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No, someone removed the original Dimarzio's and put two double creme Super Distortions in it. 😞 Their web page still offers it for sale right now? EDIT:: I shot them an email asking about the price. Turns out it sold already. SEVEN YEARS AGO. Lolz. 😅😆😄😅🤣

I found most of the official broadcast on youtube the day after. So I just downloaded it from Youtube, in case they'd take them down. All the stuff I wanted to see, except for Alice in Chains.

😆haha "When Trunk joked that he was "impressed that Bill took his shirt off" during SABBATH's performance, Tony said: "Oh my God. I'll tell you what, one funny story. When we had a break on one of the rehearsals, we went in to eat at the studio, and Bill got his shirt off, and Geezer was just about to have a sandwich. He went, 'Oh, Bill put your shirt on. You're putting me off the sandwich.' [Laughs] But it's typical Bill. He is always taking his shirt off every time. I mean, in the old days, he'd always take his shirt off. I said to Bill, 'Blimey, Bill, you look like [ancestral Hobbit] Gollum.' And I don't think he knew who Gollum was. He's always always been the same, Bill. He just doesn't care. He goes on and does what he wants, which is great. That's always been Bill. And immediately, of course, all the jokes started again as soon as we were together, having a go at each other. It was really fun, actually. It was great. The communication carried on from years ago.""

You wish. People are idiots. Period.

This is very sad. The saddest part is how? You have to ask yourself -how did this band get some many streams, so many followers, how did they get on all these playlists? It is hard to cut through the Spotify algorithms. I've been in a small band. Without very good backup (and money) it is almost impossible to make an impact. So, how did this AI-generated music/"band" make such a big impact? How did all these journalists that have been writing about this phenomena got to hear about this music? The answer is there are forces behind this project that are pushing it out. Spotify is 100% in on this. They placed the songs on playlists, they pushed this hard. There is no other explanation. It's a big hoax from their side. This is how Spotify and perhaps the other platforms too want the future to be. So much more revenue for them. And so easy to control. Imagine that the can sell music like this to hotells, stores, restaurants (for mood music), radio stations, commercials etc. They cut out all the creators and middle men. So much money to be made. So easy. I know guys who writes (or used to write, I have not met them in years) music for Spotify's playlists. They wrote songs, just like the songs from this AI-band, that were totally anonymus. They had aliases as songwriters and the "artists" that performed the music did not exist. It was all done in a "lab". A music studio in the absolute center of Stockholm where all the love for music was left outside the studio door. These songwriters had agreements with Spotify that the music they produced would get millions of streams. For this they would get a smaller royalty split than normal. Probably no songwriter credits what so ever. But they still made loads of money. Because the songs got all these millons of streams. And they wrote so much fake music. Just to fill the up the most popular Spotify playlists, so that Spotify would have to pay less to real artists and get more money back to their own company from the streams. Now, this is another level. This cuts out the music producers and writers all together. No musicians and vocalists will be hired either. As they were on the ghost tracks that Spotify used to pump out. So more people with talent are losing their jobs. If it was bad before then this is a new ball game all together. Very sad.

When I saw Sabbath in 1998 it was Bill Ward who was the most impressing legend on that stage. I was so lucky to have seen Sabbath with him. Great show, Ozzy was on fire that night.

Seems Youtube links are being pulled fast. Here is the ozzy gig. Sabs

I am in Sweden. Migh be able to help.

If it goes to 11 then it is the loudest Hamer ever made! ⚡⚡

Yes, forum rules. You need to set a price, no auctions etc. I'd say 1500-1700 is in the ballpark. A bit more is the seller is very keen.

Because I've never played a PRS that comes close to a Hamer. They just feel sterile.

