PSA: Recent Kauer Banshee At DGS

[crunchee]

No affiliation.  Very Gibson Firebird-like, S/N 024:

Banshee, Recent – Dave's Guitar Shop (davesguitar.com)

[The Shark]

My two Kauer's are great guitars.  That's a good price.

[fguitbert]

Hmm, tempted to scratch my itch for a Monaco III with this…

I’ve never seen a toggle with five positions. If it has Master tone and Master volume, how do we interact with the middle pickup?

[django49]

3 hours ago, fguitbert said:

Hmm, tempted to scratch my itch for a Monaco III with this…

I’ve never seen a toggle with five positions. If it has Master tone and Master volume, how do we interact with the middle pickup?

Give the store a call.....It may be a SIX way (2 x 3) switch.

[velorush]

11 hours ago, fguitbert said:

Hmm, tempted to scratch my itch for a Monaco III with this…

I’ve never seen a toggle with five positions. If it has Master tone and Master volume, how do we interact with the middle pickup?

Would love to know the answer to this, myself.  Very tempting price on that and a P-90 guitar would be very interesting.

[duncans]

Freeway makes a 6 way toggle switch as mentioned by dgango49. That may be what it is.

[fguitbert]

The have confirmed me it is indeed a 6-positions Freeway switch

[BoogieMKIIA]

That is bad-ass!

[fguitbert]

The answer I got was that they did not know how it was wired, but this would be the configs from Freeway’s site. Pretty cool….

[Eli]

It's interesting that Gibson doesn't order cease and desists for the Fire bird body and head stock...

[duncans]

1 hour ago, Eli said:

It's interesting that Gibson doesn't order cease and desists for the Fire bird body and head stock...

Something was done several years ago by Kauer to address that. Gibson had contacted Kauer Re: a C & D order or something similar. Kauer made changes to the body and headstock that evedently made Gibson happy. Having said that , this one doesn't appear to be the newer model.

Edited July 25, 2024 by duncans

[duncans]

5 hours ago, fguitbert said:

The have confirmed me it is indeed a 6-positions Freeway switch

I have a Freeway in my PRS Custom 22 that had the rotary 5 way switch. Never liked that at all.  Easy peasy to operate.

[singlehum]

3 hours ago, duncans said:

Something was done several years ago by Kauer to address that. Gibson had contacted Kauer Re: a C & D order or something similar. Kauer made changes to the body and headstock that evedently made Gibson happy. Having said that , this one doesn't appear to be the newer model.

Correct.  This is the older style which is no longer offered by Kauer.  

[Jakeboy]

It looks GREAT!

[polara]

I have a Banshee: mine is done up like a White Falcon, white with with gold Powertrons, gold hardware and sparkly gold trim. Kauer makes a great guitar, and whoever buys this will not be disappointed. Excellent price.

[cmatthes]

1 hour ago, polara said:

I have a Banshee: mine is done up like a White Falcon, white with with gold Powertrons, gold hardware and sparkly gold trim. Kauer makes a great guitar, and whoever buys this will not be disappointed. Excellent price.

PICS?!

[bsteff666]

Someone should grab that Kauer Banshee at Dave’s.  Its a good price and there really are not a whole lot of the version one Banshees out there, as Doug was forced to make changes to the shape to keep the Gibson folks happy.  

Both versions are so well engineered…there is no neck dive with a Banshee.

Here is my pair.  Version one on the left, and the updated design on the right.

[polara]

On 7/31/2024 at 10:06 AM, cmatthes said:

PICS?!

Weighs under 7 pounds. Sounds huge.

[velorush]

Always been fond of those he builds for Scott Holiday: the Organa Major, for example

and Excalibur

[polara]

7 hours ago, velorush said:

Always been fond of those he builds for Scott Holiday: the Organa Major, for example

and Excalibur

Yeah the Excalibur actually makes my White Hawk look understated 😃

[bsteff666]

My cadillac green one pickup Banshee was supposed to go to Scott Holiday.  Midway through the build… Scott  decided that he really needed a baritone (Organa Major). 
 

So Doug sold the green one to me…and it lived a much less interesting life. 😂