MCChris

I cut my hair to look like his once. Not such a great 'do for a white dude:

Those mid-'90s versions are indeed cool and quirkier than the typical stop-tuna setup, but getting a newer-model Hamer that won't have Hameritis for under 8 bills is a damn good deal IMO. Indeed.PERIOD!

Those mid-'90s versions are indeed cool and quirkier than the typical stop-tuna setup, but getting a newer-model Hamer that won't have Hameritis for under 8 bills is a damn good deal IMO.

The capability to do the Ace Frehley/Randy Rhoads quasi-kill switch thing. Duh lol. My guess is to facilitate changes on the fly, but that's actually a very good question.

You could ask the same question about a Les Paul. Just sayin'! Welcome to the board! Nice bass you've got there!

Dang! That one is perfect!

"USA Hamers are increasing in value anyway since the workshop ceased production at the end of last year so this will be a great buy!" All manner of bullshit being flung about in that ad.

Brian Moore guitars have 'em:

Period!

Everybody has one, and most could benefit from a bleaching?

Now we're onto something.

All I wanted was a Pepsi.

Even better would be if the Roots guy smashed it on the air.

This all could have been avoided if the guy from the Roots simply said "no" to the Purple One in the first place. What we have here is the unfortunate consequence of still being starstruck despite having carved out a perfectly successful career for yourself. Then came the ultimate insult, where he remained starstruck by asking Mr. Unpronounceable Symbol to autograph the remains and received a "no" in return.

Kind of like The Victim pulling down a chick's tube top at the Roux House with absolute impunity.

Meh, it's only an Epiphone. Kidding.

Agreed...PERIOD! "His job in Vietnam was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! PERIOD!" http://youtu.be/9hLY1TYUWp4

That kind of attitude will get you thrown the fuck off the Gear Page, guy. So will a reply of "fuck her already and get it over with" in a thread started by a landscaper about how an old lady client of his had a habit of watching his every move whenever he cut her grass. Ask me how I know!

For the record, I didn't use the word "greed" initially. I just wanted to reiterate that any businessperson whose top priority isn't reducing overhead won't be in business very long. The extent to which that reduction is achieved and the methodologies involved are what bring greed into play.

Agreed. Let's just dispel the notion that they were driven primarily by altruism.

Classic cult of personality. As is the case, albeit to a lesser degree, with Leo Fender.

^^^ Exactly. Even if JB wasn't referring solely to Jobs in his response (and I don't think he was), in general terms, choosing to keep your own business afloat at the expense of others who don't have the benefit of American labor laws and workplace regulations is perhaps the ultimate expression of greed. There's cynicism, and then there's rationalization.

Maybe everyone you listed is on the other side of "damn near." Or maybe they've done a masterful job at portraying themselves as the businesspeople you and others want them to be. Your inclusion of Steve Jobs is a dead giveaway on the latter possibility. Maybe he started out as you describe, but he damn well didn't end up that way. Anyone who manufactures overseas is trying to maximize profits by any means necessary. Period.

That's a pretty lame basis to make such a sweeping judgment of a man and the company he founded. It could be an accurate judgment, considering it's the credo of damn near every businessperson who ever lived.

As potent an illustration of the depth of the shittiness of BiA as you'll ever read.