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soltwanger · May 7th, 2009, 04:05 PM

without further ado:

This arrived about an hour ago, and after I had stopped shaking and pinching myself, I plugged it into a '63 vibrolux and twanged for nearly an hour. Just playing low string notes on the bridge and letting shimmering chords ring out, eyes closed in sheer awe of the beauty of this instrument.

here's the specs:

regular modern C-shape neck
rosewood board
medium jumbo frets
swamp ash body
custom shell pink finish
seymour duncan vintage minibucker in the neck
seymour duncan custom-wound (personally by seymour himself) bridge pickup. no others exist in the world.
switchcraft jack
hahn bridge
vintage tuners
cut-down scratchplate
lots of other win.

I cannot believe I own this. this is actually too awesome for words.

rangercaster · May 7th, 2009, 04:13 PM

absolutely beautiful !!! good luck with it it ... looks like a keeper !!!

madmark · May 7th, 2009, 04:14 PM

SWEET... congrats she sure is a beauty... Enjoy

fenderguy72 · May 7th, 2009, 04:14 PM

very nice sol...bet she sounds as good as she looks...MD

firefuocco · May 7th, 2009, 04:15 PM

A Hot Rod Hahn. Excellent!

newtwanger · May 7th, 2009, 04:19 PM

In the immortal words of Antonio Banderas "TOO SEXY"!!

All sorts of jealousy is swirling around the TDPRI right now, I'm sure.

Ron Garson · May 7th, 2009, 04:26 PM

Congratulations on your beautiful new Hahn 228. I know that you will love it!

From another 228 owner!

beach bob · May 7th, 2009, 04:30 PM

Wow Sol, that is SWEET!

A great player deserves a great guitar... looks to me like this is a good fit. Enjoy!

twangus · May 7th, 2009, 04:42 PM

WooHoo!

She's aces, Sol. Congo Rats.

SpaceyBen · May 7th, 2009, 04:43 PM

Sweet guitar... real cool color!

soltwanger · May 7th, 2009, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ron Garson

Congratulations on your beautiful new Hahn 228. I know that you will love it!

From another 228 owner!

I do love it!

from another TDPRI Brit.

thanks everyone! i'll get some video clips up as soon as i can make myself stop playing it and find a video camera.

Sterling Indigo · May 7th, 2009, 05:18 PM

Hahn does great work. Besides the awesome color, I like the clay dots and cool pickguard.

fenderix · May 7th, 2009, 05:20 PM

Very nice indeed - congratulations Sol!

CHAZ2 · May 7th, 2009, 05:20 PM

Beautiful, i would be out getting drunk on the strength of that...congrats

soltwanger · May 7th, 2009, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CHAZ2

Beautiful, i would be out getting drunk on the strength of that...congrats

i wish! being in the states is like going back in time 3 years, and suddenly everyone around me my age is raiding their parents' liquor cabinets and trying to get their older brothers to buy them cases of beer again.

i would kill for a pint, a pie and a chelsea game down at my local again.

but this guitar more than compensates for that mild frustration.

Spidercaster · May 7th, 2009, 06:21 PM

Looks great Sol. Congrats!!!!!

Cheesehead · May 7th, 2009, 06:22 PM

Wow, love the 'bucker and the pickguard shape. Very nice!

xjazzy · May 7th, 2009, 06:51 PM

It looks great and it deserves great hands like yours

Cheers.

getbent · May 7th, 2009, 06:58 PM

awesome score Sol!

surfco · May 7th, 2009, 07:08 PM

Gorgeous guitah!

choosymothers · May 7th, 2009, 07:51 PM

i love that band-aid color!(Im serious)

MickM · May 7th, 2009, 08:17 PM

Can we assume that the mini-bucker is due to some Brent Mason influence?

mellecaster · May 7th, 2009, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xjazzy

It looks great and it deserves great hands like yours

Cheers.

+10 to that...If anyone deserves it, it would be you Sol.

KevinB · May 7th, 2009, 08:44 PM

Wow! Chihoe sure knows what he's doing!

