eightyfour Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 So it occured to me that after all these years of leaching around here for Hamer info and the obligatory flame-wars, that I've never seen a Cali custom rear it's not-so-ugly head either in porn or in discussion.As many of you know to the point of exhaustion, I had a Cali custom built back in '90 with the dovetail, sculpted neck joint, bound ebony neck, headstock overlay, etc etc etc etc...blah blah blah. But I've never seen another....ever.Anybody out there hiding a custom and wanna share with the class! Hamster????
Nuclear Wessel Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 I saw a granite finish one with a middle pickup in a shop in my area about 12 years ago for $800. I shoulda snagged it.
atquinn Posted August 24, 2005 Posted August 24, 2005 I have pictures saved of all the Cali Customs that have ever been posted, which I believe is 2 (I have about 500 guitar pictures saved and I'm too lazy to go through them right now and count ). I'd love to get my mitts on one (see my signature ), but I've never seen one for sale. -Austin
Jem Posted August 24, 2005 Posted August 24, 2005 I.m sure there's a few on the board apart from Peter's.....i'm just assuming he's got at least one.I must admit the only one i've seen for sale, front and back pics, in the past 3'ish years was the quilted maple one that went to Singapore / Hong Kong for much more money than our benchmark $350 !Jem.
eightyfour Posted August 24, 2005 Author Posted August 24, 2005 I must admit the only one i've seen for sale, front and back pics, in the past 3'ish years was the quilted maple one that went to Singapore / Hong Kong for much more money than our benchmark $350 !Jem. Yepper....that's my old one, good old 128595. Ah, sometimes if feels so good to be a horse tradin' dumb-ass.
Jimbilly Posted August 24, 2005 Posted August 24, 2005 this guy says he has one fs:http://portland.craigslist.org/msg/88535874.htmlI'm not sure what makes a 'custom', but I'm sure I have a Standard and an Elite.The old Monte Vista Guitar store in S Tacoma had a Cali w/ a leopard type paintjob when they went out of business about 10 years ago. It was tagged on sale for $1k, which seemed like too much back then. I don't know if it was a custom or some other model.
eightyfour Posted August 24, 2005 Author Posted August 24, 2005 The custom employed at least two specific options not found on others, a dovetail (and amazingly sculpted) neck joint similar to the Watson, and bound neck.
atquinn Posted August 25, 2005 Posted August 25, 2005 this guy says he has one fs:http://portland.craigslist.org/msg/88535874.htmlI'm not sure what makes a 'custom', but I'm sure I have a Standard and an Elite.The old Monte Vista Guitar store in S Tacoma had a Cali w/ a leopard type paintjob when they went out of business about 10 years ago. It was tagged on sale for $1k, which seemed like too much back then. I don't know if it was a custom or some other model. That's almost certainly a Cali Elite (solid flame maple body, boomerangs on a maple bolt-on neck).-Austin
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