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Where Kahlers should never go


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How about on a Sunburst? Here's a little memento from '86, IIRC:

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OK, that's one I wish I hadn't done. But it was the 80's and...well....:lol: Who knew? It still sounds better than my guitarists Les Paul. I have it blocked and I crank the microtuners all the way down. I just tune it from the headstock like normal people do.

:D

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i had a SG w/ a kahler. i'd post the pic of my 80's

metal band w/ the SG but mc chris will make fun of me again.

ahhh, phuck him, haha

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hey, i just realized that i used to have a hamer strap!!! forgot about that.

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That Hamer letter is a classic example of guitar Mfrs endorsing the use of the Kahler over the Floyd to avoid giving business to the big competitor Kramer who owned the Floyd Rose, however, since the Floyd would require routing to the back of the body and drilling two holes through the mahogany neck, Paul may have felt that the Kahler would be a better choice than the Floyd in that case.

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Ooh, ooh... I can play twice!

Typed letter from Hamer:

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Old publicity photo:

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How about on a Sunburst?  ... OK, that's one I wish I hadn't done.  But it was the 80's and...well....:lol:  Who knew?  It still sounds better than my guitarists Les Paul. 

I question whether installation of a Kahler causes much tone suck, though I suspect an '80s sustain block bridge would be a tough act to folow.

My experience and sampling is very small (OK, one), but I played a checkerboard logo special with Kahler that had superb tone, and its clean tones were very woody and organic. Silly me passed on it at $379 (at MGR) because I was looking at the Kahler instead of listening to the tone.

OTOH I played an all-original sustain block Special from the same era, and it didn't have near the tone that the Kahlerized one did. I don't attribute the difference to the Kahler, it's almost certainly due to the variations in wood and manufacturing variables.

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Wow - John Cusack was in your band??

He loves the comparison to John Cusack BTW. He's now a radio DJ here in Houston:

http://www.fmnewschannel975.com/images/savage.htm

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From what I remember, the trem Kahler made that was designed to fit on TOM bridge guitars mounted to the existing posts for the bridge & tailpiece, but I think there was still a little routing necessary, so once you put one of those on, it's not like you could change back without an ugly gash remaining in the guitar.

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No shirt, no shoes...

NO DICE!

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Aloha, Mister Hand..........Aloha, Spicoli.

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