Purple Lynch Custom Shop
Purple Lynch Custom Shop
Hi Guys,
New here and hope you are all well
Back in 2005 I ordered a ESP Custom Shop through the Oxford Guitar Gallery in the U.K. It was essentially a Lynch Kammi in see through purple and featured black hardwear. I think from memory it had Skull and Bones inlays. I sold it 6 years ago I think to a guy in the U.K. Just wondering if anyone knows the whereabouts?
Specs were:
Reverse Hockey Stick Headstock, Black Hardware, 1HB/1SC with Push Pull Volume. See through Purple, Rosewood Board, Maple Neck, Floyd Rose, Skull Inlays I think)
Thanks
Daz
My first post to the forum and it's sort of breaking news already:
I own that guitar now.
I got it from a guy in the UK via ebay a couple of weeks ago - and the receipt from Oxford Guitar Gallery was still in the case! It's a great player but has obviously seen some action. A cigarette burn mark is on the front of the body, just above the low E string but when the guitar is in playing position the right hand basically covers that up so it's not a big deal really. The guitar is being serviced by a technician right now because the action was set too low and in order to access the truss rod the neck needs to be removed. I'll post a pic when I get home.
Cheers!
Thank you all for the kind comments on the herd! It took me a couple of years to round them up and since the whole E-II thing came up, used ESPs are getting notably rarer.
As for the display stand: I had been looking for some kind of stand that would enable me to see the guitars up front rather than having them lined up vertically in a multistand. At first I had considered mounting a board to the wall fitted with horizontal guitar hangers. While still pondering this option, I came across the display stand by chance. A guy who had formerly been working in a guitar store sold it to me for pretty reasonable money. Setting the thing up was a royal pain though. So far, it's self supporting and it seems pretty stable. Still, I'm planning to anchor it to wall some day.
As for becoming a fully-fledged member: I'll do what it takes, good sir! The ESPs that I own are in the picture. There are a couple more guitars though, Robins, Charvels, Ibanezes, a Jackson, a Peavey and a Grass Roots GMM 60 from way back when I was a student and just couldn't afford the real deal. If you'd still like to see them, I'll be glad to show you the whole team.
As for the M-II with the pickguard: From what I understand, it's indeed the guitar that some people here like to call the "board whore". I have always liked the looks of the KH-4. The only thing that bugged me about it - apart from the $$ and the Metallica thing (no offense) - was the rosewood board. The guitar is basically a "well traveled" regular black Deluxe with two EMG 81s and a Floyd. It's rear routed so the perloid pickguard has got to be an aftermarket job. But it's very well made and I think it looks great! As someone noted, it's a guitar you can play a wedding with.
As for possibly wanting to sell the Lynch: Nope. Well, at least not at the moment.
Found an old pic of it. Circa 2005/2006
Daz