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Wish that was in color so the M&Ms could be inspected...

Is your mother-in-law moving in?

For Brooksie:

I'm Edward Van Halen, BITCH! 25" scale Danelectro neck on a 25-1/2" Charvel body. Not sure if the NFT Floyd is in the, "right", place, but I'm sure he made it work somehow...

Art Garfunkel has aged better than I expected.

You are both worthy and notoriously light in the Bass department. Man up, Badger!!! 😂

And speaking of NFT Floyds... I have a project in progress. More on this after installation.

That was made in 1980 for the W&CF tour, well after the invention of the Frankenstein...

Prices seem pretty decent to me at the moment. Reverb is the place to sell if you're willing to ship, Ebay auction is for if you just want to get rid of it, and don't mind 'giving it away'. - I'm told by my friend who buys/sells all sorts of stuff for a living (including guitars and amps). FB marketplace for local sales (if you live in a populated area), Craigslist is searched much less than FB, but still worth posting there too for those buyers who aren't on FB. I've been flipping a fair amount of stuff recently: sometimes it takes several weeks of 'market exposure', acoustic guitars and basses are slow movers. Expect some irritatingly lowball offers on FB, decline those and within a week or two you'll probably have a reasonable buyer. I recently added "local (my city) meetup only please" to my listings, that has reduced my drive times for sale meetups. I always ask for "cash only please" too, makes for a clean done-deal.

No that pickup isn't original to the guitar................like the Kahler it was an aftermarket part. PICs from the listing before I bought it.

Here's some Rawk N' Roll bar trivia to ponder: Who was known for 'devil horns', and played trumpet for girl group The Angels on this chart hit? My Boyfriend's Back (song) - Wikipedia

The expanded Live At Leeds is so great, they were ferocious sounding live from ~69 to ~72. Isle Of Wight has some great footage; https://youtu.be/M9boFzhUVG4

My herd thinning has begun, on the block is Serial Steve's old '78 Greco. I received it as a carcass, as I managed to get it away from Brentrocks before he did something stupid with it. I had it finished by Scott Tucker at PST guitars in Virginia (Turned out great if I may say so). I added Dunlop buttons, a pair of tringle leg Dimarzios and new Schaller tuners, everything else is original. Comes with the nice modern SKB case. Really nice dark fretboard, frets are in fantastic shape. Plays and sounds as good as it looks. Looking to clear $2000. Would prefer a local sale to Annapolis/Baltimore or meetup within reasonable distance. Would prefer not to ship ... but will

https://shopkissonline.com/products/strutter-5-pure-gold That's right - $50k for a 5-inch gold record.

Cool setup: Keeley's boxes in this format are amazing and sound fantastic. I had the Delay Workstation in this series, and it was consistently amazing.

I'm not 4-Imprint certain, just from what I've read in various bios/gear blogs. I could be wrong and probably am. I was referring to the red/white/black respray of his original Boogie Bodies build. I'm probably wrong here, too, but that's the beauty of the internet. There's always somebody who knows the truth to what one posts.

At least twice a year~

Are you certain on the Danelectro scale length? My '56 with the same headstock was 25.5" scale. They made them in 25," 25.5" and a ton of them in 23."

I also have a Spark Neo in route. I've been through many a practice aid in my many years, but I've really bonded with the Spark gear and app interface and use it all the time. Yes, I have a Spark amp and some wired headphones which works fine sitting down. But all the wires seem to conflict when practicing standing up (which I need to do more of) and I end up fighting them. The Neo would seem to solve that issue, so I'm giving it a go.

NFT=Non Fine Tuner.

Prices are rising for those late 70s Sunbursts, we all know that, it started years ago. That natural '79 on Reverb is 3.5 K with the "make offer" available. That means you may get it for about 3 k. Is it too much? Well, it's more than what you paid years ago for your '79 Sunburst, but it's less than what you will pay in the years to come, so it would be a safe investment. I have a very similar Sunburst, a natural '79 with amazing flame top. Would I sell it for 3 K? No way. I could only get one of those lower budget custom shop with that money, but I would put my Sunburst against ANY custom shop ANY day.

