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$500 extra for a natural finish??? 🙄

My first two Hamers. I was young. Stupid. Hamers were plentiful and cheap. The "cold dead fingers Strat," a black '98 American Standard Roadhouse Strat with Texas Specials I picked up off eBay when I started playing again. I put in a Callaham bridge block and a base plate under the bridge pickup and have never had a better sounding Strat. Sold it to @Punkavenger when the neck became too small - again, young and stupid, I didn't know about replacement necks. I did trade PA out of the pickups, however, so I still have those waiting around for a body to show up. Incidentally, the green Strat was among the most expensive and yet deadest, worst sounding Strats I've ever owned. I was really glad when that one left.

$3500? That's what I sold this original 1960 for (back to the first owner's son): And there's no way the new ones sound like that.

25th and 30th. Both great, but my fear of causing them harm was greater. Not a knock on the 25th, but that 30th was probably the best guitar I've ever owned.

That’s Ariel Posen doing the demo! He’s a Canadian singer/songwriter and one of the few truly great slide players alive right now; he has inspired a generation of pinky Slide disciples who are all nowhere near as good as him lol (they all go for the fuzz and flash but have none of the substance- very like Hendrix imitators) but it’s interesting to see him doing pedal demos 👍 He’s also a terrific singer, look up a live version of “Angeline”, his signature song.

Throw a dart at the board, dude. The Kizanski Collection - Sold Items It's hard to miss one.

I think my regrets are more about the ones I didn't buy than the ones I let go too soon. Way too many to list.

We all had/have 'em. I regret letting this hot duo go. Post your guitar regrets bringing in or letting go.

I am running direct to FOH on Sundays using this incredibly efficient setup mounted on a none-more-black piece of plywood: The flanger sounds close enough to the Electric Mistress I sold for a pittance back in the 90's, but it doesn't get a great deal of use considering the typical setlist. Recently I came across the TC Electronics Plethora X1. Seven Tone-Print capable slots, it's a virtual Turing Machine for guitar: Hall of Fame 2 Reverb Flashback 2 Delay and Looper Helix Phaser Viscous Vibe Sub 'N' Up Octaver Brainwaves Pitch Shifter Corona Chorus Mimiq Doubler Vortex Flanger Pipeline Tap Tempo Tremolo Quintessence Harmonizer Sentry Noise Gate Shaker Vibrato I have confessed being a TC fanboy on these very pages and I've been Toneprinting since the Flashback V1 came out way back when. Looks like they're just north of $150 new and would add a ton of capability to my humble board. Anyone using / tried out one? The closest competitor seems to be the Helix HX One which likely sounds better but is twice the size (i.e., too large for the board) and twice the cost.

Im sure Gibson did a ES-330 with humbuckers while they were being made the now closed Memphis plant. I have seen a few pop on the used market.

When you know you have outlived things.....WAY back when, I got an original ES-330 for $100 (cherry red with chrome covered pickups). IIRC, I late on sold it for $185 to some hippie that wanted to strip it and paint dragons on it.....Gone the way of tree fitty. Prices are relative so many years later, but $3500 and wondering about the usual Gibson questions(?) After a dozen or two Gibson semis of almost all varieties, I ended down to the "best," a later reissue 335 (blonde) upgraded with Lollar Imperials. I ended up with a handful of "boutique" versions that did it better.....For about half again as much more (yeah, USED), I ended up keeping a Huber Rietbergen....Just made me lose my desire to hang on to that last Gibson. Yeah, I know, a $5k Rietbergen is not likely to be found these days......😉 My 2 cents, FWIW, after inflation......

Only $84 a month!

Interesting, $3,500 Gibson ES-330H Electric Guitar - Antique Natural, Sweetwater Exclusive | Sweetwater in Bourbon Burst and Natural (for a $500 upcharge) Gibson ES-335 HB Electric Guitar - '60s Cherry, Sweetwater Exclusive | Sweetwater in Cherry and Dark Walnut Doesn't seem Sweetwater has them in stock yet as there are no in-house photos on the site. Always looking to get back to an ES. I've come close many times but never pulled the trigger.

oh, cheap, yea that's me

Amazon also has it for $79 and easy returns if you don't dig it. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BWM571Q?lv=shuf&hvlocphy=9030615&hvptwo=&hvnetw=g&mcid=&hvext=373924202697&hvadid=812933472958&language=en_US&hvpone=&hvlocint=&hvcampaign=23946707677&hydadcr=9302_13966043_2505206&hvpos=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvocijid=12832803625610843942--&hvqmt=a&hvexpln=0&tag=smgglusdsadts-20&hvtargid=kwl-2484167636399&adgrpid=197821152655&hvrand=12832803625610843942&channelId=500&ref_=&plpRedirect=mhFallback

Musician's Friend String deal of the day. D'Addario EXL120 XL Nickel Wound Electric Guitar Strings - 12-Pack, Super Light 9-42 $49.99 https://tinyurl.com/3w7v578c

Sometimes pink ain't bad.....

Now that's a spread! 😋

At rehearsal last night, there was recollection of some old dealings with BCR Music (longer story) that lead me into the rabbit hole of German "Les Pauls". Gave me an excuse to pull them out for a family shot...... Hard to pick a favorite. Each has its own personality.

The zero watt feature is NOT the same thing as a power amp output. It emulates the phase inverter to give the "feel" of a power amp, WITHOUT an actual power output. Hence, "zero watt". So it is NOT a power amp into a power amp......It will not harm the combo amp. I would set the combo to a comfortable volume, then start as you suggested at low settings until you get to a good balance with the tone and volume of the DR. At that point, the DR can basically serve as your master for volume control. Again, effectively giving you three presets. The TKIP is extremely versatile and can be further tweaked with their online tools. For myself, I would use the other drive pedal in front of the TKIP, allowing for a boost of however much you desire to any of the three presets. If you want to get real fancy (AND spend some fairly serious cash) the Chase Bliss Brother AM works great (IMO) in front of the TKIP....Even more options on the fly.

Fun fact at the end: I've known about the existence of this exact guitar since 1981!!! Back then there was a review in a german magazine for musicians (Fachblatt). I have adored this Hamer ever since but I was never able to find out anything more specific about it. And now,45 years later ...