NGD Hallmark "Custom 60"

pumpkin · Post by **pumpkin** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 11:22 pm

My wife got me this for my birthday.

It's a lefty, I got it strung like a lefty and now I got the Kurdtz

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 11:25 pm

Nice, congrats! I've always wanted to try one of these. I owned a Mosrite I loved the sound of, more than any guitar I've owned, but I couldn't get on with the super thin neck and impossibly small frets. The Custom 60 isn't like that, so it's a lot more appealing.

pumpkin · Post by **pumpkin** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 11:34 pm

Dillon wrote:Nice, congrats! I've always wanted to try one of these. I owned a Mosrite I loved the sound of, more than any guitar I've owned, but I couldn't get on with the super thin neck and impossibly small frets. The Custom 60 isn't like that, so it's a lot more appealing.

The neck plays awesome. I have played a couple of Mosrites and they were hard to get along with.

I feel the Hallmark is an improved design. I LOVE the trem and zero fret. I can wank on the whammy bar like a mad man and it returns to pitch, dive bombs the lot.

It's my favorite guitar, I am gonna buy a "59" model from Hallmark next.

pumpkin · Post by **pumpkin** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 11:35 pm

Dillon wrote:Nice, congrats! I've always wanted to try one of these. I owned a Mosrite I loved the sound of, more than any guitar I've owned, but I couldn't get on with the super thin neck and impossibly small frets. The Custom 60 isn't like that, so it's a lot more appealing.

The neck plays awesome. I have played a couple of Mosrites and they were hard to get along with.

I feel the Hallmark is an improved design. I LOVE the trem and zero fret. I can wank on the whammy bar like a mad man and it returns to pitch, dive bombs the lot.

It's my favorite guitar, I am gonna buy a "59" model from Hallmark next.

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 12:40 am

Oh, they're made much much better than a Univox ..

Nice score!

NickD · Post by **NickD** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 1:15 am

pumpkin wrote:I can wank on the whammy bar like a mad man

Well, quite. (juvenile English lols)

superfuzz · Post by **superfuzz** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 4:55 am

I want their MOAM signature mosrite so bad. Hallmark seems to make excellent guitars

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:11 am

Hugely jealous.

Also ROFL at NickD.

71Smallbox · Post by **71Smallbox** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 5:53 pm

You can also get teh Johnny Ramonez with this.

61fury · Post by **61fury** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 11:08 pm

pumpkin wrote:My wife got me this for my birthday.

It's a lefty, I got it strung like a lefty and now I got the Kurdtz

Very nice, though teh Kurdtz resembles Teh Boss in this picture. Oh well , who'sperfect anyway?

pumpkin · Post by **pumpkin** » Sat Dec 20, 2014 8:21 am

Thanks all.

This is my guitarsenal now

I am thinking to sell my Rickenbacker 330.. maybe. If I do I will get another couple of Hallmarks. They are just the best. Honestly, way better guitar than anything else I have ever owned, that includes Gibsons, Fenders, Rickenbackers...

Anyway, I done buying guitars for a while.

For B-Days, Christmas, Anniversaries the wife always gets me guitar stuff. I buy her shoes and jewelry, so it's not just me.

I really want one of these for Christmas...

I would also like to find some cheap point to point hardwired single channel heads for my brother.

pumpkin · Post by **pumpkin** » Sat Dec 20, 2014 8:22 am

Thanks all.

This is my guitarsenal now

I am thinking to sell my Rickenbacker 330.. maybe. If I do I will get another couple of Hallmarks. They are just the best. Honestly, way better guitar than anything else I have ever owned, that includes Gibsons, Fenders, Rickenbackers...

Anyway, I done buying guitars for a while.

For B-Days, Christmas, Anniversaries the wife always gets me guitar stuff. I buy her shoes and jewelry, so it's not just me.

I really want one of these for Christmas...

I would also like to find some cheap point to point hardwired single channel heads for my brother.

Sublimedo · Post by **Sublimedo** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 1:31 am

Looks great! I've got Hallmark parts on my Mosrite Celebrity, but still appreciate some Univox stuff.

Are these guitars usually Korean built but US assembled?

Chris Fleming · Post by **Chris Fleming** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 7:52 am

Liking the look of thier tremelos

singlepup · Post by **singlepup** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 2:03 pm

Oh, I'm super curious now. Would love to play one. Looks ace.

pumpkin · Post by **pumpkin** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 5:10 pm

Pretty much the best guitar I have ever owned. It ticks all the boxes.

1.) Body is the right size, bigger than a stratocaster or a SG.
2.) No neck dive whatsoever, set neck, the neck width and string spacing is perfect, way better than an original Mosrite.
3.) Stays in tune, even when dive bombing, it's that zero fret and Semie Mosely designed tremolo.
4.) Tones, it kinda sounds like P90, but it isn't. I would like to get a Hallmark humbucker in the bridge, but if I don't it's fine.
5.) Got the Kurtz!

In my opinion it's a much improved Mosrite. It keeps all the things about the Mosrite that are awesome and fixes the things that aren't.

The ONLY thing I don't like is it doesn't have a Niro finish, however I could get it refinished but does it really matter? No.

All in all the best guitar I have owned.

pumpkin · Post by **pumpkin** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 2:59 am

So this is selling on Reverb.com

$700 is a good deal.

Hallmark Custom 60 LANK

PURPLE RAIN

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 3:59 am

hottttttttttttttttttttttttttt

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 8:02 am

Mein gott.

If I was in the US, I'd be selling kidneys right now.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:36 pm

I like these a lot despite what I said in the other thread. Love that Purple.

NGD Hallmark "Custom 60"

NGD Hallmark "Custom 60"

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