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Mark, oh yes--if you try to use the trem arm in the "usual" way (pulling "out" from the strings), you will gouge a hole in the topside of your guitar. When I got my c58, the very thing I did was disarm that thing--literally--took the trem arm off the guitar entirely. A couple weeks later I had the Bigsby installed.

And of course, the Bigsby came standard on the 325V59.

325C58 vs. 325C64 vs. 1996 vs. 325V59 vs....

I forgot about this thread.....I heard that I'm now #12 for the C64...much better than 40+ back in March!

Here's a bit of trivia--Lennon's Kauffman found its way onto a Guyatone, played subsequently by Liverpool axeman Johnny Guitar. (Not the same Johnny Guitar who recorded with Bill Hurley, however...) I have seen a picture of Ringo Starr playing this guitar, pre-Beatles.

That's a good piece of trivia Paul. Ummm! What the heck is a Guyatone. I'll have to see how many people are on their forum.

Paul, that is pretty cool trivia--Johnny Guitar played with Rory Storm, Ringo's earlier band, right?

The Hendrix of Liverpool!

Anybody had the chance to compare them sonically?

My 325C58 arrived PRE-GOUGED from the factory - I didn't even have the chance to gouge it myself!

Not only is the Kaufmann useless, it's also distructive; fully assembled, with the thicker body, the C58 actually doesn't fit in the case very well, and the case has to be squeezed shut in order to latch it with the guitar inside. The first thing I did with my C58 was to have a Trapeze installed and the ding repaired, so it's as perfect as it can be now.

The shame of it is that the factory could have put a small rubber washer under the Kaufmann at the time of shipping, which would have eliminated the gouge possibility, but oh, well...

Despite all of it's flaws, it's still a great, iconic guitar to have; there are no more available, and the prices for them are skyrocketing.