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Reminds me of Michael Hedges on Harp Guitar.

Here is a slightly different history of the original #0004 from the current auction. A Hamer Standard electric guitar, serial #0004, built in 1975 for Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, who played it on stages all over the world from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s. Rick can be seen playing this guitar at many concerts including on Don Kirchner’s Rock Concert on November 10th, 1977. Rick’s association with luthier Paul Hamer began in 1973 when Rick sold him a sunburst Les Paul Standard, which Paul later sold to fund Hamer Guitars. In 1975, Rick wanted a real, original Gibson Explorer of of his own, but with so few made they were hard to come by; Rick asked Paul to make him one with a flame maple top, the very instrument in this lot. This guitar took quite a long time to produce, so Paul sent Rick his personal guitar, serial #0000, as a loaner until the natural model was finished. Rick liked it so much that he bought them both. 
 Those two initial Hamer Standards are easily some of his most recognizable guitars –– checkerboard patterns and five-neck behemoths notwithstanding –– thanks to their feature set as well as the unique figuring of their flame maple tops. Natural model #0004 appears in innumerable photos and concert footage spanning the 1970s and 1980s and is easily one of the most important guitars of his career. Hamer even ran an ad which featured Rick with this guitar.

I really didn't need to see that......WOW

Since his first release "What Just Happened" in 2013, I've been amazed at what Mike Dawes does: He is playing in town tonight at a place that holds about 130 people. Advanced tickets were $24. Even more astounding, there are still tickets available! My wife and I are going with an old high school guitar buddy and his wife. They have never heard of him. That is really sad because Mike Dawes - and the talent he possesses - should be a household name. At the very least among musicians. For him to not sell out a small club boggles the mind (although my inner hermit is OK with the smaller crowd). Hell, when you order off his website ( https://www.mikedawes.com/ ), his Dad does the actual packaging and shipping! So my mission now is to make anyone who doesn't know who Mike Dawes is aware of his awesomeness. He should be selling out very large venues everywhere he goes. This is the first show I've been truly excited about seeing in a very long time. And if he's anywhere in your neck of the woods you need to go see Mike Dawes. He should definitely be on any guitarist's 'must see' list. Mike Dawes!

Backed. Ted makes incredibly nice guitars and I'd consider him before all others for a superstrat style build.

Damn! Looked legit.

Yeah, 7 years from now.

I do it at the cab block myself. Also depends on how you want it to sound. I do cab block then if I want stereo, put chorus, delay and reverb after, so it gives more of those effects added at a mixer kind of vibe. Or, if I'm doing a mono thing, I'll put everything except reverb ahead of the amp. Usually I'll have like a Twin with a drive, then delay after the drive and move the chorus "pedal" around to see how I like the sound best. But that setup alone can cover a lot of ground. The cool thing to me about the modelers is you can change a bunch of settings in one switch, so if you've got a Plexi model, you can roll down the volumes to be cleaner and roll them up for rhythm and then up more for lead.

Would that be on a global eq setting? Parametric or graphic?

No, a shelf, so you can see them and on a daily basis tell yourself that you'll finish that project someday. 🤣

Thanks for posting this. I like Friedman and Fryette. Haven't seen the others before. I always side eye the YouTube dudes who have like 30 amps behind them and got them for free. I like both tube amps and modelers, but they're just tools. To me it's not that hard to get tones on stuff, yes it might take a little more time because there isn't a knob per function, but that's not a big deal. It's long been known that you just need to create your modeler tones a little dark and roll off down to somewhere between 5k-8k to sound natural. When I dial in a tube amp at a low volume, I have to adjust it when it's turned up too, so I don't see the fuss. Just turn the knobs until you like the sound. I've also not had a problem cleaning up the sound with my volume knob on anything I've used.

The headstock shape and the paint job are the selling points, but the condition does not seem to have factored in. How many USA flag finishes were done on Blitz guitars or basses? Someone I knew got a Blitz bass with that finish in the 80's. They do not show up as often as black and white graphic finishes.

I'm guessing the neck won't be the epiphany that my first Charvel was (John Nelson of the Eddie Money Band's quilted model he played on the MTV video from the Kabuki Theater, when Eddie came back from his drug and alcohol addiction). John and I are friends to this day. An unfinished neck was just fantastic. Our own HamStd Peter had it pass through his hands after me. Less wood touching my hand seems to make sense. I agree that I should look for a used one. It reminds me of the first time I bought a Washburn Nuno mahogany model. Just a fantastic guitar, but I sold it. Bought two more and neither one were near as good as the early first year one. My recent Shea purchases have me hunting in the weeds for really good guitars. I wish Mike was still taking orders. I understand the myriad reasons he's not. Grez seems a lot like Shea. Less than three months for a killer guitar that might cost a good bit more to buy in the future. And God bless these guys. They are sticking their neck's out. Sorry to hear about your thumb. A thinner neck is, most definitely, better for that lack of strength. My father always said, "Getting old sucks". Don't know your age, but we don't heal better tomorrow than we did today. DR

yeah... saves a lot on the dry cleaning bill....

Just to follow up on this, apparently a scam as I never received a tracking number nor any communication after payment here or in PP. Just disputed the charge.

I might be risking getting tossed from the group, but I will admit that I have never paid $4k for a guitar. Also never bought one with a headstock repair. So I decided today was not the day to do both, but I would have been much more tempted had either one of those things, the price and/and the headstock, been closer to my comfort zone.

So, Dave Hlubek did not have the only factory Confederate battle flag finish! Wow!!! The price was too high, but that Blitz is rare!

After I had texted with him a bit about the details earlier, the dealer had the courtesy to let me know that it had been sold. No additional info.

Jury is still out. Not sure the neck is a total game changer. But that is based on limited hours. It DOES seem to be a bit easier to move about. BUT, I suppose some of that is that it is a "faster" neck (meaning thinner) than I usually prefer. Also, I have not changed strings yet........It does feel a bit too slinky. Probably 9s on the LP scale length. Best thing (IF you can find one near you) would be to test drive one. My thumb seems to be weaker (injury) than it used to be, so maybe this will end up being more comfortable. FWIW, I also got inundated (like daily) with offers. I did have a specific model I was looking for, based upon their demos. However they never had one exactly configured that way on their site. Trying to spec one out on their site for a build order did not seem to get me there. And when I "chatted" on line about that, they never seemed to answer my question. So I did not pursue a direct purchase. A used one popped up. Not the "ideal" one I wanted. But good enough to take a risk, at barely a third of what the "ideal" tricked out one would have likely cost. So, hard to complain. But maybe I just got someone on the other end of a chat that was just not getting it......

Well, I know I still have 4k....

Well, if you're in the know. 😎

Wow, this sold for $4k?! 🤯