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Nice guitar yes/no?

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:17 pm
by grandnoise
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 794wt_1140

I came across this little beauty, opinions?

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:22 pm
by dezb1
Yes; I likes it, Shergold's will always have a special place in me heart...

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:24 pm
by gaybear
what's going on between the pickups?

anyhoo, looks mostly neato to me. the neck looks very playable.

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:30 pm
by James
Hayman 2020 - Jim Burns design, Shergold Woodcrafts

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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:31 pm
by gaybear
clear or no pick guard would be nice

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:38 pm
by dezb1
It’s sort of pre-routed for additional pickups that you could buy / configure yourself without the need for new pickguards / routing.

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:41 pm
by gaybear
dezb1 wrote:It’s sort of pre-routed for additional pickups that you could buy / configure yourself without the need for new pickguards / routing.

ah, i see now

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:07 pm
by AaronGuitarDude
cool sig! purchase it to attract girls!

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:09 pm
by benecol
Too much money - I like Shergolds, but not worth that (unless the market has changed drastically in the last ten years). Tiny frets, too.

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:27 pm
by ekwatts
A big Hayman gimmick was modularity. One of their main ranges had the electronics mounted to a removable plate allowing you to buy new modules and easily swap them around different switching options. This is a fairly similar setup. The problem is that it never really took off. Back in those days the guitar shops would stock the guitar and you'd have to send off via mail order for the modules, so most of them ended up with just the one module they came with and that was that. Over the years, the rare few people who actually did buy any extra modules invariably lost them, so you'll find a few with non-original modules but not much else. Shame, really.

Also, it seems that transparent perspex was the future. This is actually a fairly sedate example of perspex fetish Haymans, some of them had that shit all over the place.

If money was no object I'd have that in a flash, but it is a bit of a high price. Try and find a twin-humbucker black Shergold or Hayman. Nowhere near as flashy but stupidly nice, high-quality and probably a damn-sight cheaper as well. I've seen them advertised for about £250 here and there.

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:43 pm
by paul_
gaybear wrote:clear or no pick guard would be nice
It's sort of dark ('smoked' or 'frosted') but it is clear, see the flame and f-hole through it?

I'm not crazy on the upper horn. Would prefer a symmetrical version of this based around the lower horn, something like:

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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:31 pm
by desertan
Where's the kitchen sink?

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:30 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
Nice guitar? who knows.

Attractive guitar? NO.

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:53 pm
by westtexasred
James wrote:Hayman 2020 - Jim Burns design, Shergold Woodcrafts

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Hayman? is it Purim already?

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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:46 am
by Viljami
dezb1 wrote:Yes; I likes it, Shergold's will always have a special place in me heart...
+1