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I haven't posted here in a long time other than For Sale ads although I've been around here many, many years and still read this forum daily. Any way . . . 3 years ago, I turned 60 and thought it would be a good time to sell off most of my gear and focus on wrapping up my career (luckily I retired last April). I was also fortunate to have a very good musical run starting in garage bands in junior high, original bands in my 20s and 30s and finally many years in cover bands until I was 55. My goal to "retire" from buying/selling gear has been an utter failure. I've bought and sold more guitars, amps and pedals than I can even remember. That addiction afforded me the opportunities to try most everything. But I never owned a a Suhr, until now. I saw the specs on this Suhr Oso recently (short-scale, "Historic C" roasted maple neck profile with a trem) and decided right away to buy one. It's been here a few days and I am completely blown away. Lots of tone options with the 5 way switch, and the neck is just perfect for me because I love Les Pauls and Nocasters with big-ass necks. The Oso is the ideal marriage of those two IMO. While I only goof around at home these days, I've played this one a few hours a day since I got it. Of course, I'm now going to buy another Suhr :).

I was working for one of the major music publishers for 15 years. Met and worked with many world wide celebrities, artists and songwriters, during those years. I was also running the recording studio, and had many international writers come in doing sessions. It was a great time, before Napster, Spotify etc. when the world was still buying albums. The music biz is not the same now. Hardly any good bands coming to town anymore. Real music is dying. It's sad. But I got to live through it. And I am very grateful for the life I lived. The extremely talented people I've met and became friends with. Damn, we had some good fun back then.

A couple different occasions in the late 90s I got to play in a very unserious AC/DC tribute act with Audley Freed and Kelly Holland from Cry Of Love, I was not worthy. I once got to sit in on a tune with The Supersuckers.

I forget to mention we also opened for Roadmaster in Indianapolis. Their bass player was Toby Myers, who went on to work with John Mellencamp. I did attend a few NAMM shows back in the early to mid '80s and managed to have a very brief chat with Ted Nugent. I also lingered for a bit next to John Entwistle and Steve Morse as they were demonstrating some products. And a security guard for EVH waved for me to clear a path as Eddie walked by. More indirect, my Dad was an occasional guest vocalist with the band that featured Bill Hall, the father of Bruce Hall from REO Speedwagon.

Back in the day David Allen Coe. Pat Severs of the Pirates of the Mississippi. Blaine Eits is one of my best friends. He's done a ton of work with the Nashville crowd. He worked with Red Volker just a while back. Here he is with this unknown!

I'm not cool or good enough to have any direct jamming experience with anyone of interest, aside from a number of the very cool jams with people on this board... That said, I have been "jam adjacent." I auditioned with a band whose singer was John Cougar Melloncamp's cousin. I did get the call back, but I turned it down. (too far of a drive for my unreliable car at the time) I played with a keyboard player who is John Patrucci's nephew. I did ask - sadly, he didn't think I was as good as John... Shocker. : ) As far as actually rubbing elbows, I've had sushi with Ty Tabor, played pinball with George Lynch, and when I was a busboy, served breakfast to BB King. None of this counts, but it's therapeutic to type out. : )

I had a beer in a Gainesville restaurant with Dave Davies and Ray Davies of the Kinks after they had played a concert in Gainesville. For some reason I don't remember why, we went to the bar of the hotel they happened to be staying in. Didn't know they were they but they were really nice. Other than that, I've played along with recordings of lots of great band members....

Back in 2011 I was out in Vegas for a 3 day work conference. The hired entertainment was a band that, after the opening ceremony, called up a small handful of people from the crowd of about 3,000-5,000 attendees and collaborated to write a song for the conference, to be played at the closing ceremonies. Long story short, I got chosen, I came up with the main riff, and then got on stage and played the song a couple days later at the close of the conference. The band leader was Angus Clark from Trans Siberian Orchestra/etc. and I played thru his rig for the song. Never was a Strat guy, but I played his that day…

I played catch with Roberto Clemente as an 9 year old child. Top that!

The show.

The only thing I can offer is, making the introductions to Billy Rowe of Jet Boy and Rock 'n Roll Relics guitars with a contact of mine to get his first UK dealer... ahem, deal.... ... the only other thing I can think of is my guitar teacher, Martin Goulding wrote on Guitar Player Magazine amongst others, and teaches mostly well known jobbing pros for top acts.

Hamer 2007 Standard Custom for NAMM 2007 @ Carter Vintage

Did some horse trading yesterday and ended up with this beauty. I was gonna trade if the sustainer worked, I wasn't expecting this to play and sound so fantastic. Even the neck sustainer pup rings like a bell. This is a better guitar than all the Gibsons and most of the Hamers I've owned, even the custom shop 359 i had after mom died. Lots dings and bumps, no case. Not sure of the age, no serial number on a lot of 80s Burnys. I'm not a LP guy, but this thing is great and only 8.4 lbs.

This band fizzled about halfway through 2014, last show was opening for The Supersuckers. Seeing as we never headlined a show before and had been gone for close to a dozen years I was absolutely shocked that we had a respectably sized and enthusiastic crowd, we even sold some advanced tickets. I hadn't played a show in close to 10 years, I had forgotten how damn fun it could be. The rig. Suhr SL-15 and a hot rodded Marshall Origin 50. Bassist's combo riding piggy back because I "had" to bring two 4x12s and took up all of stage left. 😄 The boat.

Awessome! How the heck else are you going to get boomers for $100??

played a set with Jacob Peterson from Steve Miller band at a big Harley Davidson party about 10 years ago. got to sit in on a jam with Carlos Santana and Neil just before Neil joined the band in 1970

Have at it! https://reverb.com/uk/item/94375786-hamer-californian-custom-flame-maple-top-back-neck-transparent-cherry-1988-w-ohsc

I jammed once with Rick Derringer when my band opened for his in '94. The dude is a munchkin but has chops for days.

guess I could add Randy Holden from Blue Cheer and Lucifer. yeah, I;m old

Dibs on your carpet! 😁 And congrats on the Suhr!

In the late 70's I somehow talked my way into the guitarist chair with the Madison Area Technical College Jazz Ensemble and stayed for a couple of semesters. Mostly because I kept my amp volume so low nobody could hear me. Our bandleader was a highly talented player with connections in the old school big band circles. He was able to book Woody Herman's band for a show at the school and, the day of, Woody came in early and played a song with us. We did not speak. Later in life, I worked with a law firm in Richmond, Virginia that represented local artists GWAR and Lamb of God. I negotiated LoG's first record contract with Metal Blade and did a lot of corporate work for GWAR. Robin Zander hugged me once at a trade show. I worked for the company that hired Cheap Trick to perform. @Hamerhead is the only one who will recognize these names, but I hung with the Madison bar band crowd in the 80's: Swad, Gil Jevne, John Masino, Robby "Strange" Alexander, Rich Hayne (Little Vito), Mark Frederick and Matt Ahrens of "The And", and, shortly before he passed, I had the honor and privilege of working on a soundtrack with Boyd Williamson (aka Zoid Asteroid Machine) of the Vers. Those were the best of times.

I once had an albeit brief conversation with Luciano Pavarotti, and since he was a singer and I used my voice to speak with him, I consider that to be a collaboration.

Just saying 'He's not gonna take it anymore' is just way-too-low hanging fruit, really. It sounds more like a proper retirement, perhaps other rockers should take note: Dee Snider quits Twisted Sister because 'a man's got to know his limitations' At least we'll always have this: and this: And he'll have more time for this:

It's gotta be really hard for a vocalist to admit he can't sing his own tunes any more.

This guy played keyboards in the band I was in back in high school, so we shared a few (tiny) stages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Hobgood Later on, my band opened for the likes of Rare Earth, Joan Jett, and Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics, but we were never on stage at the same time.

Les Dudek, Kerry Livgren.

