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Posted
10 hours ago, incurso said:

Any info on this model? Anyone ever seen something like this in real life?

 

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At the time that I bought my 1990 Chapparal Elite 90 guitar from an E-bay seller in Nashville, he also offered his Californian guitar with the hologram skull inlaid into the body finish. I wish that I had bought it, considering the value & rarity of that guitar. MIssed opportunity for me. :(  

Posted
9 hours ago, VECTOR said:

Looks very unusual, perhaps ask Cali-expert @diablo175

I am far from an expert on Cali's. I've owned a few, yes but an expert? Nah. :)

That looks legit. I've seen it before online, owned and posted by someone on the HFC I believe.

 

 

Posted
14 minutes ago, stonge said:

It sees and never blinks lol

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Is this yours Stonge??

 

Posted

yes. 

The first photo in the thread was from the shop i bought it from iirc.

I think MikeC shot the second one; he did some great photos of my gear many moons ago.

The neck is stamped 922--- so it's an 89 s/n and signed by Jim O'Conner and dated 1990.  It sounds as good as it looks lol.

Here's another shot with the twins (consecutive s/n Calis in blue and green).

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Posted
26 minutes ago, stonge said:

yes. 

The first photo in the thread was from the shop i bought it from iirc.

I think MikeC shot the second one; he did some great photos of my gear many moons ago.

The neck is stamped 922--- so it's an 89 s/n and signed by Jim O'Conner and dated 1990.  It sounds as good as it looks lol.

Here's another shot with the twins (consecutive s/n Calis in blue and green).

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I think you need to sell the Lunar Cali to me. Promise I won't swap out the blade switch for a toggle. ;)

Posted
6 hours ago, diablo175 said:

I think you need to sell the Lunar Cali to me. Promise I won't swap out the blade switch for a toggle. ;)

Don't do it, Stonge!  He simply CANNOT be trusted with rare Calis!!

Posted
6 hours ago, cmatthes said:

Don't do it, Stonge!  He simply CANNOT be trusted with rare Calis!!

NOT TRUE! ;)

I've made only one mod to these: a Schaller LockMeister in place of the Hamer stamped Floyds in the maple Cali (which I might add, I've swapped back to). And the same for the double neck Cali.

So there! :P

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Posted
2 hours ago, diablo175 said:

NOT TRUE! ;)

I've made only one mod to these: a Schaller LockMeister in place of the Hamer stamped Floyds in the maple Cali (which I might add, I've swapped back to). And the same for the double neck Cali

So there! :P

But, but... how many before that??????

Posted
2 hours ago, Dave Scepter said:

But, but... how many before that??????

Pffft.  That's all in the past. ;) Besides they weren't as rare as the lunar Cali.

Posted
44 minutes ago, diablo175 said:

Pffft.  That's all in the past. ;) Besides they weren't as rare as the lunar Cali.

Well, they might be *now*....

Posted
25 minutes ago, Dave Scepter said:

Henceforth, you will be known throughout the HFC community as... vK1k4xt.jpeg

🤣

Just wait until they get a load of what I’m going to do to the Virtuoso. 🤣

Posted

If those eyes were brown I would be all up on that….

Posted
9 hours ago, diablo175 said:

Just wait until they get a load of what I’m going to do to the Virtuoso. 🤣

Sand off the O'Connor Snakeskin, dye it 70's poo brown, rout the stacked single out for a dogear P-90, and adorn with one of those touristy "Salt Life" decals?

Posted
5 hours ago, cmatthes said:

Sand off the O'Connor Snakeskin, dye it 70's poo brown, rout the stacked single out for a dogear P-90, and adorn with one of those touristy "Salt Life" decals?

How'd you know????  :P

Or... thinking of routing the pickup cavity to accept a Gravelin HB, possibly a triplebucker, strip the back of the neck and oil finish it, strip the front of the head stock and refin it to match the body and replace the volume pot with a kill switch pot.

 

Posted
5 hours ago, cmatthes said:

Sand off the O'Connor Snakeskin, dye it 70's poo brown, rout the stacked single out for a dogear P-90, and adorn with one of those touristy "Salt Life" decals?

Haha. We saw so many “salt life” shirts in the Caribbean last week. 😂😂

Posted
On 6/24/2023 at 7:18 AM, Travis said:

Haha. We saw so many “salt life” shirts in the Caribbean last week. 😂😂

It’s known as the “Douchebag Flag” in these parts…

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