FS: Douglas Hawker & Deltatone Black Beauty

[Lacking Talent]

Amidst one of those "Best Laid Schemes" / "Life Gets In The Way" periods I'm sure you've all experienced, have decided that these two pieces of MIK awesomeness (and perhaps this community, too) would be better served by me finding new, loving homes for them.

Douglas Hawker -- no pickups (I never had them) -- but will include all the original hardware, wiring, pots. Lot of potential. $250 shipped CONUS.

Deltatone Black Beauty, more info here on the forum at viewtopic.php?f=37&t=3821&hilit=deltatone. Great rock guitar. $325 shipped CONUS.

Thanks for looking, each is in at least VG if not EX condition, PM me to make payment and shipping arrangements...

[Buddha Pickups]

I've had 2 Hawkers from back when Kurt clearanced them out and I definitely regret selling them. I had a green and a natural. I think they had black too besides your purple. Kurt cut one open to shoe that the inlays were real ebony wood, if I remember correctly.

Very cool guitars.


Edit**
I'd be interested if you ever want to sell that natural one in your avatar

[Lacking Talent]

I don't own the Natural one in my avatar, actually; it was chosen as an "aspirational" image -- that's how I would have refinished the Tribal Purple one that I'm selling!

[TVvoodoo]

I'm kinda interested in the Hawker @Lacking Talent these were mahogany body, right? Can you show a good pic of the back?

[Lacking Talent]

No prob, watch this space!

[Lacking Talent]

Here are pix shining very bright light at an angle that catches some scuffing on the back...

This is what the back looks like without the bright light pointed directly at it...

Here's a brightly lit, acute angle of the flamed top that shows how the dulled perimeter of the body carve could stand a buffing and polish to bring back its original luster. As I mentioned above, were I keeping this guitar, I'd strip it and make it a Natural refin!

And finally, the specs from the Rondo website back in the day...

https://www.rondomusic.com/hawkertp.html

Hope that helps!

[TVvoodoo]

Very helpful sir! Nice variety of pics of that Godawful color LOL!

Exactly like you, was also thinking natural refinish. I've been looking for my next guitar project and was always somewhat fascinated by this one with the maple neck, plus I've got some double cremes here looking for a home. Too bad its bound on the back to as I'd like to give 'er a nice belly bevel... I guess a fella still could but that's a lot of serious rounding over to nix a triple binding. Plus I'm in Canada so shipping is more of a problem, particularly as winter approaches. Let me think on this for a couple days, no foul if you happen to move it in the meantime... the timing sucks for this to come up right now for me.
... so you never had it strung and twanging? Theres no obvious neck issues or anything?

[Lacking Talent]

UPDATE:

The HAWKER has sold locally.

The DELTATONE is still available!

[Lacking Talent]

FINAL UPDATE: Both gone now. My thanks to those who expressed interest!