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Got bored. Got poor. Got pissed off with my back pain and arthritis in my hands. Just not enjoying it any more at all

Long time no speak, guys. Hope all are well :) Selling off my Hartke half stack on ebay. Collection only from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK, because it's just to big to ship and package up. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=220284729557 Lost the desire to...

stratman323 wrote:Thanks. What are ODs? Is that the make?

Yes. Orange Drop.

stratman323 wrote:With the caps, is .022 the type that most vintage type Strats & Teles come fitted with as standard?

It is.

It has the Korean screw adjust bridge on it

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0165681014

Yes, it's Korean made. Cream covers on the back (japanese are black), screw adjustment bridge posts, serial number printed (japanese are stamped into the wood).

If you paid through PayPal, and he won't refund you, you can open a dispute that it was not what it was meant to be, i.e. japanese made. PayPal will force him to refund you. Keep all your messages between you and point him to this page

He seems to be posting the same photos for each auction, too, which means it may look nothing like the one in the picure when you get it

I would imagine it will. Tokai/Gibson size specifications are identical, except for the Tokai having the 18 degree headstock of the original Les Pauls, and modern Gibsons having a 14 degree angle. I did find that a problem in a Coffin Case I had for the LC. There wasn't enough room in the case below...

Bit more info on it:

http://www.rondomusic.net/ec280lpor.html

It really is the nicest LP case for fit and quality I've ever had

Here's the same case in the USA (because the other two are in the UK):

http://cgi.ebay.com/Guitar-Case-for-Gib ... dZViewItem

No idea on the Gator, but my LC fits beautifully into the CNB case the same as the one in these auctions: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Les-Paul-style-Guitar-Case-Tan-plush-lined_W0QQitemZ140108604991QQihZ004QQcategoryZ20830QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TAN-LES-PAUL-HARD-GUITAR...

Looking at the photos you posted in the announcements section, it is Korean made by Tokai for the US market, if it is not a complete fake (it has been known). It has the US market headstock and horn, plus the korean made bridge (with screw adjustment), korean cream back covers, and the korean three ...

Not true. The newer US RIs have a poly undercoat They're the ones I'm talking about. It's quite funny reading their gibberish about the nitro on them giving a better tone than the polyurethane American series and deluxe guitars, when they have a polyurethane guitar with nitro on top themselves :lol:

Bear in mind also that I hear a lot of high end Fender owners extolling the virtues of their "nitro" finished guitars, citing the usual "it lets the wood breath" quote. Strange that, considering it is a nitro top coat over polyurethane base, even on the very highest models :wink: Almost all guitars ...

There are manufacturers who use polyurethane in their top custom models, because they claim it's better than nitro. Both are plastic based finishes. I have never been able to hear or feel any difference in either, excepting that polyurethane is harder to mark and dries quicker. Also, people get conf...