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I remember those, the WRC "RITZ" Neptune guitar.

Yep, the entire community of Paradise, CA, ceases to exist, thanks to our public utility, PG&E. They were responsible for two other major wildfires that year. Fuck them.

He really did make some interesting guitars in the years after he sold the company to Grove Jackson. I still remember how gutted people were when his home burned in 2018, as it contained a lot of truly unique items, and also probably pretty much meant the end of his guitar building days. When you lose all of your stuff and equipment its hard to start from scratch in your 70s.

Closest I've ever been to having a Charvel is one of these, Wayne-designed. Interesting guitars. Looks very much like this: Not sure how long he lasted there, or if it was just a contract gig, or what the real story was with them. He certainly had a profound effect on the guitar world. When I worked in a store here like 25 years ago, we had a 'Wayne' guitar that was covered in a shell material. I remember it being rather cool.

I've reached an age where I am starting to plot in my head that at some point in the next couple of years, I need to start doing what you've been doing. 47 guitars (9 Hamers for the scorekeepers) and assorted amps/effects etc all crammed into a one-bedroom condo has been great fun for me, but nothing goes on forever. At least the condo is paid for and I don't 'have to' do anything until I want to.

No my posting is still there... it's titled "Perfect for your Partscaster" (although I accidentally made a double posting & got crucified for it)🤣... I bought 4 of these but bought them through Home Depot when they had a sale "because I also had a 10% military discount" on top of that... I think they're absolute great cases, especially for the price 👍 I also made a posting when I bought them, to show the different guitar fitting

I didn’t look. Is that bad? 🤩 Dave was your deleted thread about this case offer? If so, you could have left it up. More that know can get one. Almost bought 2 🤡🤩😎

Hey, start your own thread.

I checked the pups in my son's SG which I really like the sound of and they are custom buckers. It's a long Tenon model but I don't know what year it is. The pups are original to the guitar. I keep trying to trade it away from him, but he knows he's got a great player!!

Why is "shirt" singular and "pants" plural?

Attaboy!

Probably.

I threatened to have them turn the brown truck around but he gave me 400.00 off of the newport.It is really nice , all of the Hamers they had came from one guy from Buffalo.

History repeats itself.

Well, you can't take them with you.... But you can TRY! 😀

"More than once, yeah?" "I believe so, Danny."

"But he's talking to Danny."

Maybe if I were gigging. That would be cool. But now days you have to have permits and the EPA gets involved.

A reminder is from the past. How can it also be from the future?

The good news is that you will love the Newport. I absolutely love how mine sits in the mix in a few bands I play with

So, I broke down and agreed to sell the two special DuoTones I still had. That gets me down apparently to just five. Newport with Bigsby Monaco Elite with Lollar P90s Monaco SuperPro....Custom order with korina, Lollar Imperials, F hole. 25th Anniversary Ltd Edition Artist Ultimate (Not counting a cheapie import set up in a faint tilt toward David Gilmour's Strat). Cannot think of too many reasons to cut loose any. Well, I probably will sell the Newport, but looking to do that locally. Hard to believe how many I once had!😉

Or put a smoke generator in there instead?

Yeah, I've looked into that. I have the schematic of Peter Frampton's pickup configuration. I may try it especially if the pickup swap improves things. Or, I may just wire it up like a two pickup guitar and disconnect the middle.

A (as opposed to the) cool way to wire those is traditional SG wiring for two pickups but with a Master Tone (ala Hamer) and the fourth control as a blender for the middle pickup.

I would if I were 20 minutes away...