Flat357 · May 7th, 2009, 08:49 PM

Nice colour .
Is this an endorsement jobby Sol ?

Ignatius · May 7th, 2009, 10:14 PM

May you use it to unleash The Wrath of Hahn.

(sorry, couldn't resist)

But seriously, great to see the guitar landed in such deserving....hahnds. (Isn't that how you Brits would pronounce it anyway?

)

redstringuitar · May 7th, 2009, 10:53 PM

Sure beats a Pukka pie...and Chelsea!

e-merlin · May 7th, 2009, 10:56 PM

The first term that came to mind when I saw that was, "That's boss!" then, "*****in'!"

Fantastic looking guitar.

Oh, and a learning moment. It's "adieu."

boris bubbanov · May 8th, 2009, 01:28 AM

Very tasty indeed; I know you'll put it to some real fine use!

Sol, by the way, is this a "228" or is it different enough to get its own model name?

"Custom" I Spoze. :^) :^)

shinigami747 · May 8th, 2009, 01:33 AM

sweet!

soltwanger · May 8th, 2009, 02:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flat357

Nice colour .
Is this an endorsement jobby Sol ?

i just spent te best part of half a minute rubbing your signature with my finger. fail.

but nah it's not an endorsement, just a kind of mutual appreciation type thing; one of those awesome deeds that all good people do a handfull of times throughout their lives, and now i have something that I will cherish and love for the rest of my life; while giving a beautiful guitar a beautiful history which will be weel documented. this is my deed back to Chihoe, for him to see me do wonderful things with his guitar.

funff · May 8th, 2009, 03:24 AM

Great looking axe Sol, I know it'll get played to its full potential! Hurry up with those clips!

Quote:

Originally Posted by soltwanger

i would kill for a pint, a pie and a chelsea game down at my local again.

Not the other night, you wouldn't.....

(No, I'm not a Chelsea fan but it was a dreadful scenario!)

Enjoy!

Flat357 · May 8th, 2009, 03:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by soltwanger

i just spent te best part of half a minute rubbing your signature with my finger. fail.

but nah it's not an endorsement, just a kind of mutual appreciation type thing; one of those awesome deeds that all good people do a handfull of times throughout their lives, and now i have something that I will cherish and love for the rest of my life; while giving a beautiful guitar a beautiful history which will be weel documented. this is my deed back to Chihoe, for him to see me do wonderful things with his guitar.

Were you giving me the finger Sol ?

I'm sure you'll make that baby sing bud .

wylde4canes · May 8th, 2009, 09:40 AM

Why is it that on any other shape than a Tele or strat pink seems week? BUt ona tele or strat pink just pops! I like it, you got a stunner there, Sol.

bo · May 8th, 2009, 12:14 PM

Very Nice!

TelecasterBlooz · May 8th, 2009, 01:14 PM

To paraphrase the Fab four, " I wanna hold your Hahn!" Very nice indeed sir.

Mark Moore · May 8th, 2009, 02:23 PM

She's a beauty, Sol. Congrats!

Fatmanstratman · May 8th, 2009, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by soltwanger

i would kill for a pint, a pie and a chelsea game down at my local again.

Sol, take it from Ol' Fatman - after watching the Chelsea "disgrace" the other night, you are MUCH better off doing justice to that beautiful Hahn!

Sweet guitar - looking forward to some clips of you putting her through her paces!....

Big John · May 8th, 2009, 04:12 PM

Blimey Sol, is this a record ? 38 posts and not one negative comment !!, that IS a peachy looking Tele mate, hope you and it have lots of good adventures.

Now, just to keep the average up :- That thing looks like a sack of pooh and sounds like an EBO crossed with a dying swan and it doesn't even have a black pickguard !!

There, normalcy is resumed .........

Radspin · May 8th, 2009, 04:34 PM

OK, I wish the "H" on the headstock was smaller.

But seriously, that is one fantastic-looking instrument, and the different pickguard gives it a really cool and unique design touch.

