" Crystal
"
1987
See... BIG
PIX PAGE
Her name was inlayed in her headstock in Mother of
Pearl.
She has a Translucent Dark Blue finish.
She
was built at the same time as the "Angel",
in the Guitarist Magazine Review
from October 1987, and was sold in our Shop shortly after.
She
has a one piece Mahogany body with 'comfort contours' front and back, a
'bound' front,
one piece Mahogany neck, 'bound' Ebony fingerboard with 'cut
diamond'
Mother-of-Pearl inlays, Ebony head-face with
Mother-of -Pearl inlays, 24 5/8"
scale length, Kahler Pro Tremolo
and was originally fitted with
'Royal' pickups - a
'Cream Dream'
at the neck and a 'Dirt Box'*
at the bridge. These have been replaced
at some time - as you can see in the picture above.
NB - Kev.....
" I
have managed to glean some information about her 'fate' -
Thanks to Big Norm.....
According to Paul Tucker, she was 'fished' out of Torquay Harbour, off the Southwest
coast of
England (must have jumped ship
!), and ended up in the hands of Paul Westlake.
She
was pretty beaten up and in generally quite poor shape, but since then.....
.....nobody seems to know where she is !
If anybody does know.....please drop us a mail."
" Picture
supplied by Paul
Tucker of Torquay
(via Big Norm) - Thanks Guys.
Drop us a mail if you get a chance."
Please Note - we now have a new picture taken of Crystal when she was new - See Big Pix Link above.
( A
point of interest is that another company has
now recently (since 2002) adopted this particular
spelling...
... X-plorer ! )
" CHEESE " . SPECIAL CUSTOM MODELS . THANKS
* - The name
"Dirtbox".....
.....has been used since by several companies for overdrive pedals and other
devices.