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Gary - we sure do. I apologize if I missed anybody's email last week. I was working from a Blackberry while on vacation and had my share of issues with replies! I just reordered more picks this week, so we should be good. Shoot me an email: chris at hamerfanclub dot com, and I'll get you all the details. Thanks!

I'm going to either put up a separate post or add to this one this weekend for registration info and more soliciting of cool pics of your rare, old and custom Hamers from the '70s and '80s. Paul will be assembling a slide presentation, so we hope to see some neat stuff there. More to come very soon!

:lol: At least that's less offensive than the Madonna pic!

Great to hear. That's almost faster than if I had driven to your house!

We're going to probably have some structure around it - makes it easier on the drummer . Not necessarily a set list for the entire evening, but there will be a list of players, what songs they want to do, when any "special guests" or VIPs will be playing, etc. The goal is to maximize the fun at these things and to minimize any hesitation or down time. Ideally, everybody who wants to play will get to participate, but depending on the turnout, that sometimes doesn't always work out. We're going to do our best to get everybody involved who wants to play, and get a lot of things lined up in advance, where possible.

Curt: Right now, we have the following available: Tortex 351 Shape - $6.50 per pkg * Thin (.60mm) Orange * Med (.73mm) Black * Heavy (.88mm) Green * Xtra Heavy (1.14mm) Purple (re-ordered) Celluloid 351 Shape - $6.50 per pkg * Med White (re-ordered) * Med Black (re-ordered) * Heavy Purple Pearloid (re-ordered) * Heavy Yellow Celluloid 346 (Rounded Triangle) Shape - $7.00 per pkg * Med Tortoiseshell (re-ordered) * Heavy Black The ones I have reordered are either in very low supply or out. Those should be back in stock within a week. Depending on how things go in the next week or so, we will likely try an order of the #551 (Jazz III, smaller, pointier shape) in white celluloid in 2 thicknesses. Thanks!

There is another call this week - as of now, a deposit has been put down for the room where we'll have the Saturday night jam. That will be at the Excalibur Club in downtown Chicago, and we have the room starting at 6pm. I've heard that we have confirmations from some legendary Chicago-area musicians as well. We'll be putting out more about the jam/jam format in the coming weeks. We should know the details about the presentation/Q&A portion - Paul and Chris H. were circling back on that, and although we already know where that will be, I'll post once the time gets locked down. That portion may be moving to Saturday during the day to accommodate out-of-towners and Friday workday conflicts, but we're also discussing that part. In the meantime, we will be actively soliciting pics from the HFC for Paul to use during his presentation. What we're looking for primarily here are '70s' and '80's model guitars and basses - the more, the merrier! I'll post an email address where to send those (jpeg format should be fine) as soon as I get the okay. Looking like a lot of fun for that weekend!

This is the #551 Shape - we can get it in white celluloid or tortoiseshell only right now (no Tortex, sorry!).

That is one of the most amazing tops I've ever seen on ANY Standard! Congrats, man!

Thanks, Shawn - a big batch went out today, and more are headed out tomorrow. I'm also reordering a few that we sold out of quickly, so will have them back in stock over the next week or so. Let me know here in this thread if there is still interest in ordering #551 shape (like a Jazz III, but in Celluloid) pick, and I'll check it out. Those require considerably more $$ up front on my end, but if there's enough demand to justify it, let's talk...

The Extra Heavy and Thin Tortex above. To everybody who sent me PMs instead of emails - unfortunately, my Inbox got totally filled up, so I am sure I missed some of you. Please send me an email to: chris at hamerfanclub dot com Thanks!

The database that is attached to the site is ancient, and is not the complete (and current) list that Steve maintains. He updates the list on a regular basis.

I've had limited email access all week since I've been out of town, so am trying to work through a third party email provider. I'm back in town tonight to get anybody I may have missed. Thanks!

Thank GOD you photoshopped underwear on that shot, Brooks!

That top is just SICK!!!

The response has been really fantastic - so much so, that we're already restocking several varieties. I'm still limited with a remote connection for the next few days, but will respond to emails with the PayPal address (I'd prefer to not post here) as soon as possible. The BlackBerry just isn't cutting it! In the meantime, here's what is shipping out first: I've got the Tortex Extra Heavies (Purple) and the Tortex Thins (Orange) on order, and expect them within the week. I'll need to reorder the heavy Purple Pearloid celluloid, as we blew right through those. Thanks much.

UPDATE: 1. Thin picks - there are some coming! Sorry for the confusion. They are .60mms (like a Dunlop Thin) and will be orange Tortex. 2. If ordering the HEAVY CELLULOID picks, please specify if you want the Purple Pearloid or the Opaque Yellow. 3. It looks like we have enough interest in doing a run of the #355 picks. They will either be done in white or tortoiseshell celluloid (nothing else is available right now), and I need to get the pricing back from our supplier, since they will require additional charges and work to get our logo to fit. Details to follow on those, probably some time next week... 4. We are also waiting on the Tortex Extra Heavies. They are 1.14mm and will be identical to the purple Dunlop stock. I'll be online later tonight and will hopefully be able to upload the pics then, which should help eliminate confusion. I'll also be able to respond to all the emails later on as well. Thanks again for your patience - this storm caught me at a bad time for this stuff!

Sorry - we had some really nasty storms and flooding yesterday that took our power out. Just got it back a few minutes ago after 24+ hours. Will get something up soon, hopefully by tonight. Thanks for your patience...

Actually, that's Solid Yellow (like the Fender stock) and Purple pearloid. The yellow isn't actually pearloid - I'll put some pics up later on tonight.

Just shoot me an email - it'll be easier to track than doing the orders here. I'll also reply with the payment info too: PayPal, Personal Check or USPS Money Order acceptable in US PayPal only outside. Thanks!

Austin - I believe those are called a #551 shape - those are smaller than a standard #351 and come to more of a point. I can see if we can get those done, and will let you know. Not sure if we'll incur additional charges to get the logo to fit on there, and we may have more limited choice of colors, but I'll check.

We've been patient, but finally got things going with our supplier on the HFC picks. I'll post the final details here tonight, but we're rolling on these starting NOW. We have several sizes, shapes, colors and pick material available, but all have that same great HFC logo. We'll be offering in packages of 10, and unlike the demo shown below (mixed bag, and there actually aren't 10 picks in that photo), each package will be the same color/gauge and will be $6.50 each for 351 shapes, $7.00 each for the 346. This will include regular USPS to US destinations. Orders out of the US will be higher, price depends on location. Off the top of my head (I'll correct if mistaken later), we will be offering: Celluloid: 351 (standard shape) Medium - White and Black Heavy - Yellow and Purple Pearloid 346 (rounded triangle) Medium - Tortoiseshell Heavy - Black Tortex: 351 (standard shape) Medium - Black Heavy - Green I am also placing an order in the next week for Extra Heavy in either Tortex or Celluloid, depending on which version people want more. I can also do a run of Thin gauge if there's sufficient demand, but when we did the initial polling last year, nobody wanted those so they missed the initial cut. I'll get some actual pictures of the actual picks up later on. Please email me at: chris at hamerfanclub dot com with any questions or orders (this is not the PayPal address, by the way). Thanks!

Update: We are discussing in greater detail tomorrow, but it looks like we are going to have an event on Friday afternoon/evening and the jam will be on that Saturday night. We have put a deposit down on the venue. More details as I get them...

I hadn't even made it this far down in the thread, and was thinking along those lines - Gold metalflake, single TV Jones in the bridge, and a little Stike magic. Snooze, ya lose around here!