The old 1970's 4-digits and Sunburst's are the ones I have that will come the closest to an old Les Paul. Old wood together with the old unpotted Dimarzio PAF's will get you about as close as you can get, if you spend time dialing in those Dimarzio's right. I am now talking old bluesy Les Paul tone. Think Peter Green, Jimmy Page, Moore with Greenie on the blues albums etc. Not Zakk Wylde, Slash, John Sykes etc. modern metal LP tones. If you are lusting for the vintage tones of a 1950's, 1960's LP but don't want to spend a fortune, then an old Hamer Standard or Sunburst will get you very close at a fraction of the cost. Hard to beat a 1970's Hamer with the original Dimarzio's. There are so many versions of the "Les Paul Standard" tone depending on the year of manufacture, pickup selection etc. A newer Hamer Studio with for example the JP/59 combo would definately get you close to a more modern LP sound. Stick a pair of EMG's in a Hamer Studio and rip through a JCM800 with a BOSS SD1 in between and you will get a Zakk Wylde sound. If you put Gibson Dirty Fingers in one then you will probably be able to cop a good John Sykes tone, and with a set of Duncan Slash humbuckers in a Studio through a Silver Jubilee you'll get a good Slash tone. But there is a difference in feel between a Les Paul and a Hamer Sunburst/Studio/Standard. I have a bunch of Hamer's, because I love everyone of them. But I have only one Les Paul. I had to search for many years to find the right one. But one LP is enough for me. Why would I need more than one. One Hamer can never be enough though, they are to great and to much fun to play. Bring on the Hamer's!

That is what a used one cost something like ten years ago. This was the deal of 2025, by far.

Very nice newport. Wish I was the one who got it.

I saw him live some two, three years ago. It was a great show.

I agree. He was a total drug addict. The only thing that had any meaning to him since +50 years back was drugs. You might call it a disease, but for most people to start using is a choice. I have very little excuse for any human being who chooses booze, drugs, career, a new wife/husband/another family, gambling etc over their own children. Once you become a parent, then your purpose in life is to give love and security to your children. You make sure they have a roof over their heads and you make sure that you are a role model for them and you guide them in life. If you can't succeed in this, then I have very little sympathy over for you.

Good luck!

I rate his importance to modern music higher tha The Beatles. One of the absolute greatest. However, the world lost Sly many many years ago. Now his body left us as well. There is a Riot Going On is one of the best albums ever. I have a friend who spent a lot of time tracking down Jim Ford, one of the faces seen on the cover of that album. A man with red hair and a red beard. Jim wrote a lot of fantastic songs for other artists. He grew up in the same mining town as Loretta Lynn. Somehow he befriended Sly, and was part of the Riot recordings. When my friend found Ford, and visited him in a trailer park somewhere outside of LA - living in a trailer filled from top to bottom with old mastertapes and unfinished work, someone called Ford on the phone. It was Sly. They were still friends some 30 years later. Both men songwriting geniuses who fucked up their lives beyond recognition. My friend said it was the most surreal phone call he ever overheard. Sly's last three albums (on Warner) up until the 80's are considered not good by the critics. I still love them. But one of the last great songs Sly participated on was Jesse Johnsons single Crazay. Drugs are the just the shittiest thing when it comes to destroy lives. "Her daughter Phunne Stone shared that the drugs helped her father to be fearless, who she believed was a shy person. Her second daughter opened up about how she “didn’t have a lot of interaction” with her father. She recalled that when she was 10 years old, she called his house only to find out that he didn’t know who she was" https://www.soapcentral.com/entertainment/who-sly-stone-s-children-all-sylvester-jr-phunne-novena

Congrats. If you come to think the treble frequencies are to high, you can put some cotton like fabrik in the f-hole. I filled mine up to about a third. It rolls of some of the highs and I like it better this way through my Marshall's.

I don't think that youtube clip sounds that good though. Kinda thin sounding. I know it's just a sound clip, but still. It does not give me GAS. (Okay, the guy plays a Strat. Soundclips with Strats are always the worst. Why do they do this? Still, the Cremeback sounds better here). I am so in love with the 1986 pair of 8ohm Celestion G12M-75's with the vented magnets that I bought two months ago. They sound extremely similar to the 65's from around the same time period. Killer speakers. Never knew 75's could sound this good. I put them in a Marshall and a Fender combo. Love what they did to the amps. I rather go with speakers that I really like and use a attenuator than using a speaker that does not sound great. That would be a better compromise for me.

Don't underestimate a 1980's Hamer Cruise Bass. The 2nd version of the first Cruise model was made during the same time period as the Impact basses. They will (most probably) have the same type necks and the same Hamer/Dimarzio Slammer pickups.

It needs a black pick guard. Every other colour with create ripples in the force.

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