Lefty XL-5 finally came home to papa

[KramerAmsterdam]

Thanks to George one more for the collection, that makes 4 lumies!:)


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Check the graphic etched into the cavity plate, pretty cool!

There's 2 extra holes for straplocks as it was used as a righty guitar.

The pickups are a Super Distortion bridge and 59 in the neck.

The roller nut had some harassment but functions fine.

All in all it has some lack of maintenance and been collection dust (headstock was nasty!!) some pitting in the tuners and the strings were WAY dead.

It came with dark brown original case. One side was falling apart..just of age..all treads were torn and the tolex was stiff and such, but it works still.

Setup was dead easy on this bad boy it plays great and fast and I think it has to be reissued!

Last note: the maple body has aged very nicely over the years..vintage yellow, love it!

Oh..sounds great too..played some dokken on it;)


Remy

[Unhomed]

She looks great. I got a whitey that's a rightie and love the way it looks and sounds.

Interesting etching on the plate. Not sure what it is....:scratchhe

You trying to corner the market on lefties :D ?

Very Nice :thumbsup :thumbsup !

[Warlord]

must be a heavy bitch eh? :D
The fretboard looks to be in great shape!?

[Steve EZ]

That's kinda cool on the cavity cover :thumbsup

The nice thing is that those are interchangeable with other lumie covers if you ever want to replace it, but i like it.

I bet that thing plays real nice. Low action on those necks if you set them up right. I absolutely love that body shape Remy. The color is great too. If that thing was a righty you never would had the chance to bid on it ;)

[PacerPete]

:drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool ...Very nice, too bad they made it backwards...

[Midnight_Highway]

SWEEEt!!!! :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup

Needs new speedknobs, though.

George

[amerturk]

Very nice one. I still can't believe the 6000 you got last year from GC, the very one I touched and shit myself until I saw that it was built backwards. :D

[pel666]

Nice story behind this one...it was listed pretty steep, and I tried to backdoor it. The guy said fair enough, I'll lower the entry bid to that amount so you can bid....seldom action for a seller, my hats of to him; and then pow, I hit the lefty space Kline! Again the misses comes into play. I show her the picture, and normally she doesn't say ugly but this one she found ugly. I love it, but had to pass on it....bringin' in another one on such short notice which she thinks...well you get it ;) Got a mail from Remy a few days later, why didn't you bid on it dude! I had to snag it :headbang

At least I still get to play it :thumbsup And Remy, kick ass snag right there 5:drool er

[DethConsumer]

Way cool Remy! Looks great!
It looks like someone took the ball peen hammer to the cavity cover!

[TommySixGun]

That's one schweet axe....Love it.....Everybody's XL5 has switches except mine :scratchhe

I looked on the inside of the cover and scratched the paint....how the heck does it not have switches?

TSG

[KramerAmsterdam]

The guitar plays great, almost like an L5 neck in seize. I always feel the frets on those lumies are greatness, no rattles and never worn.

It is decent weight and well balanced, probably the reason for the strange body shape.

Thank you Mies for lowering the price. Kim thinks it's fugly, huh? Thank you Kim:)

It has nice rock and roll sounds on the middle position too btw. Jonhny B. Goode in overdrive sort off:-)

The switches are to split the pickups . THe 3-way switch is not really needed? with the volumes you can select full front, 50/50 and full neck? I guess your pickups can't be split that's all what you miss.

The speedknobs should be on indeed..not sure if I will these on it look vintage and have pretty cool vibe. I think I have some speedknobs lying I might try on it just to check what it does to me.

I must say the elctronics on these lumies are very sensitive to failure. I retain them as long as the spray does it works but the pots are pretty worn. I had to resolder 2 wires btw. It had a shortcut in there somewhere, maybe the reason he sold it were the elecs?

Anyway a great guitar for a good price in my opinion. Customs missed it mostly too:D had to pay 75$ (but only 52E) for the guitar, 1 complete Floyd, a part Floyd and 3 repaired pickups.

Remy

[flyingvfreak]

Very Cool Rem :thumbsup Me personally I dont like those at all :-x I dig the Body shape :drool kinda BC Rich Lines :headbang But them Necks :chainsaw Anyways enjoy that Fine piece :toast

[KrameRemarK]

Gotta love the lumies! :thumbsup They play great, sound great and are built like tanks.

I'd love to get a righty of these .... (one day) .... they look great!

Like the little BBQ on the left too in a couple of the pics! :D Well at least I think it is a BBQ :scratchhe

[DethConsumer]

I love this guitar bro! I had to check it and look at it again. You rarely see a lefty model of the XL-5!:thumbsup

[KramerAmsterdam]

This is the first I laid eyes on. Quite a few 350B's and even 450G's I seen pass, but next is the XL-7 you been poking at us , Jeff:D

THe nekc is fine Vinnie, you are a sensitive person when it comes to necks V. No Nightswans for you either..what you like mostly-L2's?