May 7th, 2009, 04:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
soltwanger Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nashville, TN Age: 19 Posts: 752	New hahn in the house!!! without further ado: This arrived about an hour ago, and after I had stopped shaking and pinching myself, I plugged it into a '63 vibrolux and twanged for nearly an hour. Just playing low string notes on the bridge and letting shimmering chords ring out, eyes closed in sheer awe of the beauty of this instrument. here's the specs: regular modern C-shape neck rosewood board medium jumbo frets swamp ash body custom shell pink finish seymour duncan vintage minibucker in the neck seymour duncan custom-wound (personally by seymour himself) bridge pickup. no others exist in the world. switchcraft jack hahn bridge vintage tuners cut-down scratchplate lots of other win. I cannot believe I own this. this is actually too awesome for words. __________________ New country chicken picking instructional DVD's out now!! www.solchops.com

May 7th, 2009, 04:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
rangercaster Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2008 Location: portland, or Age: 52 Posts: 1,546	absolutely beautiful !!! good luck with it it ... looks like a keeper !!! __________________ "Work is the curse of the drinking classes." Oscar Wilde

May 7th, 2009, 04:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
firefuocco Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cornwall UK Age: 42 Posts: 251	A Hot Rod Hahn. Excellent! __________________ You told me again you preferred handsome men, but for me you would make an exception. (Chelsea Hotel #2 - L. Cohen & R. Cornelius)

May 7th, 2009, 04:42 PM	#9 (permalink)
twangus TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: N.M. Posts: 72	WooHoo! She's aces, Sol. Congo Rats. __________________ “To tune the spirit when someone is trampling on you is called control.” –Carlos Castaneda

May 7th, 2009, 04:43 PM	#10 (permalink)
SpaceyBen Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Yokohama, Japan Age: 29 Posts: 418	Sweet guitar... real cool color! __________________ have twang will travel

May 7th, 2009, 04:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
madmark Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York Age: 40 Posts: 899	SWEET... congrats she sure is a beauty... Enjoy

May 7th, 2009, 04:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
fenderguy72 Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 150	very nice sol...bet she sounds as good as she looks...MD

May 7th, 2009, 04:19 PM	#6 (permalink)
newtwanger Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Quebec, Canada Age: 45 Posts: 1,553 11 Photos	In the immortal words of Antonio Banderas "TOO SEXY"!! All sorts of jealousy is swirling around the TDPRI right now, I'm sure.

May 7th, 2009, 04:26 PM	#7 (permalink)
Ron Garson Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2003 Location: UK Posts: 1,013 19 Photos	Congratulations on your beautiful new Hahn 228. I know that you will love it! From another 228 owner!

May 7th, 2009, 04:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
beach bob Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: South Florida Posts: 1,094	Wow Sol, that is SWEET! A great player deserves a great guitar... looks to me like this is a good fit. Enjoy!

May 7th, 2009, 05:18 PM	#12 (permalink)
Sterling Indigo Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: East Lansing Posts: 1,277	Hahn does great work. Besides the awesome color, I like the clay dots and cool pickguard.

May 7th, 2009, 05:20 PM	#13 (permalink)
fenderix Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Europe Posts: 3,786	Very nice indeed - congratulations Sol!

May 7th, 2009, 05:20 PM	#14 (permalink)
CHAZ2 Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK Age: 50 Posts: 402	Beautiful, i would be out getting drunk on the strength of that...congrats __________________ " "There's nothing wrong with it" www.myspace.com/thechazsessions

May 7th, 2009, 06:21 PM	#16 (permalink)
Spidercaster Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2005 Location: New York Posts: 1,321 5 Photos	Looks great Sol. Congrats!!!!! __________________ ".................what daily routine?" - Sol Philcox www.LiveFromMyLivingRoom.com

May 7th, 2009, 06:22 PM	#17 (permalink)
Cheesehead Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Age: 45 Posts: 1,333 6 Photos	Wow, love the 'bucker and the pickguard shape. Very nice! __________________ "This is blues power!" Albert King

May 7th, 2009, 06:51 PM	#18 (permalink)
xjazzy Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Portugal Age: 29 Posts: 1,708 6 Photos	It looks great and it deserves great hands like yours Cheers. __________________ Still got the Twang! myspace.com/jpmartins

May 7th, 2009, 06:58 PM	#19 (permalink)
getbent Moderator Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Benito County, California Posts: 13,696 37 Photos	awesome score Sol! __________________ We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are

May 7th, 2009, 07:08 PM	#20 (permalink)
surfco Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: ◙ Calexico, CA ◙ Posts: 754	Gorgeous guitah!

