It's been 2 months now since I started looking for any of these guitars in Europe (ebay/shops/yellow pages/forums/... )
I contacted guts from Hallmark Guitars and they told me that they do not have dealers in Europe at this time.

Any help?

I'm currently playing Jazzmater CIJ with American Vintage Series pickups, '66 blackface Fender Deluxe Reverb and '80 Twin Reverb + Custom-made replica of '63 Fender® Tube Reverb.

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Threesome wrote:

It's been 2 months now since I started looking for any
of these guitars in Europe (ebay/shops/yellow
pages/forums/... )
I contacted guts from Hallmark
Guitars and they told
me that they do not have dealers in Europe at this
time.

Any help?

I'm currently playing Jazzmater CIJ with American
Vintage Series pickups, '66 blackface Fender Deluxe
Reverb and '80 Twin Reverb + Custom-made replica of '63
Fender® Tube Reverb.

I think Ralf from Kilaueas had one Hallmark for sale. Ralf?

Yes, I have got two Hallmarks these days. A Swept Wing and a Custom60.
I have also ordered both directly from Bob Shade.
Sometimes they are at ebay.
A friend of mine bought a Swept Wing from ebay UK for 600 Euros. That`s a GOOD price for Europe! So the best would be to wait a bit and get one at ebay.

I will defintely keep my Swept Wing!
I customized my white Custom60 with old original Mosrite pickups which I found on ebay. So nobody will give me the money for such a Custom guitar for sure... I paid all in all about 1300 Euros for it... Too much for sure... Good guitar though. I think I keep it also.
I played it here in this video. But I wasn`t loud enough...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb4aGBK9a1k&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Twang cheers!

Ralf Kilauea

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HallmarkSweptWinger wrote:

Yes, I have got two Hallmarks these days. A Swept Wing
and a Custom60.
I have also ordered both directly from Bob Shade.
Sometimes they are at ebay.
A friend of mine bought a Swept Wing from ebay UK for
600 Euros. That`s a GOOD price for Europe! So the best
would be to wait a bit and get one at ebay.

I will defintely keep my Swept Wing!
I customized my white Custom60 with old original
Mosrite pickups which I found on ebay. So nobody will
give me the money for such a Custom guitar for sure...
I paid all in all about 1300 Euros for it... Too much
for sure... Good guitar though. I think I keep it also.

I played it here in this video. But I wasn`t loud
enough...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb4aGBK9a1k&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Thanks for your info.
600 EUR is a grate price. I'll be keeping my eye on it.
BtW your Custom60 kicks ass!

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Strange...for years the rhythm player in Man or Astro-man? used a Univox highflier and it sounded great...

Eastwood has a really good recreation of the Univox Highfilier if you are interested...

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killbabykill34 wrote:

Even here in the Us you have to order Hallmark guitars
direct for them. They do not have dealers.

Not so! I got my Custom from this dealer. He had several more + Sweptwings in stock.

http://www.rickoramamusic.com/

elreydlp wrote:

killbabykill34 wrote:

Even here in the Us you have to order Hallmark
guitars
direct for them. They do not have dealers.

Not so! I got my Custom from this dealer. He had
several more + Sweptwings in stock.

http://www.rickoramamusic.com/

You might have found a shop that had purchased some to resell. However, when I purchased my 59 Custom back in May, Bob Shade specifically told me that they did not have an authorized dealer program.

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I own a Mosrite Mark V. But forget about buying one in Europe! Sometimes and only if you're lucky you can find one on Ebay - at a ridiculous price. I went to the states to buy one...

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ludobag wrote:

HallmarkSweptWinger wrote:

Ah! Forgot say: You asked for Univox guitars?
Dont buy one!!! I had three Univoxes. Nice sound for at home playing but they sound baaaaad in a band!!! Those Univox or Aria (exactly the same!) guitars are toys!!! Dont waste your money!

Hi!
could you explain more why they sound baaaaad in band

as we know they were cheap guitar but i have found just
this week end 2 of them and i found the sound is
interresting

A guitar sounding bad in a band is reletive to the person posting. I have heard many Hi Fliers that sounded great live...I also had an Aria Mosrite copy that actually sounded fantastic. I just could not get past some of the tremolo problems it came with.

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There is nothing wrong with buying for a guitar that fits your budget as long as it makes you happy. However, once you start changing pickups, and doing other mods, you may end up spending close to as much as you would have on a higher end guitar. You just end up spending the money in increments rather than all in one lump sum. Again, nothing wrong with that if you end up with a guitar that you are happy with.

I sold off a lot of unused gear in order to buy a Hallmark Custom 60. The price of a vintage Mosrite was out of the question and my Custom 60 is so close that I no longer feel the need for a "real" Mosrite. This is the nicest guitar that I have owned.

As for Hallmarks on eBay, you may save a small amount of money if you are lucky enough to run across one, but they don't come up all that often and even when they do they are usually not much of a bargain price wise. Save a little longer and buy a new one. There was one on eBay recently that was listed at $400 more than you'd pay for a new one. The seller either got it or pulled the sale because I don't see it there now.

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