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There have been others: @badgerdave had one in Honey or Vintage Natural with crowns and the stoptail close to the bridge. I think Hamer still called these Newport Pro BEs (Birds Eye) even though they used flame-maple tops.

Big thanks to @stonge for facilitating this FB Marketplace transaction and shipping to me. I wanted a small/light dinker amp that is easy to move and this one (4w/10” speaker) sounds like it is going to fit the bill. You can’t tell from the pic but it is roughly 18x12x8. One EL84 two 12AX7 tubes. For “bedroom” playing I have mostly settled on LPD Eighty7 into clean amp in case anyone cares lol. Or headphones.

whats an unmistakeable soupcan?

And Johnny Depp is every man's dream either to have or to be.

Like a car wreck, I keep coming back to stare…

No Affiliation Never even heard of such a unique spec, and not sure how it would sound compared to stock (spruce over hog). Cool! https://reverb.com/item/99618968-hamer-custom-shop-newport-pro-2003-amber-52665-with-original-hard-case

Good results! More than once I had someone come over to buy something, ask what else I had, then proceeded to take more. A few years back I had a young guy locally that went rather nuts on guitars Could barely play when I met him, but he got better. Over a couple years, he bought over $60k in guitars and related gear just from me. Pretty sure he spent even more on real high end guitars from others. I reckon that he shipped a good number of them to China through Hong Kong before they tighten things up. I could make more progress if Mr. Hong was still in a buying mood....😉 Yeah, I have a pretty weighty stack of amp gear, including several classic Mesa pieces, some Swarts as well as the (too many) cabinets I built. But it does not make a lot of sense to ship those heavy things.

Amazing!

I've been thinning too! No guitars yet but a bunch of amps. A studio here in FL came over to check out my 68 Super Bassman. The rare one they only built for a couple months. They left with that amp, a 64' Bandmaster, a 63 6G6B Bassman, and a 65 AA864 Blackface Bassman. All amps from my studio. I still have 8 amps left. I really don't want to sell those yet!

I set up reminders for meetings and appointments all the time, which, when received, would be a reminder from the past about what's to come. One of my favorite abstruse English oddities has to do with why the plural "were" in a phrase like, "As it were, he's still not coming," is grammatically correct, as it were.

I’m not Scott, but I approve of the above link.

I'm not Rob, but Gary Kahler had the Brass Factory and they still have or make that stuff: https://kahlerusa.com/?s=brass+factory&post_type=product&dgwt_wcas=1

Hey! Waitjussaminnit..!

Exactly. And exactly as it would have been presented in in the fraternity house TV room, 1985, 2:00 A.M. with an unmistakable soupçon of a Columbian brush fire in the air. Absolute and completely made up but presented with such complete and unassailable confidence that no one would ever question the veracity. Absent Internet, one could typically get away with it. 🤣

$1,099 plus shipping: Hamer USA Daytona 1994 OHSC | Reverb Beautiful AND it has both the trem arm and the OHS case! No mention of weight, which can often be an issue with these. ETA: no affiliation

