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So I got a Tone King Imperial Preamp. After I tried running the Royalist in an effects loop I realized I got the wrong box because everything I own is "Marshall-esque." So I put that on the market (and one of you who has the opposite issue - all Fender or Vox and no Marshall tones - should buy it) and got the Imperial. OK, now the Bogner Helios has an amazing clean channel and several kinda dirt options along with it's killer lead channel. But I was now going down the rabbit hole after seeing all the possibilities here. So I picked up a Friedman IR-X to run as the "amp" with the Tone King Imperial. The Imperial allows you to program an IR onto the bypass, so the Friedman doesn't have to run out of the balanced out to still sound like a cabinet. What this means practically is that you can use the Tone King as the nerve center for everything, and I did. I ran it into a really shitty Peavey DM 112 powered main speaker. "Wait a minute... this is far from awful." What else can I do? OK, well, my Splawn is sitting here... what if I bypass the IR on the Friedman's output and that run straight into the return of the Splawn? Oh shit... now things are getting really interesting. This sounds great. In fact, the IR-X preamp section into the Splawn power section sounds better than the BE-50 ever did. But I'm not lugging around a full sized head. What to do about the a power amp... Use my Quiliter? by just hitting the return? Buy something like a Seymour Duncan Powerstage? Wait a minute! I own a Fryette PS2! I always forget that I own it. I bought to run with the Plex and decided to keep it despite moving the Plex along. Seemed like it might come in handy, but it really hadn't yet. So it just kinda got forgotten about. So I dig that out and run it into a 4x12 that has two Greenbacks and two Fane m65s. I run the IR-X out to the return on the PS2 with the Tone King still sitting as the control hub for all of this shit and, my god, it's great! I've got both channels of the Tone King, both channels of the IR-X, my pedal board works seamlessly with all of them with everything either in front or in the loop as I would with an amp, and I get the reverb and vibe from the Tone King even on the IR-X. The PS2 gives me presence and depth control with some additional EQ settings and the best damned "Master Volume" you could ask for. I can also run everything straight to FOH in mono or stereo via the Tone King's L/R XLR outs with IRs on that path but not going to the PS2. I can do all of this at the same time even. I could go with no cab at all (which will never happen) and do the whole quite stage thing (which I also hate) without substantially changing... well, anything. This is the lightest, most versatile, and maybe best sounding set-up I've ever run. I'm absolutely gobsmacked. Now that I "get" how this stuff can talk to each other, it's basically everything I liked about something like an Axe-FX or Helix without the other bullshit that gave me analysis paralysis. For you dinosaurs like me who have liked the idea of something more portable but still like actual fucking knobs rather than surfing through menus and sub menus, this is the tits! Even the software aspect of the Tone King and Friedman is really user friendly. The options all make sense, and you can fuck around with it while the units are plugged into whatever you want to run them through. It makes dialing it in really easy. Suddenly, I have a lot of gear that seems completely redundant.

Vornados are great. I even have a mini one for the desk.

I love my 3 hole Duo! I run it thru a pedal that has a Martin D 45 IR. Sounds as good as my son's Martin thru the FOH. Somebody buy this!!

Looks like a refinish

Wouldn't this be a 1996 Standard? 🤔

Bill had a heart condition and has had two heart attacks in the past, which may have something to do with this. There are also tons of other conditions that could lead to this. He was a heavy drinker for decades, which doesn't help. I admire his honesty, and always wish that somehow they could have made a final tour work, but honestly I think with his health and also the drummer being far more physically demanding, it wasn't in the cards.

Shh! Nobody tell Geoff!

I have a buddy that gets stars to sign guitars. He's been doing it for years. He uses a certain type of marker that rubs off with just a little elbow grease. He'll photograph the autograph on the guitar (kind of artsy) and wipe it clean for the next "star". Collects 8x10 glossies of famous signatures on guitars, without the permanency. Killer guitar! They ain't makin' them anymore...

Haven't looked at the interview, but I think I recall Mr. J playing a Hamer in concert. Or rather, seeing a picture of such. So maybe some HFC interest.

Logo looks right to me.

Am I the only one who thinks the logo is strange?

FWIW most if not all of Carter’s used inventory are consignment pieces so plan to offer 85% of asking to start. It’s a gorgeous instrument but I personally don’t care for the P ‘90’s, and 10 LB is a heft, so if nothing else it’s nice to see an instrument that you haven’t before, and be reminded about how great Hamer’s builders were. ☮️

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1Bebf3Y2rk

Description 1995 Semi-Hollow Mahogany Body Solid Spruce Top Set Mahogany Neck Rosewood Fretboard Seymour Duncan Jeff Beck & Jazz Humbuckers Rosewood Acoustic Style Bridge with Piezo Pickup 3 Way Mini Toggle for Magnetic / Piezo / Both Stereo Outputs Comes with original hard shell case

Hi folks - There is a duotone for sale in Ottawa, Canada. $1,599 Cdn (approx $1,130 Usd). I bought my Mirage 1 from Spaceman years back, all good. I'd be more interested if I didn't already have a humbucker/piezo Godin that I'd want to sell before getting another nicer Hamer. Not sure how tarrifs apply to USA made goods... . Spaceman music

Condition & Details This product was made in United States Gee, thanks.

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Hamer-Usa/Vintage-Vintage-1986-Hamer-Usa-Miller-Music-Red-Gold-Solid-Body-Electric-Guitar-122120949.gc?algoliaQueryID=5dddf06c0e6d219c63917c36f5d1e10f&algoliaIndexName=guitarcenter

It's beautiful, but $14.5K???

A PSA shout out FOR ORG MUSIC, who is in the process of reissuing the original Funkadelic titles from the original WESTBOUND MASTERS. Many of these original pressings have been impossible to find and or very expensive for decades. Any vinyl released in the past 20 years has been cut from lousy old digital files. Currently up for preorder is Maggot Brain, a universally lauded funk rock masterpiece. Check ‘ em out. https://orgmusic.com/collections/funkadelic

Was it this one? Hamer USA SS1 ss 1 Steve Stevens Signature Guitar with Case 1984 - Red | Reverb It's amazingly pristine!