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I just picked up a couple of these sets, besides being a pretty good deal on these strings, (<$7/set), they throw in a 10' D'Addario 1/4" cable. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/NYXL10463P10--daddario-nyxl1046-nyxl-nickel-wound-electric-guitar-strings-with-10-foot-instrument-cable-010-046-regular-light-3-pack Free shipping in CONUS, too. 😎

I would have sent the Newport back just for spite and told the shove it.

I threatened to have them turn the brown truck around but he gave me 400.00 off of the newport.It is really nice , all of the Hamers they had came from one guy from Buffalo.

Nice looking Mirage II. Love me some Mirages. For those who don’t know, the bodies on the Mirage II’s (and maple tops) are slightly thicker than the bodies on the Mirage I’s. This along the the dual humbuckers beefs up the sound a bit and brings it closer to that of a LP style guitar compared to the more big strat sound of the Mirage I. The II’s still have a bit more snap than a traditional LP with their 25.5” scale and vintage trem. But, they’re a great in-between. In my experience, with different pickups and an upgraded bridge (I put the MannMade in my koa mirages), you have a real PRS killer for less $. GLWTS!

https://reverb.com/it/item/99440688-1977-hamer-dc-sunburst-ex-martin-barre-jethro-tull

"But he's talking to Danny."

Or put a smoke generator in there instead?

https://www.musiciansfriend.com/stupid?source=3GOA5A9A&utm_medium=paid-social&utm_source=facebook&utm_creative=52527988569587&utm_id=52520138792587&utm_campaign=MF_GOA_FY26_0726_SDOTD_LF_Sales&utm_content=3GOA5A9A_MF_SDOTD_0723_GWE-Elec+Hardshell+Electric+Guitar+Case+-+Black_RT&fbclid=IwYW9zYgTPFHBleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQAAC_GIB_Xi3NydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHs5fghjJHS95BHmyIDLUCnWG7H-E6QaquzguBry09md7zpi5vwSyOQWrCwhL_aem_C1J3OHfOnR5at5zDmmHonw&utm_term=52527988569387

I had this happen, but only with "watched" items, never for having added something to my cart. But, yeah I figure it's a tool for prospective sellers to review leads (that buyers supplied themselves by watching the item), then offer discounts to the leads he chooses, either a blanket 5-10% to sent to all watchers, or excluding those with poor feedback, etc...

ATB are about 20 minutes from me - I might go and have a sniff around it...

Right. Won’t take much to fill in the missing wood. An NFT OFR would kick ass with locking tuners.

Maybe then a Brass Factory bridge, and one of those doohickeys that convert an OFR nut shelf to a standard nut?

A candy red or Pelham blue would look good with that binding. Are you going to use one of those locking nut replacements? Or, just install a standard OFR?

I've had this old 78-80 Charvel made DiMarzio stamped Star and strathead neck that I've been wanting to put together but can't decide a proper era correct finish that would pay proper homage to his legacy

No, that's a real tire with tread on the sidewall... lots of 4x4s use them... this photo is from the Kenda website

I know I misspelled it but I did my best to phonetically pronounce what Pepper said. There is a lot to look at besides that but it starts at 13:20. I've met Pepper a few times and he's just the most congenial, mud on his hands guy you could meet. So I watch for videos with him to pop up. I was just cruising through and then he mentioned the pickups from Jeff R. I remember Jeff posting something about working with Pepper on a pickup so I was like, "Gotta Share!!." as I do.

Welcome to the HFC! 😀

A brief history lesson or just reminiscing?... another reading link “I gave Eddie Van Halen the parts, and the next time I saw the guitar he had used a spray can to paint it white with black stripes”: How Charvel spawned a custom shop revolution – and became the premier guitar maker in the age of shredders | Guitar World https://share.google/ueMlja37yOCNXBwet

Really nice Mirage II in good shape. Has some wear from existing in the world for 30+ years like minor dents and some swirl marks but nothing major. The frets are in great shape and were recently crowned and polished. The Koa top has great 3D depth and its always tough to capture them in photos compared to maple tops IMO. The nut has been replaced with polished unbleached bone. The pickups are Tonerider Birminghams, which are quite nice PAF-style humbuckers. Push-pull on the tone pot splits the coils. This guitar didn't have a case when I got it but it will ship in a gig bag and be well packed. SOLD

So, I broke down and agreed to sell the two special DuoTones I still had. That gets me down apparently to just five. Newport with Bigsby Monaco Elite with Lollar P90s Monaco SuperPro....Custom order with korina, Lollar Imperials, F hole. 25th Anniversary Ltd Edition Artist Ultimate (Not counting a cheapie import set up in a faint tilt toward David Gilmour's Strat). Cannot think of too many reasons to cut loose any. Well, I probably will sell the Newport, but looking to do that locally. Hard to believe how many I once had!😉

The good news is that you will love the Newport. I absolutely love how mine sits in the mix in a few bands I play with

It'd be one thing if it was like another guy was buying it in store at the same time, but the day before and he didn't know it was gone? Lame.

Beautiful burst! Love my '19. IMO Gibson really got their act together on these. If you check used prices, this is quite a deal even before upgrades. No way I'd take that for mine.

