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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.

Still got mine, including the sustainblock trem arm hardware.

Someone really likes Blitzes...

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

Nice! I'm still hanging on to this one.

I totally dig these Blitzs 🤩 Here are mine

I found it on "Kleinanzeigen". It's a website similar to "Craigslist". The seller is a musician himself (keybords) and had a studio in which he used the neon sign as decoration. He had acquired it many years ago when a music store closed down and now wanted to get rid of it. I had to pick it up in person, because he did not want to ship it for understandable reasons. I didn't even know that such a thing existed.

I'm down for the 100th Anniversary Jam in 2075! I'll be 109 years old and still posting boobie pictures and still not playing guitar.

No doubt

Crappy pic of my Blitz bass.

I recently acquired a Blitz Bass. Love it.

Even with a few battle scars, that’s a good deal. And some people actually prefer the Gotoh bridge.

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

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.

Nah. That's just pure, unadulterated, adrenaline-fueled, over-emotive, stage face.

That's a normal carve for these model Cruise Basses.

I have the blue twin to that bass. It's terrific.

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

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!

Let's not forget who started the longest living, most active thread in the history of the HFC. I walked so that you could run.

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

Or Not Steve and Not Chris

Back when, the real deal instruments were not as numerous as today, but were available, used, at big discounts from the even inflation adjusted list prices (which were mostly "fair traded" and not discounted) if you looked for them. I could go on and on about buying great guitars for under $200, sometimes under $100. Including Gibson archtops. Many that I used to own would be worth well into 4 figures, some 5 figures today. If I had only known....As in late 60s, early 70s. To be fair, in the late 60s, I was a student and bringing home $35 a week from part-time work. Fortunately, I was living at home and had few expenses! If I had deeper pockets AND could see the future, I'd be more well off today. (Cue Norm's Rare Guitars!) Even in the 80s, you could pretty easily pick up a Les Paul, Strat, 335, 347, ES 175 for that cliche $350 around Los Angeles. I kick myself for not having picked up an original late 50s 335 (blonde!) for the $1000 asking price, that being from a dealer. Anyway, there was little incentive to build a fake and copies were generally clearly inferior. But now that the real deals have become collector's items.....

It's almost frightening buying a high end guitar these day's. Everything has been copied. I recently bought a Novo Mira J, after gathering the info from the buyer I checked everything out. Retail store with buyers name associated to the serial number and Novo's association with the retail store per S/N ID. I have seen novo fakes that from pictures are pretty realistic as well as Les Pauls and 339's. They're dang good a copying stuff!!! That goes for pedals and such too. If people put as much work into being honest vs crooked it sure would be a safer more pleasant world. I don't remember anything like this happening when I was a younger man. You bought a guitar and it was the real deal. I sure wish I had a couple of those back!!!

That is the case.

Indeed. Guitars are great and all that, but come on...

I just wanted to say, You're a wonderful person.

I saw him at a legendary place called Casseopia's in Ponca City, Oklahoma when I was a Freshman in college in '82. He totally rocked the house. By the time the show was over nobody could stand or breathe because of all the alcohol that was consumed and the smoke that was in the air. It took me a couple of days to fully recover from that one. He was an original for sure. R.I.P. DAC.

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

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

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

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.

As noted in a thread about a Peavey Dyna Bass I acquired a while back, I'll still poke my head into pawn shops on occasion if I'm out of town and ahead of schedule for some kind of business or medical appointment. There are certain sections of larger towns that have turned into combat zones, and I no longer look into shops in such areas. Made that (easy) decision after hearing nearby gunfire when I left such a store a few years back. So this '72 Micro-Frets Stage II came from an alternate location, and once again, I just stumbled into it. It's in Near-Mint condition and I paid too much for it but should be able to make it back if and when I flip it ...And it may be a while before I flip it on accounta this Maryland-made oddity has all sort of cool attributes and innovations: A "Calibrato" vibrato (feels like a Mosrite), a tuneable nut, and a reportedly-Bill-Lawrence-designed "Hi-Fi" circuit that suppresses 20% of the coil windings to offer a switchable tone shift. Neck profile feels like a Mosrite as well (YMMV), Instrument is fully original. Moreover, It's got the original plush-line hard case, instructions, and a November 1972 newsletter...checking out case candy is always a cool experience. Pickups are P-90ish (IMO) and it plays like butter. Micro-Frets only made about 3000 instruments during its initial existence. Finding one this nice from that era is probably a rare experience. HFC members from the Old Line State can probably relate.

Thanks for EVERYTHING you do behind the scenes and right out in the open here for the HFC! I can’t believe that I’ve been on this board for close to half my life, but it’s all because of you taking the plunge and making it happen. I think most of us here have made great friends, bandmates and even adopted siblings. It truly is (and has always been) the best hangout on the dubayew dubayew dubayew. You rock, Ted!

Thanks for the update, all the best for the move! The hfc is quite fabulous. The only forum I activley follow. Cheers! C.

You rock Ted, thank you so much for all you do to keep this place running, there really is nowhere else on the interwebs quite like it.

Just don't take the gold waist chain off and you should be fine 😳

Hamer Vector Flying V 1985 - Red and Black Zulu Bengal Tiger Finish Electric GUI https://reverb.com/item/93062934?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=93062934 Honestly, this is not a bad deal considering 20 plus years ago these were averaging selling at $3,500 and this one is quite unique and are getting super super rare... I'm not into Kahlers, but if I were and had the money 🤷

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.

'Mitchell' is a GC house brand and the one I have is actually quite good: light weight, string-thru body, locking tuners, coil taps, stainless frets and a decent-size neck, all for under $300. Trying to re-invent the wheel seems pretty pointless.

speaking of crazy, pulled this out of the case this morning and decided I'm not selling it anymore. I waited too long to find an artist this nice, and I'm gonna keep it for now.

4 Digit Vector, that is pretty damn cool.

No affiliation https://reverb.com/item/92908114 Have an extra $141,945.98 plus tax and shipping? It is absolutely stunning guitar. Ham Rex

Damnit! I’m $0.98 short in the guitar budget!