serial Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 Me neither. Dave's Guitar in WI had a few. A friend of mine has one and it's a stupid cool guitar. Tried to get him to swap it for mine at one point (he wasn't knocked out by the pickup or the bridge). He had BCRGreg do some things to it and now he loves you. Hey thanks Greg! Now I'll never get it!
kizanski Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 Hey thanks Greg! Now I'll never get it! Cock-blocked by the Wizard!
JES1680 Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 Mine is not a dark back, thats just the way the photo looks. The stock pickups are ok, but I had a set of Lollars laying around which I've not cared for is some guitars, but they are stunning in the R4.
straightblues Posted January 25, 2007 Author Posted January 25, 2007 Mine is not a dark back, thats just the way the photo looks. The stock pickups are ok, but I had a set of Lollars laying around which I've not cared for is some guitars, but they are stunning in the R4.The reason I started this journey is that I had Don Mare wind me some P90's. I have bought 4 sets of Lollars and love them. But these pickups Don wound for me are nothing short of amazing and they need to be in an amazing guitar.
straightblues Posted January 25, 2007 Author Posted January 25, 2007 Well I did it. I bought a Les Paul Goldtop but I didn't end up with the R4. I bought an R6 instead. (The R6 has a tunamatic bridge instead of a wrap tail). It is a players guitar, it was owned by the guitar player from the 80's rock band Europe, whoever that is. I bought it in Hollywood. All guitars in Hollywood seem to be attached to some famous or semi-famous player. It is a 2000 and it has been played and toured. It has it share of dings and the case is pretty beat up and has airline stickers on it. But the guitar plays and sounds great. It is 9.2 lbs. It is all orginal. I paid $1,600 out the door. It was a better deal and a better sounding guitar than the R4's I was able to play so I went for it.Also, I just sent Cmatthes an email. The store I bought it at acutually has one of the rare single pickup R4's in near mint condition. It is a great guitar. We should give cmatthes the first shot but if anyone wants the info on it, send me a pm.
NeilZ Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 Oh well... You could have had one of these...http://www.fanoguitars.com/or one of these...http://www.russomusic.com/eCommerce/specia...tifact_SP6.html
straightblues Posted January 26, 2007 Author Posted January 26, 2007 Steve:You are the man. Thanks!Well let me know how it goes. It is a sweet one.
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