Back in 2020 I bought a like-new 2019 Les Paul Standard Standard 50's from Guitar Chimp. I have never been interested in owning a Les Paul and didn't really have a practical use for one as I haven't played anywhere but Madison Square Bedroom since the mid-00's. That said, I have really enjoyed owning it and it sounds fantastic (to me). The only mods I've made were swapping it over to 50's wiring and installation of a Callaham locking tailpiece studs. This is the first guitar I recall having no desire to swap pickups. The Burstbucker 1 and 2 set really seems to me to exude that 50's vibe (IMO). ETA the requisite photo: Fast forward six or so years and I'm playing in services one Sunday each month. I am a Strat guy and I've been really enjoying playing my two Partscasters, primarily the Stretchocaster, which seems to do everything well (thanks to @cmatthes for even suggesting such a Gretsch / S-type mash-up). Last month's setlist was considerably more guitar-oriented, so I thought I'd try the Les Paul. The board settings for the electric guitar channel were set to what sounded good soloed and they worked great for either of the Strats, but the Les Paul was absolutely buried as soon as the band (two acoustic guitars, electric piano and drums) cranked up. I changed to a Strat and suddenly I was sitting perfectly in the mix. Switched back the Lester and buried again. No worries. I took the Lester home and hung it back on the wall and used the Stretchocaster. But I got to thinking. Then researching. Then I asked AI what I was missing. I was given the following changes to make in the EQ: Since I am running a Screaming Blonde direct into FOH, these changes were made in my board channel EQ. ETAA another requisite photo: Amazing difference! Subtle as they are, and they weren't radically different from where they were previously, the change is like night and day. Posting this as someone else might find it interesting and also with the caveat that, yes, I know AI didn't "come up" with any of this, but it sure beats me searching and compiling search results for 1,000 hours to come to the same conclusion. For those who have always played Les Pauls live, does this track with your experience? I know some of my issues were due to the mix of instruments, but the way it sounds now seems like it would work in any band setting. It just sits really present in the room.

Took me ten solid minutes of Googling to find out who was fronting this effort: Glen Wise. He's not on the HV website, not in the YouTube description. You'd think someone who could do such a capable job of Lemmy's vocal while also doing a capable job of playing his bass part would be at least mentioned. Or maybe I missed it and it was there all the while. At any rate, the song that introduced me to Motörhead when they played it on "The Young Ones" - great job!

Chat GPT must be watching Uncle Larry.

9lbs

Look forward to seeing the end result!

Very cool, thanks 😃👌

I would go sonic blue nitro. Or one of the rare occasions black might be cool. Finish check it… crème rings and a nice brass Charvel nos style bridge. Phenolic nut. That would kick aaashhh.

If I didn’t just pull the trigger on a Dakota red EJ Strat I would pounce on this. Great buy — hope someone from here snags it (so I can buy it from you down the track)

Thanks for posting that here. I know Michael had been working with him for some years before that fire a couple of years ago. I hope he'll continue building.

Wow, just when I thought I'd seen most of the graphics. Each one has its own coolness to it.

Plus she’s got trem spring cover and no added string tree (WTH do people do that?)

now $999 plus shipping I think. I would ask about the weight before I ordered but that's just me! Agree it's a beauty

What. A. Crock. Of. Shit. lol OK. I don’t if any of that is true,but I’ll sign off on it.

It's come full circle... Reminiscent of early 4-digit Hamer Standard models—which were originally inspired by vintage 1958–1963 Gibson Explorer 🤣 $7,500

What if they are polyester?

Do you think if Hamer USA had lasted another 10 years, we might find more interesting things to discuss?

The brief explanation is that "pants" is short for "pantaloons," which were initially a style of trouser but, in America at least, became sort of a catch all even after pantaloons fell out of style. Trousers were for quite some time a separate kind of leg covering held together at the top by a belt or some buttons. Part of the function of a cod piece was to provide an additional layer between your junk and the world since there was often a gap where the two met. A trouser for each leg was a pair of trousers. This breeches (britches), drawers, pants, slacks, etc. all have this plural form due to this history.

Plural character is determined by proportion: Pants are comprised 79.6% by the two legs (52.3% for 7" shorts). A Shirt is comprised only 17.3% by the two arms (25.4% in the case of a long-sleeved shirt). Thus, the majority of Pants are a pair, the majority of a shirt by a single item. Plural is established for the pants but not for the shirt.

Why do I feel like I'm in the fraternity house TV room, 1985, 2:00 A.M. with an unmistakable soupçon of a Columbian brush fire in the air?

Hey, even without strings on, I bet that neck pickup is chimier than your fuckin SG 🤣

Hey, start your own thread.

History repeats itself.

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

I always liked telling people their tech issue was a loose nut behind the keyboard.

reminds me of my tech issue response. it is a ID ten T error. Although I am definitely the one plugging in to that pedal...