Recent content by mattsmith

It's the one in the video

This was my main guitar for a few years. It's red, with light buckle rash, I hate to let it go, but need to buy a few things.

Great Shape. Bought a house and thinning the herd.

I know I haven't posted in a while, but I always check posts on this board. As someone who was deeply involved with Hamer for many years and who owns a stack of them, this news is not unexpected but sad nonetheless. As soon as fender bought KMC, the writing was on the wall. I will keep my...

I'm REALLY looking forward to moving to Austin... I've been visiting regularly as my parents moved there 19 years ago, and my ban The Monstas is based there! It has a GREAT music scene, and I think I can thrive there! I look forward to meeting my texas HFC brothers there... I plan on gigging...

After 15 years in NYC, I'm relocating to Austin Texas in late august! As part of my introduction to the local scene, I'm giving 6 free guitar seminars! Free Guitar Seminars with Matt Smith All guitarists are welcome All you need is a guitar a notebook and a pen! North and South Austin...

I had one in the 70's. Bought the RD artist, a Sound City 200 with no master volume and a traynor 8 10" cab.... friggin razor blades of ungodly loud screaming treble and took a station wagon to move... sold it and bought a music man 65 combo... ahhhh much better!

My thinking is that keeping an eight year old out of bars is a good thing... in all my years of teaching I've seen more than one kid get messed up from exposure to that lifestyle... kid's should be kids... just my 2 cents.

I got to play/hang with Phil Campbell last fall in france... a very cool dude!!!

"Loan me a dime" Boz Scaggs... Duane Allmans solo is in my opinion one of the finest examples of how to bring the blues to a boil ive ever heard...

and you should all send me a cahiers check for 10 miiilllliooooon dollars.... slices you in half with light saber, dances maniacaly..... I gotta go to bed.....

I haven't touched my other Hamers since I got my Talledega last June...I love everything about this guitar...Don;t get me wrong I'm loving all my guitars but the neck shape fits my hand perfectly, the neck pickup sings and the bridge pickup growls and twangs... this guitar puts a big smile on my...

DUDE!!! That's totally BADASS!!! Hooks from start to finish..congatulations!!! I'm a fan!

The Talledega is an incredibly versatile guitar... it can go from tele twang to fat jazzbox tones.... the 4 way switch from front to back 1) both pickups series 2) neck only 3) both pickups parallel 4) bridge only basically dark to bright, in stages! By the way Jol told me tortoise is the...

Its tortoise...same color as the newport on the cover of the catalogue... I LOVE THIS GUITAR!!! edited to add its completely stock. tonight I'll be playing the 55 bar in nyc w/ Brian Mitchell, the piano player and Shawn Pelton on drums... I'll find out who the bass is at the gig... by the way...