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... at least at my home: Recently I discovered this beautiful neon sign (not LED!). I suspect that it is from the 80s or 90s. I even had to buy a step-down transformer to be able to use it. Amazing that it survived all these years unharmed. With more than 40 Hamer guitars in my collection, it seemed to me to be the cherry on top. I hope you like it too.

Write an article about fake Gibsons for Vintage Guitar. Use a photo of your Chibson. Then advertise the guitar for sale as "featured in Vintage Guitar Magazine." You might even make a profit.

Someone really likes Blitzes...

Good News! I have a reasonable host and am in the process of setting things up. Fingers crossed it goes well. I'll keep you posted. So far, its been a grind, but so good. Cant wait to ditch this crappy host

Kurt made one for Brad Whitford and one other for a guy in New York (he can't tell me). Both were creamsicle orange. Mine's a different color...

…if anyone wants to stop by and mock me and/or Jon Kammerer Customs guitars.

A total knucklehead got banned from here for trying to pass one of those off as the real thing when he 100% knew better. That was the last straw after he had proven himself to be a bit of a scammer and just overall weirdness.

Did Gene go to stomp on a pedal and stomp on your foot by accident? 😁

yes

I've told this before, here it comes again; Growing up a huge Sabs fan, I played 2 SGs thru high school & Jr college. 1st was a strange 1972 model w/ bigsby, LP type raised pickguard, and semi circle top mounted controls. 2nd was a 70s white SG that I spraypainted, added a Kahler & DiMarzios. Played that one until the head stock snapped off (didn't realize that it could be fixed, junked it). About 20 years ago I briefly had an Epi Tony Iommi SG that I couldn't bond with (you can't go home again). SGs and LPs are so damn iconic and cool, but I'm not a fan of their feel.

F**kin' Steve - you nailed it, buddy. Definitely mark it somehow, in some permanent fashion. Otherwise the next 'knucklehead'......

IIRC, they are sized very small, so a "large" would be a medium or smaller.

Pretty good deal. 2003 Robin Wrangler - Gig bag - $1,000 shipped https://reverb.com/item/96521223-robin-telecaster-natural

I'm pretty sure you have to post the price... also what size is it?

All of this Corrosion of Conformity talk on the thread a couple of weeks back made me take another shot at an SG. I need a dedicated guitar for tuning to D standard. Found a pretty good deal on a 2016 SG HP someone had thoughtfully improve, i.e., removing the G-Force tuner. I thought the titanium nut and the sculpted heel were cool ideas. I like the thought of easily being able to raise and lower the nut, particularly for something I am going to set up for DOOM. What I was not prepared for was the "soloist" neck. Gibson wasn't joking around by calling it a "soloist" neck because it feels exactly like my 98 Jackson Soloist. You may like or hate that depending on preference, but I think it is pretty cool. Maybe I will actually keep an SG for once. I also have swapped some pups on a tobacco burst LP traditional and threw in some Gravelin pups he made for me awhile back. I sold the guitar they were in, but kept the pickups. Proof positive that modern LPs have a more pronounce arch than the Norlin era LPC they came out of. The treble pickup ring cracked IMMEDIATELY. Should have thought of that before I thought of that!

Reminds me of this one. Though, I like the factory paint job on yours!

We needed videos like this back in high school when we wanted to BE Judas Priest.

Very nice!.. I live in Arizona, so it would be a very expensive jacket just to sit in the closet just to wear for a day or 2 out of the year.... glwts 👍

The Lynch Mob 😃

And George Lynch is his FIL.

I've watched this quite a few times a couple of years ago... I like this guy... extremely talented and an awesome teacher as well showing a lot of the little nuances in making those subtle sounds that make the difference 🤘😝🤘

No, the title wasn't inspired by my first marriage. Per a March 6th thread here called "Pawn Shop Revenge" I jumped on what appeared to be a Gibson Dave Grohl DG-335. Turns out it's a "Chibson" but it's fine instrument---plays well, sounds good, is well made, balance nicely.And it's in mint condition. I acted quickly because I simply didn't it to let it get away. The Gibson authority I contacted afterwards (and sent jpegs to) cited the following "telltale signs": (1) The bridge has large-diameter height adjustment posts with a slotted screwdriver head, (2) the frets are over the binding (without nibs), (3) the tuners don't say "Grover" on them, and they look like Grover copies. I suppose it could hang onto it for personal use but this episode feels "tainted" for lack of a better term. Donate it to a charity? It would be hard to establish the tax write-off amount. Any other suggestions? Anybody else ever been thru a situation like this?

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Hamer/Used-Hamer-cruise-bass-red-Electric-Bass-Guitar.gc?algoliaQueryID=9f35e471b2944a76ac68888a7474a5ec&algoliaIndexName=pHL-guitarcenter PSA - Cruise bass matching headstock with case @ Guitar Center $749.99

That is the absolute coolest!!! oh and dibs! 😃

Gone to a place where a nickel still plays the jukebox. Another bought you a glass of warm beer. He was odd but incredibly original. Did tours consisting of nothing more than prisons and small bars. All with beat up Peavey PA equipment. Truly the wandering minstrel that drank to much, smoked to much and you never had to wonder what he was thinking. An American Original! RIP Mr. Coe

What a rocker!!!

Ha! I was referring to the “bird” pickups, @RobB!

So, I stumble across this band. I like them - sort of my guilty pleasure light hair metal with Mr. Bigish vocals. Never heard of them. They are still active it seems - maybe. But, they are very hard to google with that name. You'll hit a country band - or Mellencamp. Anyway. I guess you can lose your hair, but you can't lose your hair metal.

In my neck of the woods "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" was a mandatory song for bar bands. It was a "learn it or get your ass klcked by the patrons

Wow, I haven't been here in ages. And, I come back to this! Thanks Ted. Some posts from leaders in the field (HFC) already here! I guess it is time for me to visit more often again.

And, he should be dead.

My favorite DAC story is actually Waylon's story about threatening to kick his ass back in the 70s.

It's the same guitar, by the same seller.

Steve Goodman…

A Gibson SG was always in my “One of These Days” column… Likely to stay that way, since I’m not really buying anything “these days”! I ordered a white EDS-1275 back in the early ‘90s, but that’s the closest I’ve gotten.

Saw him last year, touring with Taj Mahal as TajMo. No M3 but Gaw-DAYUM did that music feel good!

that is some good stuff right there

Cool X2, Jason. Nice you landed on a reasonable SG. I’ve tried them a few times and always flipped them. They feel so flimsy (and I have a light fretting hand…), like I’d snap it in two with a power chord. The s/b LP looks great with the black rings.

Before (seller's pic): After:

Love the black! Newer (i.e., smaller, lighter) 2TEK, too!

Smelly snatch. I was trying to be polite.

I like him a lot. WAY back when, our band covered a couple of his tunes......More Than One Way Home and Standin' At The Station. They were crowd pleasers. (Even if I was then using a modded Hamer Artist rather than an M3).

You can probably have one made for the cost of what... four Rush concert tickets?

Looked like his M3.

My '81 Vector sold easily for my asking price of $2,400 at the Orlando Show. I think the guy that bought it (Allen Mance from The Guitar Buyer) sold it for near 3K. My '81 with binding would go for more than that.