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It's Cali Saturday.Love this part..... Now the PU routs... Nice boomers...

Most excellent photo! Thanks for posting this one. I'm missing a half drunken glass of beer for the perfect atmosphere.

Let me tell you a little story about the stupid stick. It has been well overused this week.

TRUE. Nice pic too. First fret crown inlay, whats that on ?

Most excellent photo! Thanks for posting this one.

Was this ever in question? No for me. Let's all roll up our shirts and do a belly bump. Is it game day tomorrow?

Everyone just remember that the Hamer crew is the best ensemble ever assembled into one place at one time, when it comes to building guitars and basses.

That's excactly our schpeel! I told him that going in, and he's like, I want $475 so I guess we can't do business.

Funny related story: I was looking at a guitar in one of the aforementioned Daddy's stores, when a guy walked in looking to sell his Hamer Sunburst. They offered him $150 for it (this was 1982). He decided against it and left the store. I followed him out the door and bought it on the street for $300. I still have it!

In the internet age, I find it nearly inexcusable to be the guy who gets royally taken advantage of by the expert behind the counter. Google is free, and five minutes of your time can be a worthy investment, unless you suffer from the above-mentioned entitilitis.

Since we're on the subject of prices and assholes I must share this one... When I was in college I worked at a local gun store. One day a guy walked in with a very old, very rare, 28 gauge Parker double barrel shotgun in nearly perfect condition. He said that it belonged to his grandfather and he didn't want it around the house in case the kids got hold of it. He also said, very arrogantly, "my neighbor collects guns and said I shouldn't sell this for any less than $1,500 and not to let you guys cheat me so I want $1,500 for it." I took a look at it and wrote him a check on the spot. We sold it later that day to a local dealer for $5,000. The dealer sold it to a collector the next day for $9,000. The next day he brought a buddy of his into the shop to show him the gun. I wasn't working that day and one of the other guys said it had already been sold and for quite a bit more than we had paid for it. He came in the following day when I was working and started yelling at me the moment he got in the door. Called me a liar, a thief, and a few other things that belong in the Outer Circle. I said "First of all, never yell at someone wearing a cocked and locked 1911 .45 on their hip. Second, you never once asked me what I thought the gun was worth. You were arrogant and full of your neighbor's advice and demanded that I give you $1,500 for it. I merely complied with your demand." My dear departed mother told me that I should have felt morally obligated to give him more money. I told her that if he had come in and asked what I thought the value was I would have been morally obligated to tell him the truth, but coming in and demanding a price was in effect digging his own hole... She agreed with me.

Tell them to go watch an episode or two of Pawn Stars to get with the program...

Maybe a stupid question because I'm asking it, but everyone wants black ebony. Do you think this [flame] is because of the lack of black ebony? If so, do you think we will see more of it? Check out this video. Edited to make my babbling make a little sense. Wow, very interesting posting.