Hi! IceEarl , chanelspell - I'm desperate to have the Black Reissue with Gold HW And wanted to buy the Pearl Reissue since the strand of pearl and mirror are detachable. I'm getting the 226-$3225. But i've read from another fellow pfer's post that the pearl reissue doesnt have the same size with the regular reissues? I just wanted to know if the 226 pearl reissue is the same size with 226 regular reissue? I would really appreciate your input on this. TIA