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No idea…

Stopped by Atomic yesterday with my son. Hamerwise: 1. Non-Trem 94 Daytona - Black/Maple. Replaced guard, Bridge and Middle pickups (JBJr and a Lace Sensor). Lightweight though and nice neck. They'll definitely deal on the tagged price. 2. Black '87 SS-1 - Rosewood/Dots. Actually a thicker neck than most of the ones I've owned, but for a small body, it was pretty hefty. 3. White '87 Chapparal (listed as a "Custom", but rosewood/dots). Earlier '87 set-neck model with the Strat jack cup on the face, not the side, standard mini-toggles. Overall in okay shape, but a bit ambitiously priced at $1900 - reiterating that they will deal if you're a serious buyer. 4. Red 1990 Centaura - some heavy finish checking, and the original Hamer Floyd might need to be replaced, but otherwise, not bad at all. It's entirely likely that there was another Hamer/Hamers lurking somewhere in there - if you haven't actually been inside Atomic, you wouldn't understand! There are literally THOUSANDS of guitars on racks, walls, stands, piles, etc. and they're not sorted in any consistent way other than guitars over $3,500 are usually behind the counter on the high wall or close to the front of the store. Everything else is just...everywhere else. I truly love that shop! Wish I'd gotten to check out the Dragonskin Chap from last month that sold for $2,499!

(Cue @The Shark...)

That's a shame too - that might be the coolest Graphic Special I've seen, and I've never seen that one before!

Hopefully, not for too long. The dollar was pretty strong v the JPYen, but that's likely going to change too, so we'll see. I think the best thing to do is to plan a trip to Japan and try to bring something back, but not sure how much better that'll be, since you're just saving on the broker/importer fees at that point.

That's not bad at all! My son was looking at a guitar from Japan (not sold in the States), and the tariffs/fees were close to $1,500. The guitar itself was a hair over $2k US...

Such bullshit.

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

Keep me in the loop. I’m always down for a road trip!

I got to watch Stike play with The Supersuckers, if that counts. I’ve played in opening bands for several “name” artists/bands over the years, but only actually shared a stage once with G.E. Smith and maybe a few other names that might not be familiar to people outside of the Mid-Atlantic/Carolinas area (Cliff Hillis, the late Parthenon Huxley…maybe a few others). I have managed to not stink up the stage too badly with a bunch of HFC’ers, and played in bands with the legendary Turdus and still play with Elduave.

They usually rotate Rick Pemberton and Kevin Holden on lead guitar.

Who the fuck is “Bunny”?

I don't have a clone either, but my "sweet spot" for amps seems to be in the 18w-30w range, and anything bigger than the 18-watters are more for bigger rooms/outside use only. I think the only amp that's gotten my palms damp recently was a Marshall SV20, and I really don't want to spend the money for one. The Boogie will likely be moving along soon. I custom-ordered it in 1989, but rarely play it any more. More into the 3 Monkeys stuff and my TM60.

For some reason, I think the original batch of black ones was 12-13, but I think it ended up being closer to double that.

I can think of several - could be a half dozen, maybe more? That’s just the Cherry Trans finish. Definitely not counting this one 😉:

Some people totally get it! Others…

Whoah.

I thought I sent you a dozen the day after they came in! Sheyyyit. I’ll remedy that sitch ASAP…

Kiz-inspiration on one of these…

I've worked with InTuneGP for over a decade and a half. Here are a few samples of my personal picks:

How’s Jake doing, Jeff? He looks quite a bit better!

Kiz is firing up his Boboli as I type this.

You win 2026 so far!

They’re fun, right?!?!

It's pretty fukkin' gross too! Fortunately, it's pretty limited as to where it shows itself.