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Eric Gales is doing a tour with Billy Sheehan and Dennis Chambers as GCS. Here’s some mind-blowing news for you: Eric Gales, Dennis Chambers, and Billy Sheehan are teaming up for a supergroup power trio called GCS. Although details are still emerging, we’ve found their initial tour dates. GCS will hit the road starting October 29th in Hopewell, Virginia at the Beacon Theatre. They’ll head north into Maryland and then to Connecticut before sweeping from the Mid-Atlantic into the Midwest. According to Chambers’ website, the two-week run will conclude on November 15th at Ludlow Garage in Cincinnati, Ohio. Each member of GCS is a master of their instrument and has performed at the highest levels in genres from blues to jazz fusion to rock. Though they come from different backgrounds, the trio is united in their versatility and musicality. “Together, they form a rare lineup where every player can lead, listen, and push the music into new territory,” a gig description explains. “The sound of GCS won’t be confined to one category. It will draw from the full range of their musical lives, moving from heavy blues and hard rock to deep funk, soul, and jazz fusion, with room for fearless improvisation and the kind of live interplay that only players of this caliber can deliver. Three legends, three unmistakable musical forces, one stage.” Sheehan and Chambers have a long history of playing together in the band Niacin with keyboardist John Novello. In a 2013 interview with For Bass Players Only, the bassist named Chambers as his favorite drummer. “To me, he’s the greatest musician I know on any instrument,” he said. “I’m a better bass player because of Dennis Chambers, that’s for sure. The world is a better place because of Dennis Chambers.” We’re looking forward to the GCS tour, and we’ll keep you updated as more information becomes available. Date Location Venue Oct 29: Hopewell, VA Beacon Theatre Nov 1: Annapolis, MD Ram's Head Nov 3: Old Saybrook, CT The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center - The Kate Nov 5: Newton, NJ Newton Theatre Nov 6: Warrendale, PA Jergel's Rhythm Grille Nov 9: Homer, NY Center for the Arts of Homer Nov 11: Kent, OH Kent Stage Nov 13: Des Plaines, IL The Des Plaines Theatre Nov 15: Cincinnati, OH Ludlow Garage

Beauty! Perfect name for it would be, "Marko."

Congratulations on the sale. And thanks for pushing him into semi-hollow land. I have #71 and was originally told "no" to a semi-hollow. I relented, then Mike came back and said "people" have been bugging him about it so I could go ahead with my original plan. It's still the guitar with the biggest neck I own - and it's lovely!

Time stops for noone. The fact that I can see this in 2026 is heartwarming. Too bad that Jon Lord isn't still with us. It wasn't perfect, but who cares. Long live Deep Purple!

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Well, that’s close. I bought the guitar at a pawn shop in Jacksonville Florida in December 1982. I was informed that it had been pawned by Dave Hlubek after I had paid for it. I had bought two of his guitars. A few months later, it was confirmed by Hamer that the guitar had been made for Michael Schenker and they did not know where it had disappeared to. Not long after that I ran into Dave at a bar in Jacksonville called playground south. He admitted the guitars were his and that he pawned them and he didn’t care for them. Just guitars. The guitar the V had been a gift from Michael to him when they toured together because Dave was a Hamer guitar player. Michael had taken a deal from Gibson by then. That was the spring of 1983 when I met him. In the spring of 1986 I met Banner Thomas. He was working at American Music in Jacksonville. I kind of got excited about meeting him and talking with him and allowed myself to be talked into trading the V for a Music Man HD 120 2-12. Great amp but to much for me at the time. Last time I saw the V it was in another guitar shop on the south side of Jacksonville and that was 1992 and by then someone had put a Floyd in it, which was horrible to see, and by the time I went back a week later to buy it and try to resurrect it it was gone. I wish I had put a deposit down, but I had no money the week before when I saw it. It still had the paint job, but it was Floyded. I’m gonna figure that some sailor, because Jacksonville has such a large population with three different naval stations, that some sailor bought it and moved away back home and it’s under somebody’s bed or in a closet in the Midwest, northwest, somewhere, someplace. Serial number was 0415. 😎👍❤️🏁

@Ham Rex and I have been talking about @BTMN/Gene’s strange Vector which featured a weird paint scheme, a 67 Flying V body, and a pointy-yet-blunt headstock. As far as I understood, it was destined to Michael Schenker, who for some reason rejected it, so it ended up in a pawn shop somewhere (Jacksonville, FL?) and Gene purchased it eventually, but later on he wanted an amp, so he sold it to purchase the amp… and then he —and nobody else— never saw that guitar ever again. Given there are new HCF-ers since the last time we asked, we ask again: Is anyone here aware of the existence of this guitar, and of where it could be nowadays? These are the only two pictures of it I have —Gene might complete the story of the guitar, add the S/N (if he remembers) and tell us the entire story:

Our own Bubs was touting the talents of Will Shea near Harrisburg, PA. I wound up grabbing this one and am anxiously awaiting its arrival.

Beautiful and increasingly rare 1993 Hamer USA FM Special in Aztec Gold. Solid Honduras mahogany body with a bookmatched figured maple cap, mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard, and original custom-calibrated Seymour Duncan humbuckers. The guitar is in excellent condition, with only a few very minor, barely visible marks and minimal fret wear. Straight neck, comfortable action, and currently set up with 9–42 strings. It sounds incredible—smooth, liquid, and sustaining, with classic rock tones. Weighs approximately 8.4 lbs. Includes the original case and warranty card. $1,700 shipped. Pics : https://imgur.com/a/cExR4p2

I hope to finally see him live at some point in my life. Still searching for the show I can make.

Price now is $2000

Let me know how it does. I saw his demo around 10 years ago and went digital. Now back to tubes.

Santana was my first concert. 1975 in Mobile Alabama IIRC. can't find that ticket stub.

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I dont know the numbers but would say 50 is closer to the number of Scepter Vees, based on how many Ive seen the last 25+years. Scepters probably at least 200, if not more. Used to be a lot around but many were absolutely beat to shit. I have a black/red 85 and its hard not to bang it around.

I just got his signature DV Mark hybrid 60w amp head, the "Raw Dawg", you can see it ~1:30

Warren sounds like Warren no matter what.

Eric has on a gold plated ankle monitor.

Something I found curious about Warren Haynes's rig was that he didn't use his Soldano. Instead he used a white Marshall. It sounded a lot like his Soldano though.

Sold to PaGator!

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