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Having a Leon Russell week here:

Good to see you here Frank. Sad news though. RIP.

New NEW ORDER album. Going to see them live on Sunday. They only do a handful of shows in Europe on this tour.

A killer player. My best friend took a lot of photographs of him ten years ago for a big exhibition. Apparently he was a great guy. They kept contact for some years after that.

You can alway saw the head off yourself. And screw the strings to the piece that is left up there.

Welcome to the HFC! "Rarely sees the light of day", you say! This Eclipse might be the Dark Lord of the Universe then?! Eclipses are killer guitars. Yours has a great finish, judging from the picture. Good luch with the sale!

I've always heard, here on the HFC, that Paul designed them. Appears to be true according to the Hamer Workshop blog: https://hamerworkshop.wordpress.com/tag/luthiery/ "Paul Hamer designed this guitar in 1986, aptly naming it after the type of musician who would covet such an instrument. The first Virtuoso was completed in January, 1987. We continued to build Virtuosos on a most limited basis into 1989. This one was built in June of 1988." In my book it is the ugliest Hamer model ever built, and pretty far from what everything I love about Hamer is about. But the model sure has it's fans here on the HFC, so I should probably just be quiet.

Who was it here on the forum that has been looking for a B&C black 78-79 Sunburst for three years at least..... ? Nevermind Congrats. Great score!

The originals are fine. But the Ants makes it much more versatile and it covers more ground. They have a wider tonal spectrum about them. The originals kinda does one sound, but they do it well. With the Ants you can cover a lot of musical styles with one guitar. They go from country, jazz, funk to hard rock, no problem. Also not potted, which I prefer as it ads another layer to the tone.

Welcome to the HFC!! You know you need to rock that Eclipse out!

The Eclipse is a super guitar to record with. It cuts through the mix but does not sound wimpy or thin. Like a mix of a tele and and SG or something. I have used mine on our last recordings a lot. I'll post as soon as we have the material mixed.

The green ones are extremely purty. Very nice. Congrats! I would not say that they are ugly at all. But they take a little while to get used to perhaps. If you throw some Special, SS1 and SS2 bodies in to the tumbler and set it on high rotation for 15 minutes, the Eclipse is what would come out. I really like that green colour. It's bad ass and timeless. Works for most style of music, and with most hair styles, even a green dyed mohican.

I am not equiped with ears that tell me that thicker gauge strings sound better. I prefer 009's on strats and 009's or 010's on teles and the Newport, depends. On HB guitars I tend to go with 010's. But especially on strats I tend to think that thick strings mostly gets ice picky.

This makes me want to resurrect this thread http://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/topic/66555-guitar-solos-but-instead-of-guitars-there-are-giant-slugs/?hl=slugs

He also sold an old Power Soak, so my guess is he didn't have a clue what the going price is for old Marshalls. Probably hadn't played it much in the last 20 years. Didn't Google, just put out the ad. Probably as he needed to clear some space.

Yeah, clones can sound good. But they most often don't have the real deal output transformers, mustard caps etc. Then I'd just rather buy a mid 70's JMP 1987. Those are mighty fine amps too. I have a 1973 Marshall 2040 Artiste combo. It's PTP and all the parts were in it to rebuild it to a JTM50. So I had my amp tech do that seven years ago. It's a monster amp. Uses the same transformers as other 50 W Marshalls of that time, and all the other mumbo jumbo components, such as mustard caps etc. He just moved the parts around. It is now a Bassman 6G6-B Bassman on channel 1 and a JTM50 on channel 2. It's a pretty versatile amp. And its got the original G12H-30 speakers.

That is a cool one. I want something from 1969 as it was the year I was born. I'll always regret that I didn't buy a next to mint LP Gold Top for 2000$ ten years ago. A cool amp could still be in my reach. I'll keep on looking.

I'm over it now. But I would have loved to lay my dirty paws on that amp.

Missed it by a minute. A pristine 1969 50W Marshall plexi. Seller wanted 1000 dollars. This will haunt me for a long time.

I can't remember if I've seen a '78 with bell knobs. I have black speed knobs on my earliest '79. And bell knobs on my two other later '79's. My old Standards all have bell knobs. If you go with black speed knobs on the '78 you can't go wrong, that is for sure.

LOVE IT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ_vPKhisJc

That list is a pure joke without Bootsy Collins and Larry Graham on it. Gene Simmons on a top 10 list like this, you gotta be kidding me. Not one of the player on that list, and I love Phil Lynott, could top this groove; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sh9cezHNec And this guy too, should be ON the list; And THIS guy plays bass too, invented some of the most drastic bass playing styles of today. And he's been in one of the best bands ever to come out of the US, Sly & the Family Stone. Lead singer in Graham Central Station: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e7EF7rRA9M

Haven't got a clue. These are all new. Send Ted a pm to get more info.

I think you need to contribute a little donation to the HFC to get a chance to buy them separately. Send Ted a p.m. ( Hikarateboy ). He is the guy running this forum. He started the thread on these pickups, so he should have all the info you need on how to get your hands on a pair.