta get my Friedman sold first…

If we’re going way back… 1989 Charvel 750xl’s. Made in Japan for one year only. Thick mahogany body, carved maple top, 24.75” mahogany set neck with blended heel to appear neck thru. If a Les Paul was built for shredding… The trans red and the CSB in the middle had sequential serial numbers. The plain CSB on the right sounded ungodly….

Family Photos… ‘94 Mirage I ’97 Mirage II ’97 Mirage Maple Top ’07 Talladega

I’m in the same situation. Which ones are the excellent ones?

$1,700 for the pair. I’ll be up in Milwaukee mid-November. If no-one here wants it then I’ll likely see what Dave’s will give me for it in trade.

I had a Diablo at one time. Early 90’s, ‘93-‘94 I think…? I remember the neck on mine being pretty substantial. Everything else I’ve ever heard from here was that they were on the slim side. Mine was trans red with a non-reverse headstock. I threw a pair of Duncan Distortions in it and it absolutely killed. Only got rid of it because I was falling out of favor with Floyd’d guitars.

You buy the Friedman and I’ll boil that fucker myself

Hell, I’ll meet you halfway and lunch is on me. 😉

October bump…

Plainfield is the next town over from where I live if anyone needs assistance with this one.

Hilarious, a buddy of mine just sent me this video yesterday. Here is what he said… ”Don’t know if we talked about stoner bands or if you like that stuff. Watch this video. It’s fucking wild. I instantly hated them and about 10 minutes later I was a fan. So weird and gay but they are actually good” I got about 2 and a half minutes into it before I had to shut it off…

This ^^^^

I played a Monaco Elite many years ago and it was a great guitar. Really considered getting one in trans black but never pulled the trigger. To me they sounded more like a beefier Hamer Studio than a Les Paul, but with the right EQ you can get super close. I think most people turned their noses up at them because of the “shelf” on the treble side at the neck joint. Although, many of those same people wouldn’t say a thing about that shelf being on the original LP Jrs and Specials back in the day…