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The site sez I can post up to 4.8 MB image. A 163 KB file should be an absolute non issue. 🤔 Ironically, this screen shot of the error message will load but it's 92 kb...

Many thanks Ted!!! One minor item: can't seem to upload photos as before. Yes, I've reduced them to around 163 KB in size. Am I missing something?

Yep. That's sorta what we did last time... Staying at a hotel just 8 blocks or so from the Gathering helped, too.

But seriously, any word on another Gathering?

Nah. That's just pure, unadulterated, adrenaline-fueled, over-emotive, stage face.

Anyone know if the Hamer faithful will be called to pilgrimage to Chicago for another Hamer Gathering?

Reminds me of this one. Though, I like the factory paint job on yours!

I have had 5 or 6 SGs over the years and sold all but the 2 (3, if you count the really capable Epi SG) I have. Somewhere on here is the sordid tale of the 50th Anniv. Lim. Ed. Diablo w/ factory Floyd and 24 frets, that I sold and then spent years trying to replace. Found a nice one in the UK. Not long after, I realized that I really needed a fixed bridge version for AC/DC, Sabbath and other fixed bridge-type material. So I found the 50th Anniv. in the hard tail version (also w/ 24 frets ) and have been alternating between that and my blocked and locked CS LP Axcess at rehearsals, gigs & appearances.

Agreed! The majority of the stuff that was coming out in the 90's left me less than enthralled. Fight and Pantera were 2 of the handful that kept me inspired.

You'd think that being born in Nashville TN, I'd be more receptive to country music. I enjoy the story telling but the music is cringe-inducing. That said, Ella is most fine. Still dislike the music.

They're going to be in the area in late May and I'm considering going to see them.

That's the thing, I actually was a Butthole Surfers fan from back in '88. Only got to one of their shows (Lollapalooza in VA in '91) but have 4 of their albums that I still queue up from time to time. I'd go for BS at their most chaotic, over Clitspit any day of the week. The Surfers IMO refined that genre and didn't just rely on shock lyrics and intentionally dissonant music.

And then there's this ballad...

Or this little gem...

"Medieval fantasy doom metal" A little kitschy but I kinda dig them! Doesn't hurt that the lead singer (the Rat Queen) is a pretty hot strawberry blonde/redhead. Bonus points for playing an SG. The Count can rip, too.

Already at the painter's for this:

I like it. Got something goin', kinda similar-like.

Seriously thought this was an April Fool’s joke- “Guitar Center has made the surprise announcement that it is setting up its own in-house guitar brand, and it’s asked players for their input. The retailer’s CEO, Gabe Dalporto, revealed the news in a social media post last month, during which he laid down the company’s ambitious plans to start up a guitar brand that would push the instrument into unexplored territory. “We are about to do something insane,” Dalporto says in a TikTok video. “We are going to build a revolutionary guitar and guitar brand from the ground up. Guitars haven’t changed that much in the last 50 years, and we’re about to change that. “We have something that nobody else has: a relationship with you,” he continues. “Our customers are incredible musicians. And we’re going to work with you in public, out loud, and share our designs, take your feedback, iterate, and make the best guitar that has ever been made.”

Mmmm. a maple boarded 24 fret V. 🥰 If it was solid body and had a fl--- ah, fakkit. You know the rest. Would love to get a V that I could get on with.

https://www.vhnd.com/2026/04/05/donn-landee-the-man-behind-van-halens-sound-has-passed-away/

That works, too. But the important point was YOU made the call.

Oddly enough, I find myself agreeing with RobB. List it or delete. The choice is ONLY yours.

Yikes. 😬 Been wrestling in recent months with getting myself a V but it won't be this one, even with the cool 6-in-line Standard head stock.