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ilan

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Holy shit this is tempting
« on: April 28, 2013, 12:14:39 AM »
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Re: Holy shit this is tempting
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2013, 03:33:16 AM »
Wow... Dead cheap. If I had the money I'd bought and refret it)
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Re: Holy shit this is tempting
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2013, 03:56:59 AM »
I like that control plate
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Re: Holy shit this is tempting
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2013, 07:32:45 AM »
i had the fretted version. not a fan of those. that one is missing the see through plastic pick up/bridge cover.


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Re: Holy shit this is tempting
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2013, 08:20:44 AM »
Tempt away... ;)
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Re: Holy shit this is tempting
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2013, 09:39:11 AM »
That was originally on Guitar Center's used site for $500.  I was too late then......
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Re: Holy shit this is tempting
« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2013, 06:42:13 AM »
that one didn't come with the jumpsuit!!!!
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Re: Holy shit this is tempting
« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2013, 07:58:17 AM »
Quote from: Hörnisse on April 28, 2013, 09:39:11 AM
That was originally on Guitar Center's used site for $500.  I was too late then......

$500 seems closer to a realistic price than $900. Not that there's anything wrong with this one or the Hayman brand, it's just that there never was much of a demand for them.
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Re: Holy shit this is tempting
« Reply #8 on: April 29, 2013, 09:16:13 AM »
mine was the only one i ever saw. when i tried to sell it no one wanted it. i mean NO one. even music stores refused to rip me off they disliked it so much.  ;D
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Re: Holy shit this is tempting
« Reply #9 on: April 29, 2013, 10:14:17 AM »
Quote from: nofi on April 29, 2013, 09:16:13 AM
mine was the only one i ever saw. when i tried to sell it no one wanted it. i mean NO one. even music stores refused to rip me off they disliked it so much.  ;D

When I tried to sell my Embassy in the early '90s, nobody wanted them, either.  Mine sat on consignment for over a year, with no interest.  The store (Flynn Guitars?) finally called with an "offer" but couldn't even find the number of the person who was interested.  Funny how times change.
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Re: Holy shit this is tempting
« Reply #10 on: April 30, 2013, 04:51:26 AM »
That Hayman is a homely looking thing.
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Re: Holy shit this is tempting
« Reply #11 on: April 30, 2013, 09:37:52 AM »
Quote from: Denis on April 30, 2013, 04:51:26 AM
That Hayman is a homely looking thing.

Agreed. Probably another reason it didn't sell well. The company that built them under contract launched their own Shergold brand because they had so many leftover Hayman bodies.

It obviously had an influence on the Wal Mark I.
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Re: Holy shit this is tempting
« Reply #12 on: April 30, 2013, 12:15:55 PM »
It's ugly and utilitarian (yet not in the end really practical) like only something Limey can be! But I like it. Endearingly ugly. I remember them sounding nasty, but not bad.
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Re: Holy shit this is tempting
« Reply #13 on: April 30, 2013, 02:22:02 PM »
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Quote from: nofi on April 28, 2013, 07:32:45 AM
i had the fretted version. not a fan of those. that one is missing the see through plastic pick up/bridge cover.



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Re: Holy shit this is tempting
« Reply #14 on: April 30, 2013, 07:10:12 PM »
I always wondered how they moved so well in those platform shoes.
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