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First thing that came to mind for me was the Monkees Gretsch model.

I hate pickguards in general, exceptions being a fender strat/jazz bass/P bass, and the smaller V pickguard.

Must be a prototype!

A good friend of mine (old work nickname 'Rudeski') built my favorite amp for me. I recently added the custom logo in his honor. Our own JGale built my first ever pedal collection (I had only the tuner and wireless gizmo). My entire rig was handmade by true friends - I'm a fortunate guy. Thank you Gale. Thank you, Rudeski.

https://nashville.craigslist.org/msg/d/columbia-hamer-usa-standard/7840309731.html I think the asking price is not realistic, but whadda I know?

Simon Phillips w/ Andy Timmons;

That pickguard looks like an 80s Pantera album cover

I remember seeing this guitar listed on a different part of the country. Same pics...Low price...Buyer beware! https://hartford.craigslist.org/msg/d/hartford-hamer-firebird-white-cream/7838063975.html

Very cool, WIP.

I’ll send him a message to get fucked, generally.

Call his local preferred shipper with the measurements & weight for an estimate "with insurance"

I was there the next night for the last one and it was unbelievable.

Noice!

Stingy bastards. I don't need you anymore. Pretty cool, eh? ---

Yeah, that one I could learn to live with.

What a great tune. RIP Clem. I love 70s 80s new wave!

Very cool. Technology is an amazing thing. But, can they be bought for three fiddy?

That's been all over the place in the last few months. It sold in the UK last (legitimately).

More like 2 foot!

My brother-in-law also sent a link to this video. Must be getting a lot of attention

The kind of amps they're playing doesn't hurt, either (Alessandro, Homestead/Diaz, PRS).

Or, it was owned by Ken Fischer.

Arrgh, geez Greg!.. you had me running for my wallet 🤣

How much for one?

yeah... Happy to post anywhere and refunds given if needed... Dude seems really eager to POST (first off who says that in the US?) a bigass case anywhere and then take it back... pfff...

Imagine that...the tonal and tactile bliss of playing through real amps cooking at high volume. That's the stuff.

A comment So Funny, yet So True!

Probably not anyone quite that competent. Some Harbor Freight tools can actually be used a second time without breaking.

Why? Are Gibson Maestro pedals made by Harbor Freight??

I've seen comments in other forums that a fair amount of these could be DOA (shitty builds). Check them out in person (play them)and buyer beware lol... it's not like manufacturers dump defective goods at GC

I have owned a Superpro and MIII, both really nice guitars but ultimately not for me. When the Elite came out I was very excited to play/own one. What could be better than a Hamer LP. It wasn’t the shelf but no real improvement on playability over the LP. Immediately lost interest. OTOH A PRS McCarty 594 did resonate strongly with me. Under 8.5 “ un chambered blah blah

It doubles as his murder gallery. The Vs demand a sacrifice. The austerity really ties the horror together for the victim.

Is it just me, or is that the gayest guitar collection you've ever seen?

I count 4 Vees on that wall that would interest me. I was never a fan of the big pickguard ones.

I think the Vectors are priced right, but the Tonemonger is underpriced, maybe not on the HFC, but definitely in the Robin universe.

OKay, my "shipping tale" is an "inexpensive sequel" to a USPS episode from a number of years ago where someone sliced into a manila envelope and stole the vintage guitar catalogs therein. I was sending them to Vintaxe in St. Louis so they could add the pages ot their website (I've been using it for research for at least a couple of decades. Recently I mailed a small package containing some memorabilia--celebrity picks, key chains, etc. to a friend in CA. Same tyep of event---envelope precisely sliced open and contents removed. Dollar-wise, not particularly valuable but a gesture of appreciation for our friendship based on and around guitars. And I don't collect anymore, but the recent incident underlines in a small way why, at times, I don't miss the collecting phenomenon. But those times aren't permanent.

I'm down to a mere half-dozen of these: