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I bought this from Tom "Terrific" Armbruster in September. Sunburst, double bound body, b-bender, drop d flippy thing, Fender bridge, locking tuners added, EMG T pickups blah blah blah. Very cool axe, but I just don't have the time or patience to get the hang of the b-bender to play in public. Works really well though!

$400 plus shipping.

Here's the original thread with photos and Tom's description.

http://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/index.p...812&hl=esp+tele

Stonge? Cmathhes? Still interested?

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Dave, it was $400 + shipping. If I could sell some of this other stuff I'd probably grab it back. It's a cool guitar just as a straight-up Tele, and if you have the time and patience to dink with the B-bender it gets even cooler.

It's one of the ESP '400' series from the '80's

I've still got porn around here someplace.

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well crap, still a cool piece that I'm looking foward to! Tom, if you ever find that bridge shot me an email and I'll buy it off ya

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Bill, it's in a box somewhere down in Buzzard Gulch (my basement music room-ro-be). I don't remember if I swapped it because of the individual saddles or because it wasn't amenable to the Hipshot. When I dig it up, I'll let you know.

BTW, I used a tapered reamer on the tuner holes and only made them as big as necessary. A set of Klusons, with the bushings, may still fit, but that's been a looong time ago, so I can't swear to it.

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ah hell , the Grovers make it like Ray Flakes old tele, twang approved! I would like to try the 3 saddle brass bridge just for comparison sake

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Depends on the direction of the taper.

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you guys do know how the Hipshot works, you move tha bar w/ your ass to bend the B, tre sexxy!

Yeah, except that with skinny dorky me, it looks like I'm practicing my Napoleon Dynamite moves..... ;);)

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you guys do know how the Hipshot works, you move tha bar w/ your ass to bend the B, tre sexxy!

Yeah, except that with skinny dorky me, it looks like I'm practicing my Napoleon Dynamite moves..... ;);)

And with my physique, I don't know WHAT the hell it looked like but it wasn't pleasant.

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