Yep BBQ. It's an original , handmade St. Lucian coalpot. They have some sort of village there with Indians (Arowaks I think) and they make them after 17th century design. They work like a charm and you see them on the streets everywhere there. Ladies selling fried fish and chicken-SWEET!

Remy

[kramerpacer]

Sweet, Rem!! :thumbsup

[Lewd_Dude]

Congrats! Tooth & Nail Baby! I usually feel sorry for lefties! I have two close friends that are, and they always have to order what they want and wait, and wait... but you scored with this one Bro! Very Nice!:toast

[lostinthemasses]

i remember that thing being relisted on ebay like 5 times or something, it was rediculous.

so you going to do your hair in the flock of seagulls style and pose for some pictures now?

[Padja]

Congrats Remy!

That's a killer axe; love the body shape, the cream pups go well on there and that neck looks delicious; like it was just made:drool

Enjoy it, Remy!
All the best,
Padja.

[simpler1]

Is that lumie sitting on the cement? What's wrong with you? Get that thing off the ground!

Awesome guitar!

I'm a lefty that was forced to play righty. Now I'm looking for some revenge and want to attempt to play lefty. I didn't even know lefty lumie's existed until I saw your collection on the VK site.

[KramerAmsterdam]

Thanks for the kind words guys.


Padja, good to see you back, I spoke to Peter recently so I am updated. I talk to you soon. We go Rotterdam soon.

Simpler, yes, there's quite o lot of lefties actually..you have to look for them offcourse but I know 450G, DMZ 1000, 650G and 6000G's...in basses..there's been about any model around. Good luck finding one-they are out there.

It's not on the concrete, it's resting-I won't hurt it, but truly I am not sure I can, the finish is solid.



Remy

[lostinthemasses]

so have you busted out some flock of seagulls riffs on that thing yet remy?

[KramerAmsterdam]

haha, I know, they are like the only band of name with an aluneck in their hitvideo. I like that song actually.

Not yet. I should try to play that stuff soon.

The guitar is still in hiding as the wife has no knowledge of it yet. When the time is there it appears unexpectedly:D

Remy

[pel666]

OMG, same here with my FF Blue Pacer...hiding in the closet in parts till the correct moment arrives to pull it out of the hat :D

[KrameRemarK]

OMG, same here with my FF Blue Pacer...hiding in the closet in parts till the correct moment arrives to pull it out of the hat :D

Ha ha, I have one too which is hidden away at present .... until the right time too :D (I think there must be a few bros out there who do this every now and then :lol )

I wish that right time would hurry up :-x

[Warlord]

But it would be "Surprise surprise!" if your wifes would find her in the closet!!

I wonder what they would do then. :chainsaw

[pel666]

One more or less in parts is not really noticable :D

http://www.xs4all.nl/~plont/Claw/closet.jpg

[KramerAmsterdam]

hahaha crazy man, like Kim is stupid. Women know these things..like she acts like she cannot identify one from the other (girlie voice: they all look alike...) unless you get another one....(girlie voice: did you change the potmeter knob from black to creme..or is this another of your guitars...)

I got me a new toy I can't hide..will take pics soon..it's green, it's a machine, it's 32yrs old and does not require roadtax...what can it be?



Remy

[Padja]

A Bosch electrical screwdriver??:scratchhe

[lostinthemasses]

a vespa?

[Warlord]

a green mean coffee machine? :D

[KrameRemarK]

Something green, no road tax, and a machine hey .... :scratchhe

One of these (but the older models?) ;) :

4212

4213

[KramerAmsterdam]

Seems the tread get's stolen, so without more ado:

http://img.2dehands.nl/f/view/41186989-mercedes-w123-200-diesel-oldtimer.jpg

This is not the actual photo, will upload this weekend.

Remy

[Padja]

Remy, you bought "De Kameleon" ????????:D

And yeah, we're def. gonna do some beers in the sun one of these days; sounds great!

Take care!
Padja.

[Padja]

Woohoo!!:thumbsup You bought one of those? That's great, man!! I love those old Mercs with the matching wheels. You gotta bring that one to Rotterdam when you visit; we'll do some cruising here in Hillegersberg!
Great job!

Padja.

[KramerAmsterdam]

Thanks Padja.

Most definately Padja. Cruising is what it is made for. Has the rare (and cheesey) big star on the radiator and a sunroof. smoke glas blinker lights in front (change them to orange soon) and a huge ass LPG tank:) . No costs, no tax, minumum insurance, just maintenance!

I love this car, hope it loves me too, more than the messed up Alfa...that's on Marktplaats..1 reply in 2 weeks..not good.


Remy

[pel666]

We had exactly that one in the late 80's, same colour. It was a 200D and it did 380.000 kM :thumbsup