Author Topic: Hallmark Guitar?  (Read 2161 times)

Offline jfine

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Re: Hallmark Guitar?
« on: September 23, 2012, 02:02:17 am »
I have a Surf Pearl Custom 60. Great guitar. I had some problems with rattling bridge rollers when I first got it, but after a trip to the tech for a setup, it's doing fine. He had to immobilize the rollers, but I've had no rattles since, and it stays in tune fine--it recently spent five days in a trailer traveling across the country, and it came out of the case in tune. The pickups sound a lot like Mosrite pickups, a little bit darker than, say, a P-90, and I wound up putting in 500K pots, which opened it up some, and when I ordered it, I asked Bob Shade to install a leather washer under the tremolo arm so it wouldn't loosen up with use, and it's been fine. The only gripe I have is that the case is really heavy. Real nice case, but if I put wheels and a motor on it, I could drive it to the gig! And live in it if I couldn't find a motel... ;D