I remember Gracins in L.I.N.Y. were the big dealers for BC Rich back then. $981 for that was a good price. Cheaper than my 1981 Standard Bass.

and you're always trapped in a bus, a subway car or an elevator with them.

I know of a few users of Axe body spray that stink to high heaven of the stuff. Nobody here on the HFC that I know of, though.

...and the only way to find out for sure is to play them and/or own one.

That is really gorgeous tho

Someone must buy this goofy expensive KISS shit because they keep making and selling it. I can't believe they sold any of the ~$4k Gene's Vault cd set. And I like classic KISS.

https://www.facebook.com/share/18ZcoJP4yS/?mibextid=kL3p88 For non-Facebook types:

That may be the coolest bass I've ever seen. I'd buy it but I'm not worthy. And I'm trying to sell my own accumulation of basement dwelling gear.

Sadly enough, I feel there will be a surge in used musical instruments sales soon 😢

I'm selling stuff on consignment. Just sold an amp and guitar. Made money on one, lost a few hundy on another. Didn't have ship/pack, etc., so that's a win in my book. A few more guitars and two amps to come... Market seems a little soft lately. Prices aren't tanking, but muhfuggas are still posting higher prices for premium gear. I don't know if they're getting asking. This is why I like early-80s, Japan replicas. Very high quality for low/mid-level pricing.

So relevant during these trying times 🙏

KEEEEP GOING...

Bump with corrections made. I found the original sales receipt from Sam Ash Music (not Manny's) and my big brother paid $981 for it back on May 8th, 1981. Wisdom beyond his years for a 19 year old.

But it's got Steve Martin pickups!

I'll be checking this out soon - I have 7 0094. Very likely that this originally came through Gaslight Music in Bondi, as did mine https://guitarfactory.com.au/collections/pre-owned-vintage/products/1977-hamer-sumburst-usa

Who's Wolf Hoffman?

It depends on where Missus Polara gets a job (biotech). Probably Malmö, but maybe Helsingborg. All very exciting and stressful!

Hey... What kind of party is this, exactly? (Asking for a friend).

Yeah, no shit, Pete. As I said above, I saw them on the '82 "Farewell" tour. "It's Hard" had just comce out. I was so over-the-moon excited to see them and they were so disappointing. I blame Kenny Jones. An incredibly boring, nothing extra drummer. I saw them again in '89 at another stadium show, this time Giants Stadium, here in New Jersey. This time for the Tommy *shudder* 20th Anniversary Tour. This was a much more enjoyable show; bigger, louder, and Simon Phillips on drums. Here was a drummer. He didn't "Moon out," but he drove the song. Jones played drums more like a passenger. I've seen a few stadium shoes over the years, but that was the only time I had a ringing in my ears afterwards.

No, but I saw them in 1989 in the amphitheater they played in Atlanta when Pete responded to the crowd's urging for another encore by telling us to go home and get some sleep. Other whipping-up-the-enthusiam remarks were some head shakes about how, without Keith, it was no longer like it used to be. We young bucks missed all the good times.

Yeah, I went to Shea Stadium in Queens, NY for that tour. 43 years later, they're still jerking us.

There is a cartoon out there somewhere that was published 20-30 years ago, it had the band on stage with a banner reading "final farewell reunion tour" and a guy in the audience saying "I like them better when Mr Townsend smashed his guitar instead of his walker"

Just to be clear my "LOL" emoji is for "suck-ass Santana" not for the rest of the post 🫡

And it's making me wish I hadn't sold it. It was badass.

This thing belongs on the wall at a music themed chain restaurant, preferably one that serves meatball hoagies, as that's what it brings to mind😋🤔

I rather love my Gretsch-inspired Hamer:

“…this creation blends Gibson and Gretsch design ideas with uncanny brilliance.” Another way to say it is, “It answers a question no one ever asked.” A ridiculous guitar.