I haven't been green with envy since Matt posted his Watsons, so I'll throw this out there: There is a shitload of talent on this board and I've heard a few great stories about some of the folks you've rubbed elbows with. What else ya got? Me? Well this part of the midwest isn't a real celebrity hotspot. Les Paul came from here and Cheap Trick were regulars in Madison, but we aren't overburdened with megastars. I was roommates with founding member of The Buckinghams George Legros, which led to several solo recordings with him, as well as a number of impromptu jams with his band that featured the one-and-only Funky Drummer himself, Mr. Clyde Stubblefield (James Brown's drummer). He called Madison home, but would receive superstar treatment (limos, hotels, big shows) when visiting Japan. He and I shared a cocktail or 2 at the local bars and he was always the most down-to-earth person you'd ever want to meet. The opportunity to play with someone at that level can take your breath away. Fucking awesome. The goat-roping band I was in contained a youngster named Kirstie Kraus, who went on to Nashville and is currently fighting her way up. Great pop songwriting chops and more drive than anyone I've ever met. We still get together when she's in town. Good kid. And then there's the local legend Steve Swadley, one of my closest friends. If you were involved in the Madison-area music scene from the '60s through today, there's a good chance you know - or have heard of - my buddy Steve. Rock and Roll to the core, you won't meet a better human being. Another roommate/ former high school bandmate was a member of Slave Raider, a Twin Cities/regional act that had some success and was a favorite of our own baloney-fryin' bud WyldBil. Apparently he wasn't in the band long enough to make it on their Wiki page(!), but there are photos to prove it. He now lives in seclusion and is a bit of a dick. So let's have some name-dropping here! Who have you guys worked with or shared a stage with or ?? Let's see the BIG names!!

I'll be back on stage for the first time since 2017. If you like the idea of a band that sounds kinda like The Georgia Satellites playing Motorhead covers then you'll like us.

Spendy?? Good one! His decimal point is in the wrong place. The headstock was accidental, but the pickup was intentional and for that someone should be beaten. Otherwise it WAS a really cool guitar that - in original condition - would have warranted the asking price.

I've always loved Dee Snider and found him very entertaining... remember Captain Howdy in Strangeland 🤘😝🤘

Jeff Z'Nuff came out. Going to try and bring this nonsense to the Triad area before too long.

I nominated Cant Stop R&R to my Ded Mullet cohorts back in the day but was shot down. Great tune.

We're Not Gonna Take It is a staple in the cover band's set list rotation but there are a number of other more tasty offerings on Stay Hungry. For whatever reasons, gems like Horror-teria (The Beginning): A) Captain Howdy. B ) Street Justice and Burn In Hell just don't seem to resonate with patrons. Good on Dee if he is hanging it up because he accepts the reality and inevitability of getting too old to rock properly.

Just don't talk to him at the movies.

Unfortunately this what Harry Callahan says before he shoots you.

There are 4 models of the Oso and I know the two with maple caps have smaller necks than this one for some reason. This one’s neck is why I chose it although I would’ve preferred one with a nice maple top.

Interesting guitar! I have a Suhr Alt T. It's not my number 1 but it's a Hamer USA level instrument. Enjoy!!

This is a badassed band, people! A medical procedure that afternoon is the only thing stopping me from driving down from DC. I’ve done it before and will do it again, just not for this one. Go - you won’t regret it.

Nice graphic, but spendy for what it is (not was)

I have used the Weber recone service a couple times and they did a great job. Now I use Slice Inc. in Kansas City. They can do anything. Fair prices too. Call them and see what they’d charge for a full rebuild. Tell them Mark in Sedalia sent you. +1 to @bubs_42 recommendation to experiment and find what you like. I LOVE my EV SRO alnico…big, chimey and holds together like no other alnico. I also love my low watt organ pull alnicos which breakup immediately with any amp. All are tools for whatever job is needed.

Man, that's just option paralysis in a can if ya ask me.

Exactly why you either love these types of speakers or you don’t. For me, after using an EV Style Speaker live for a few years you just couldn’t miss. My rig always sounded great and it didn’t mater if you were standing in front of it, or hearing it back through the monitors. I never fought with the sound of my live tone. To anyone reading this thread: Experiment Damnit, get out there and try something new!

When the T-20 morphed into the Fury, the thumb rest pickup ring was still used.

They usually rotate Rick Pemberton and Kevin Holden on lead guitar.

The thumb rest was a good detail for Peavey to include in the design of that bass.

That's certainly $100 worth of cool!

Seems to be a lot of that in DC...

How long do you have to rest after Botox lip filler? Asking for a friend.

A thing Peavey did right was to make it user-friendly to replace the 'basket'(as I remember it being called) with just 3 bolts (3 bolts and you could pull the frame/cone/voice coil assembly off the magnet part), but maybe they somehow knew that would be done frequently? I'm sure I'm not the only one who has 're-basketed' a few Peaveys.