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Caught Type-O several times; once opening for Danzig in Pittsburgh (if I recall correctly) and once headlining in Philly on Halloween night at the Troc. That show was among my top 5 most memorable concerts!!

I say the same thing for fixed bridge/hard tails.

Dayummmm, there aren't enough pissing matches/competitions amongst guitar players (not necessarily on here) for ya? Although a collaboration on the SSB might be interesting... 🤔

As an additional perspective- and let me get this established straight away 'causes some folks won't take this too kindly- I have been spending a bit of time on both the LE and the HA Cali. Gotta say, by virtue of the Butala neck D profile, 12- 16" radius and the jumbo frets, the HA has a distinct advantage over the purebred Cali LE for my preferences. YMMV.

F*ck. RIP Jay.

Wayne’s passing came as something of a kidney punch. Charvel Guitars were peppered throughout my formative years as a guitar player, and what eventually drew me away from my beloved Hamer Californians!! A lot of that came down to the neck. Charvel has always had really comfy necks! From the lower end, Mexi-builds all the way up to the Custom shop, masterbuilt’s- they’ve excelled in their comfy and fast neck profiles, even when the fret work didn’t quite measure up.

Funny you should mention that. Was musing over why I jettisoned all of my previous LE's and Cali's (save for the C3). I love almost everything thing about them. I'm looking at you, Mr. blade switch. But after a nice, long wank on this one, I'm reasonably certain it's the board radius. I just get on better with flatter radii. Particularly, when I venture up into the weedily-weedily region of the 17th-24th frets. That said, I think it's fair to say that this LE and the HA won't be around for very long.

The return of Ha Cali was announced last week but as I got both it and the Cali Elite LE my wife gave me for the birthday, back from my repair guy today, I thought I'd share them here. The LE was pretty knackered; ridden hard and put away wet... or at least without a proper wipe down or anything resembling basic routine maintenance since 2010? 😬 The Hamer-stamped trem was DOA- pitted and pocked with corrosion. The frets had string indentations and almost needed a tetanus shot to be administered after playing. The finger board had a sizable, undisclosed crack that was repaired at some point but not properly with ebony dust. Lastly, the input jack was t*ts up. Luckily, my go-to guitar repair guy made it tip top again! I even had a good condition, Hamer-stamped Floyd to put on it!!! Woohoo!!! 🥳

Meh, if the band is doing it up right, they won't be paying attention to your amp/modeler (unless it’s some gear geeks, like we have on here ) More to the point, 99% of the audience doesn't give a fat rat's ass about what guitar you're playing, what amp/pedals you're using, or even if you hit every note of that solo. Especially if they've been drinking. If it sounds good and makes life easier for you, re- load in load out, then fuggem.

Steve gets it.

This presupposes I'd sell it to you.

Gee, is that so? 🙄 😜 Usually, it doesn't wind up back in my face via the HFC. (thank goodness)

Sorta New Former Guitar Day. I snagged the Ha Ha Cali body and the accompanying Butala neck a week or so back. I put this together about 10 years ago or so and was especially pleased with the graphic I designed for it. It bothered me that somebody had parted it out. So, I put her back just as she was. Not sure I'll hang on to her. She plays and sounds great but I sold her for a reason and not sure anything has changed. I guess I just wanted to have her whole again and put her in the hands of someone who will actually value and play it.

I guess this would appeal if you love the aesthetics of an LP but crave the sonic and, to a lesser degree, ergonomic characteristics of a long scale ax. Buckethead plays a baritone 27" scale LP.

It’s said that a defining characteristic of a successful guitarist is a recognizable style. After all these years, I feel as though I’ve finally leveled up! I mean, hackneyed and crap-tastic are styles, right? 😛