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Humbuckers were introduced on Hi-Fliers sometime before 1976. Jerry picker 15:51, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Anyone heard of JAY HAYES of HAITI? Are they 'notable'? Decampos ( talk) 23:39, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
Yes, I re-deleted the "JAY HAYES of HAITI" addition. Choices are simple: either write an article for the individual, or write an article for the band. I have owned a Hi-Flier since 1974, and have played in many bands over the years (with a few moderately famous names), but I am certainly NOT notable.
Strictly speaking, ANY name included on such a list should point to some published credible proof that the person actually played (per their own statement or that of an observer) the Hi-Flier. Thus far, I have verified only Cobain and Summerlin.
Weeb Dingle (
talk) 06:21, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
No mention at all of the basses.
It had a very similar appearance to the Mosrite Ventures guitar, though was somewhat different needs MUCH explanation!
And the serial numbers run from largest-to-smallest over many years has a high WTF factor as well.
The claim of Models that are absolutely identical to the Hi-Flier in every way is overreach, and at least needs to be substantiated. I am certain that the Phase Three has a thin neck with a very distinctive "shallow U" cross-section, and have seen no evidence that modern clones retain this. As well, the original body is so thin that the wood at the bottom of the pickup rout-outs is less than 1/8", so any guitar with a Strat-style vibrato bridge (like the Aria) must therefore have a thicker, heavier body AND tonal characteristics entirely different from a Univox.
And some effort should be made to separate the modern clones from the Matsumoku variants.
Weeb Dingle (
talk) 22:13, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
For the purposes of inclusion in a Wikipedia "notable users" listing, the criteria are simple, being dictated by the term "notable users" itself:
Lacking substantiation, any such claim is dubious, and vulnerable to deletion. Lacking an article, any such claim is at best original research — for which refer to
Wikipedia:No original research or more pointedly
Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a publisher of original though.
Weeb Dingle (
talk) 02:30, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
Only now does it occur to me that there ought to be an explicit description of the guitar. For instance, the "German carve" around the top (stolen from Mosrite, of course) is very distinctive.
As well is the "reverse" body shape, with the longer horn toward the floor. The old story is that Semie Moseley simply traced a face-down Stratocaster, but I've never found that totally credible.
Sites FFI:
The first is MUCH more credible, IMO.
Weeb Dingle (
talk) 07:09, 17 January 2019 (UTC)