Jerry's Lefty Guitars has a very interesting (used) Hallmark Custom 60 in stock.
Seems that in 2015 Elliot Easton approached Jerry about a custom Mosrite copy to Elliot's specs.
As is not at all uncommon, Jerry had to order 4 to get one made.
Elliot got his guitar, Jerry sold the other three. Appears that one of those three buyers has traded his back in.
Quality lefty Mosrite's (or copies) are scarce as hen's teeth.
Hallmark Custom 60 made to Elliot Easton's specs.
In case you are wondering why I posted this instead of just buying it........
The 1 5/8" neck is just to narrow for me and I refuse to pay that sort of money for a wall hanger.
Attention Southpaws! Interesting guitar at Jerry's!!!
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Gear_Junky
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That looks sweet! A really classy looking vibrato that is not Bigsby or JM/Jag-style. I "kinda knew" about Mosrite guitars, but this post made me look up their pickups and the vibrato. Thank you, Mickey.
Shame that lefties can't get all the niceties - it's not like there's less than 1% of them. Shoe companies make a certain percentage of outlier sizes, why not cater to 10%-ish of the market, considering that it's been known since what, the 60's, that they have it harder finding instruments. I have a lefty friend who learned to play righty-stringed guitar and bass, while holding them like a lefty. So he has to get lefty guitars for ergonomics and then redo the nut and restring them as righty. That looks freaky. But every righty in his studio can feel like Hendrix with all the flipped instruments
Interesting position dot markers.
All this lefty stuff reminded me of an old series of jokes based on a supposed rivalry between Rolling Stones and Beatles. One joke was about Mick Jagger gifting a custom made left-handed piano for Paul McCartney
Shame that lefties can't get all the niceties - it's not like there's less than 1% of them. Shoe companies make a certain percentage of outlier sizes, why not cater to 10%-ish of the market, considering that it's been known since what, the 60's, that they have it harder finding instruments. I have a lefty friend who learned to play righty-stringed guitar and bass, while holding them like a lefty. So he has to get lefty guitars for ergonomics and then redo the nut and restring them as righty. That looks freaky. But every righty in his studio can feel like Hendrix with all the flipped instruments
Interesting position dot markers.
All this lefty stuff reminded me of an old series of jokes based on a supposed rivalry between Rolling Stones and Beatles. One joke was about Mick Jagger gifting a custom made left-handed piano for Paul McCartney
For $1500, you'd think they could at least get the alignment on the neck pickup correct...
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Growing up, only kid in the neighborhood with an Uncle Ahkbar
Proud RINO trapped in a heavy metal chassis
Growing up, only kid in the neighborhood with an Uncle Ahkbar
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I have a Hallmark trem on my Stradette. It is a very comfortable playing tremolo.
No slop, nice and smooth.
No slop, nice and smooth.
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