Try, ted@melobar.com, should get through and I try to return all email if it has guitar in the subject, (had some problems last month with a virus so I'm selective on opening anything up).
I have one LS, and it will have a Duncan pickup which will be bright and very raunchy set up that way. But you can't beat that price, shipping is around $80. The finish on the old LS models looks good but this is from 6 years ago when we used to laminate a side on - so it has a slight line bump there (now everything is in one solid block of wood which is increasingly harder to find in 8 quarter).
Better email for the prices and all or Brad will have to lock it up.
Blues tone really is best in the SXL, you have 2 XL-500 Lawrence Pickups and that middle to Rhythm selection, on the 24 1/2" scale, in one block of wood, is an amazing throaty blues tone with all the sustain in the world. About 7 more will be built end of this year into next January.
Hope that helps.
Ted[This message was edited by Ted Smith on 23 August 2001 at 07:56 AM.]