May 7th, 2009, 07:51 PM	#21 (permalink)
choosymothers Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: new york Posts: 130	i love that band-aid color!(Im serious)

May 7th, 2009, 08:17 PM	#22 (permalink)
MickM Tele-Holic Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Hbg. PA Age: 52 Posts: 840	Can we assume that the mini-bucker is due to some Brent Mason influence?

May 7th, 2009, 08:44 PM	#24 (permalink)
KevinB Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,850 4 Photos	Wow! Chihoe sure knows what he's doing!

May 7th, 2009, 08:49 PM	#25 (permalink)
Flat357 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Cheshire Age: 41 Posts: 3,068	Nice colour . Is this an endorsement jobby Sol ? __________________ MySpace http://www.myspace.com/flat357

May 7th, 2009, 10:14 PM	#26 (permalink)
Ignatius Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,111 1 Photos	May you use it to unleash The Wrath of Hahn. (sorry, couldn't resist) But seriously, great to see the guitar landed in such deserving....hahnds. (Isn't that how you Brits would pronounce it anyway? ) __________________ This right here is my signature.

May 7th, 2009, 10:53 PM	#27 (permalink)
redstringuitar Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Wales Age: 46 Posts: 1,045	Sure beats a Pukka pie...and Chelsea! __________________ The world is full of busy people, might be a better place if some of 'em spent more time on their arses...

May 8th, 2009, 01:28 AM	#29 (permalink)
boris bubbanov Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Orleans, LA + in the past Posts: 15,222	Very tasty indeed; I know you'll put it to some real fine use! Sol, by the way, is this a "228" or is it different enough to get its own model name? "Custom" I Spoze. :^) :^) __________________ When i listen

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May 8th, 2009, 01:33 AM	#30 (permalink)
shinigami747 Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Manila, Philippines Age: 28 Posts: 427 3 Photos	sweet! __________________ the guitar is the human soul speaking with just six strings -from beck: mongolian chop squad

May 8th, 2009, 09:40 AM	#34 (permalink)
wylde4canes Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: North Carolina Age: 30 Posts: 347	Why is it that on any other shape than a Tele or strat pink seems week? BUt ona tele or strat pink just pops! I like it, you got a stunner there, Sol.

May 8th, 2009, 12:14 PM	#35 (permalink)
bo Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 2,276	Very Nice! __________________ www.bourbondynasty.com

May 8th, 2009, 01:14 PM	#36 (permalink)
TelecasterBlooz Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Lisbon, WI Age: 50 Posts: 1,065	To paraphrase the Fab four, " I wanna hold your Hahn!" Very nice indeed sir. __________________ Leo Fender got it right the first time...(Telecaster)

May 8th, 2009, 02:23 PM	#37 (permalink)
Mark Moore Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Edmond OK Age: 49 Posts: 357 9 Photos	She's a beauty, Sol. Congrats! __________________ "Whoops." -Waylon Jennings

May 8th, 2009, 04:12 PM	#39 (permalink)
Big John Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Suffolk UK Posts: 6,680 39 Photos	Blimey Sol, is this a record ? 38 posts and not one negative comment !!, that IS a peachy looking Tele mate, hope you and it have lots of good adventures. Now, just to keep the average up :- That thing looks like a sack of pooh and sounds like an EBO crossed with a dying swan and it doesn't even have a black pickguard !! There, normalcy is resumed ......... __________________ If you are going to be a bear, be a grizzly !!

May 8th, 2009, 04:34 PM	#40 (permalink)
Radspin Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: East Northport, NY Age: 54 Posts: 723	OK, I wish the "H" on the headstock was smaller. But seriously, that is one fantastic-looking instrument, and the different pickguard gives it a really cool and unique design touch.

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