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  • The WHITE one

    The WHITE one

    This one is pretty much identical to the black one only white. OK, it’s not. It IS a 24 fret CE with identical electronics to the black one but it’s tonally and behaviorally a completely different beast. Paul initially resisted my wanting an opaque white finish because he said it wouldn’t allow the wood [...]

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  • The BLACK one!

    The BLACK one!

    The BLACK ONE! This is my favorite. It’s been with me the longest and has quite a few miles on it. But not to sound too much like an ad, that’s why I love these guitars; they just get better and better as you play them. This one has grooved in like a perfect pair [...]

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  • “Damn” Armstrong

    “Damn” Armstrong

    For a long time I was not actually sure what this started life as. I believed the body was either a Dan Armstrong or a Hagstrom. It turns out to be the body of a 1965 Hagstrom Viking (I only know because I just found a picture of one at the site), though I still [...]

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  • Hondo Longhorn

    Hondo Longhorn

    This guitar is fantastic. The neck is 19 feet long and it has 68,249 frets. OK, well it’s actually only 3 octaves (as if that weren’t enough) but it DOES have a fantastic built in fuzz. Like the as-yet unpictured Black SG R-1, this one made the transition from Surfin Dave to Rollins Band and [...]

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