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FIFY! My opinion, of course, but not being a fan of high output pickups, these are exactly the right amount of more. I've been trying to come up with some excuse - something to put these in - but so far I've got nothing. There is another one of these I've been watching forever on Reverb. He's down to $200 - for one pickup (started at $250)!

Cleaning out the parts boxes. Have gathered too many pickup over the years. Hamer pickup Set #1 : 1980’s era Hamer Guitars USA, made by DiMarzio for Hamer. They have been referred to as Hamer Slammer pickups and were stock in guitars built in the 80’s by Hamer. These are a medium output. Bridge measures 10.4 ohm with approx. 6” of lead, neck measure 10.2 ohm with approximately 10” of lead. Both are two wire leads, two wires plus ground and can be wired to have the out of phase sound in the middle position. They have been tested and work. double black bobbins. HFC Price $163 shipped lower 48 USA Hamer Pickup Set #2: 1980’s Hamer USA / DiMarzio humbucker set. These pickups were made by DiMarzio for Hamer USA guitars in the 1980’s. This is one of the medium output sets. one pickup measure 10.4 ohm and the other 10.5 ohm. Both leads are approximately 9.5 inch long. Two wire hookup (two wire plus ground) can be wired to have out of phase sound in the middle position. Both pickup functions. Please feel free to ask questions. This is set #2 of two I have for sale. double black bobbins. HFC Price $163 shipped lower 48 USA Gibson 57' Classic Humbuckers: one pair of Gibson 57’ classic humbuckers. These were removed from a 2006 Gibson. Both pickups function fine. Neck has approximately 10” of lead, bridge has approximately 8” of lead. Two wire braded leads. Chrome cover $163 shipped LOWER 48 USA. Dimarzio AT-1 Andy Timmons Model: Used DiMarzio Andy Timmons AT-1 pickup F spaced, double cream bobbins. approx. 8” of lead, 4 wire hook up. Works fine. Model DP224F. $63 shipped lower 48 USA. Not looking for any trades.

I’ve lived in Phoenix on and off. I spent at least a couple birthdays there. Good times for this original AC Band fan! I was sad to hear it closed. He was decent later too!

I noticed that while on the Celestion site today!

Had a 1979 ep release by Spooner spinning just now. From Madison, WI.

Loved the surprise ending, actually laughed out loud for the mix-up.

$1,700 for the pair. I’ll be up in Milwaukee mid-November. If no-one here wants it then I’ll likely see what Dave’s will give me for it in trade.

I spoke to Will Shea and was impressed, but I went another direction…which led me to Jeff Neville at Neville Guitars. He built me a custom Strat/Tele mash-up to my specs and he hit it outta the park. Husband/wife team, necks are hand carved, all wood come from his Michigan farm. Great guy who listens and is all about quality and customer service. I would commission another build in a NY minute.

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Even though I use Josh for all my builds, I must give a shout out to Greenville Pickups. Todd and his family are just fantastic people and very customer oriented. off the shelf or customer winds .

The Cardboard is up to $1,250.00

Can someone tell me when the auction ends? I gotta have enough time to rob a couple of banks.

With respect to finding Will, I owe it all to my friend Bubs...

I own 3 Shea Guitars, and I have had a lot of input on “The Drifter”.

Shea Guitars. Will is great. I have a Cove and my Summit is in process. Shea Guitars This is my Cove... And here's the Summit...

The pink Cali is cool. other than that, kinda underwhelming given his collection. Maybe I'm missing something.

I have enough sweaters.

I like the Beck Oxblood LP but that ain't in the cards for me

I dunno what rhe current “good deal” price is for a Daytona, BUT, THIS one’s damn sharp looking — I know, it looks like the million or so boat anchor heavy ass 70’s fenders, But but, this one is 8#, 8 oz., looks killer with the black plastics ( is that really original?) Minty condition, OHSC, BACK PLATE!, NO added string tree. I don’t even see any tarnish on the chrome! I do NOT see the trem arm for the Wilky, but there’s a whole lot to like here. I may have a spare trem arm if someone here goes for it. They ain’t making any more of these! It’s an immaculate 32 year old (HAMER) guitar! TJ sez: you need this thing more than 3 more used booteek pedals that will end up back on Reverb (or in a box!) https://reverb.com/item/101198871-usa-hamer-daytona-1994-ohsc-collectable

With Hamer long gone and Mike planning to hang up his tools, I thought it might be worthwhile to have a thread acknowledging the multitude of other boutique, solo/small shop options out there. To be sure there are some really talented folks out there. I'll start- Ted Stevenson- Montreal, Canadian builder who got his start as a guitar and amp repair man and has been building for 20 years. Made me a killer super Strat. I'd put him up there with the Tyler and Suhr in terms of quality and materials. Attila Custom Guitars is a boutique instrument builder out of Parma/Cleveland Ohio, operated by luthier Attila Csapo. Did quite a bit of asking around before opting to go with him for my Icee-Man build. His customers are very enthusiastic and generous in their praise and accolades of his work. Even managed to make a couple of social media pals via correspondence with them. His work is rock solid! I currently have an order in for a V that promises to raise a few eyebrows. Shane Huss: HEL - Most on here have heard of Shane's work through my posts as he has built me 4 guitars, 3 of which I still own. I am quite smitten with them despite some gnarly issues with organization and timeliness plaguing the experience. But this arguably is to expected from what is/was, essentially, a side hustle. Sadly, I don't think he's building anymore as his website and FB page haven't been updated since 2018 and last word out of State College was that his repair shop closed down and he was working for the state's environmental dept. Funk Guitars- Mark Funk has been putting out some visually impressive, hand-cut hot rod guitars (his marketing verbiage, not mine) from his shop in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. for 16 years. I kept seeing his posts on FB and eventually snagged one of his builds. While the super Strat was excellent, great attention to detail and top notch features and materials, ultimately I flipped it in hopes of raising funds for another, more desired build from Charvel CS. Nonetheless, his work continues to impress me and I may yet break down and order another custom build.