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check out this cool 80s relic
« on: December 05, 2008, 12:03:55 PM »
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120331298203

what a shame about the sammy hagar signature on it :/
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Re: check out this cool 80s relic
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2008, 12:06:11 PM »
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Re: check out this cool 80s relic
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2008, 12:11:46 PM »
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120331298203

what a shame about the sammy hagar signature on it :/

Shame about the Kahler too - and it's only a cheap Kahler Flyer
Looking at where that is being sold - I wonder if the seller is Mohinda (SAN ) Sharman
His brother Dave Sharman was quite a well known shred player
I have traded a few bits with him over the years

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Re: check out this cool 80s relic
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2008, 12:18:29 PM »
Actually more interesting is something else that he is selling

A Floyd Rose that fits a Les Paul with no routing required
I also have one of these kicking about and they are as rare as hen's teeth

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Re: check out this cool 80s relic
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2008, 12:28:01 PM »
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120331298203

what a shame about the sammy hagar signature on it :/

Shame about the Kahler too - and it's only a cheap Kahler Flyer
Looking at where that is being sold - I wonder if the seller is Mohinda (SAN ) Sharman
His brother Dave Sharman was quite a well known shred player
I have traded a few bits with him over the years

I love Hamer Scarab's - made one for a girlfriend about 12 years ago

I don't even like shape guitars and I'm GASsing for that. Simply gorgeous work.
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Re: check out this cool 80s relic
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2008, 12:31:28 PM »
I don't even like shape guitars and I'm GASsing for that. Simply gorgeous work.

Yeah, I don't like it when Jonathan posts that particular image either ;) The black binding really sets it off.

The Les Paul floyd seems pretty interesting, and he has some other oddities for sale besides, like the tele trem and parametric eq.
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Re: check out this cool 80s relic
« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2008, 12:44:53 PM »
Actually more interesting is something else that he is selling

A Floyd Rose that fits a Les Paul with no routing required
I also have one of these kicking about and they are as rare as hen's teeth



I saw one of those in a magazine article about the history of Floyd Roses, I wonder why they never caught on?
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Re: check out this cool 80s relic
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2008, 12:59:52 PM »
i have one of those floyds sitting on a shelf! still never got around to installing it
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Re: check out this cool 80s relic
« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2008, 01:19:26 PM »
Cool shape, I wonder about this FR for Les Pauls, may give it a go ;)

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Re: check out this cool 80s relic
« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2008, 02:53:04 PM »
A Floyd Rose that fits a Les Paul with no routing required
I also have one of these kicking about and they are as rare as hen's teeth
I saw one of those in a magazine article about the history of Floyd Roses, I wonder why they never caught on?
Probably because you'd still need routing and/or drilling to get the locking nut installed - a floyd would be useless without the nut & if you're going to modify the guitar, why not go the whole hog & install a proper one?
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Re: check out this cool 80s relic
« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2008, 03:35:30 PM »
They could just want a light pitch perfect vibrato rather than heavy whammy kind of effect, so the locking nut not neccesary? Chris Broderick does this I think.
Or locking tuners? Don't play floyded gutiars, been wondering if locking tuners would help at all

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« Reply #11 on: December 05, 2008, 09:19:09 PM »
That seller often has interesting stuff, but I think his prices tend to be a bit ambitious (pot, kettle... ).

Never seen one of those Les Paul Floyds before, that's fascinating.  But doesn't it tend to wobble around a bit with just the big grub screws at the back to hold it in place?
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Re: check out this cool 80s relic
« Reply #12 on: December 05, 2008, 09:59:29 PM »
That seller often has interesting stuff, but I think his prices tend to be a bit ambitious (pot, kettle... ).

Never seen one of those Les Paul Floyds before, that's fascinating.  But doesn't it tend to wobble around a bit with just the big grub screws at the back to hold it in place?

You could use the Tonepros split studs to make it more secure
I did that for Will on his Gibson with a Kahler and it worked a treat
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« Reply #13 on: December 05, 2008, 10:29:03 PM »
Yeah, I thought that was a good idea with the Kahler!    And I suppose the front of the Floyd bridge rests on the body (or the bushings for the tune-o-matic?), so as long as you're pushing down on the bar, not pulling up, it should be fairly stable.
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Re: check out this cool 80s relic
« Reply #14 on: December 05, 2008, 10:34:50 PM »
I think they are divebomb only from what info there is