Yeah it appears your choices are: Buy three sets of strings for $33 Buy six sets of strings for $66 Buy six sets and two 1/4 cables for $40.

Thanks for this. I'm due for some new strings and these are my strings of choice, can always use another cable. Good score!

Watched this last night. It was pretty interesting, especially the noise floor comparison. [HEY! IT APPEARS THE PREVIEW DISPLAY IS BACK ON SHARED YOUTUBE LINKS! HOORAY!] I didn't even know Positive Grid made an interface and was excited at another possibility, but when he demoed it, I saw that it had the same feature as the Spark Amp I find so desperately aggravating - the noise gate. Also presented grounding issues. Go figure. Pretty settled at this point on the iRig HD X. I'll probably be ordering that today unless someone has a better idea.

I dunno 😕 that's part of my problem, I kinda wanna keep it era specific stock form and also Floyd Rose trems don't play very nicely with 2 3/16th heel width... decisions, decisions 🤔

That actually seems like a reasonable price. Just $1K more than the perennially for sale Whitford Eclipse.

I've used a couple of versions of the irig and they have always worked well. Could something be better? of course but the iRig has worked well for me.

Nope. Absolutely love my laptop, as a matter of fact, I just loaded tons of music and more than 2TB of movies to watch/listen while on the road/camping BTW, you do realize that you can buy a full size keyboard for that laptop right?... even Bluetooth, and you can lie back & type to your little heart's desire. https://a.co/d/0g7KHYqi

Who else has a brand of car they crash often? New direction?

I and my brother have an unfortunate history with VW's. I love them. I've owned 2 sciroccos. A variety of bugs, both topless and with tops and a Rabbit. 77 version. One carman Ghia for a short time and my brother had a couple of vans and other sundry vw's. But... We wrecked them all. Without fail. Every VW I have ever driven I have had a wreck in. Mostly not my fault. Not all most 80%. I finally decided that as much as I love them THEY don't love me and haven't driven one in 40 years. Only one minor fender bender since then.... You can make of this what you will... Hahahahhahahhahhhaaa

Another Eddie/Wayne creation if I’m not mistaken. St Paul Civic Center 1982

I would wager it is not to far from the truth as I have read similar accounts over the years. To me this was one of Eddies contributions to rock guitar. The man was, well, The Man. 😎👍❤️🏁

It was not politics or religion, so it is all good.

Just stumbled across this beauty: (no affiliation) https://reverb.com/item/99649096-robin-usa-ranger-series-2005-wood

I did not. But I was considering heading back over there this weekend and trying it out, if I can get away for a little bit…

I appreciate Jerry from Luxxtones' kind words 👍

Hi Folks, After beating my head against the wall trying to fix a known migration bug effecting attachments in IPS for more than 20 hours. I decided to cut my losses, purchased, installed Xenforo and migrated all of our current data to it. It took a while but its been a SUCCESS and attachments work in the new forum! I'm in the process of validating the content and configuration with the help of Chris Matthes and Kiz. Once that is complete, I will open it up to everyone in parallel to the current board for further testing. Once we confirm its all good hopefully a few days. I will reimport the data from the current forum and swtich us over to the new one. All your ids and log in information and groups (supporter) should work in the new forum. Thanks all for the patience. Its been a journey but I can see the end in sight!

... 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.

I'm actually a little concerned for cancer.

Just spoke with the man as he was preparing for his trip to the hospital. He's certainly not looking forward to the tests and procedures that are waiting for him, but he is surprisingly upbeat. "I'm not fucking dying," he proclaimed, I must say, rather convincingly. I don't know anything about cancer, other than it sucks. I think we all know that part. But what I do know is that no one ever beat it without a positive attitude, so he's on the right path I think. Your posts, phone calls, emails, etc. have really lifted his spirits. That's not me saying it. This is what he told me. Please know that he appreciates it.

Tomorrow is Jay's birthday. He'll be in the hospital, but he continues to fight and shoot birds at the disease trying to destroy his body. Given tomorrow's an increasingly recognized national holiday, perhaps we should raise our own glasses to liberation for all beings. And to liberation from diseases that threaten to take lives at too young an age.

Jay:

Man... Haven't logged into this board for probably at least a year or two, and this is a rough welcome back. The HFC is a special place to me. I surrendered my internet message-board cherry to this place, in late 1999 and later, my Podcast one to Pod Of Thunder, based largely on the quality of content from this place (and was not disappointed.) Didn't realize at the time, just how cutting-edge both were. Aside from delivering the genuine, good-natured belly laughs, Especially in those early years, Ed illustrated to me the importance of not taking yourself too seriously, and to never think the internet granted you the anonymity/immunity to have any kind of a diva moment--and if you found yourself called out for having one anyway, to lighten up and give credit where due for great humor--especially if directed at you. (now, fond memories of my kids introducing me to things like the mayhem of Rainbow Six in-game chat.) "Carlin with a keyboard..." doesn't begin to do Ed justice, but it's as good as I'll get. Would have been fun to meet him. This sucks. Fuck Cancer, indeed. Dave

This one speaks for itself.

@ToneJunkee, @Mobster and @Rechts at NAMM a very long time ago. The hair flip. No one made connections like Ed Rechts.