Sorry to hear you need to sell the No2, I think I bought mine right around the same time last year, and your review was the clincher for me. I even sprung for one of those sweet tweed cases...I was one of those people that never really got the Tele thing, even though one of my guitar heroes is Roy Buchannan. I played a strat for years, but never really bonded with it. I bonded with the No2 almost immediately, loved the tone (really love the maple neck/fretboard on mine- really fast and comfy) but those Bareknuckle "The Boss" pickups sound better than any other Tele pickup I've played, none of that piercing screech and nice, smooth bass and mids. I play Tele's every time I go into a guitar store and have never found another one that even comes close to the balanced sound the BK's have, even in some of the custom-shop guitars I've tried! I'd probably sell one of my Reverends before I'd sell the No2, probably the Reeves Gabrels, since it covers some of the same territory...

Hopefully things will work out some way that you'll get to keep it, but sounds like Hell is going to be around for a while, so there will be other opportunities to own one I'm sure. I'm hoping to get a Bender later this year if the stars align for me...