, but I picked it up tonight at 8 o'clock. I was tired, very long day, and FedEx couldn't have been slower, so I wasn't too peppy. But as soon as I cut the tape from the bohemoth brown cardboard box and saw that first glimpse of crocodile case, I shivered with new found excitement. I slid the case from the box meticulously and heard a resounding thud from the back of the box. In my uncontrollable glee I had forgotten of the Hallmark Records "The Kustom Kings" a tribute to the legendary George Barris. I carefully removed it from its own personal box, and it beheld a personalized inscription from none other than Bob Shade! (Nice message too!) Then, with anticipation getting the best of me; I unlatched the beautiful case and inside lay the most beautiful guitar I've ever laid eyes upon. The 3-Tone Burst glowed golden and red and expertly shadowed black. Removing it from its case, I ran quickly to a tuner and got it to pitch and played all the Ramones songs I could remember at the moment (the entire It's Alive set, actually) and at 9:17 I hesitantly put the guitar back into it's case for the night. Then i cjecked the shipment schedule on a leather guitar strap I had custom made to fit the Johnny Ramone-ish vibe on this beaut. Has about 4-5 days coming on. I will have pictures of this beatiful monster tomorrow, as time prohibits a good and glorious picture. SORRY FOR THE LIFE STORY, HARD TO SUM UP THE FEELING OF A NEW GUITAR!With heavy eyes, good night!
-Eyan
, oh well!
So now it has a much more important use! I really want to thank Mr. Shade for backing up his MAGNIFICIENT product so quickly and helping me through this little sitch. I must say the Hallmark II with a set of Dunlop .9-.42 ROARS and TWANGS, it's got it all. So maybe something to try. I also decided to unblock the tremolo, and might not go back to blocked, I was afraid that bashing away at hackneyed barre chords would affect tuning, but not the Shade tremolo, steady as Chuck Norris' fist!
