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BillW last won the day on November 12 2012

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  1. ok ... interesting ... I stick to Martin/D'Addarios usually. I finally tried a 3 pack of DR "Veritas"?? something like that, based on a recommendation. For 2 of the 3 sets, the Low E string lasted 5 minutes and then was dead. (I'm sensing a pattern here - never used the 3rd set)
  2. I feel like I should be into them. I honestly...just dont do well with them, my timing is off on the button pushing or something ...it just never works right for me.
  3. I literally just heard this today. I dug April Wine. My fave from them was "say hello" - cool, cool tune with an odd beat ...
  4. Well, they let me in here!! (of course, that was a loooong time ago, maybe they were more... free for all... in those days) 😉 And welcome, deadbeat son!
  5. Yeah, I've been doing that since the pandemic started and the local venues couldn't/wouldn't have more than 2 people on the stage. It is cool to at least play music ( even just acoustic music). Honestly though, (mostly) strumming cowboy chords for several hours gets old after awhile. I still love playing electric! Especially now that I don't lug a half stack to gigs, and it's kind of nice not to finish at 2 am anymore also. I know my days are numbered, though ( just turned 55) so I still like jammin out.
  6. Many, many years ago, (I cringe at exactly how many) I went from a large pedal board to a rack multiFX. I also went to a modded Triaxis preamp in lieu of a multi-channel head. So, now everything could be midi controlled (except for my wah pedal - the only pedal that remained). I shopped around for several different foot controllers. I actually ended up with the Behringer 1010 (!). I played that rig live for almost 15 years...fwiw. Super simple to setup and once I had it dialed in - very easy to use (just me).
  7. Own? Many... (Less than a dozen.) Use? I really don't use any of them live except for 1 when I use my 'small rig' - (Basically a tweed Fender PJ 4). That 1 would be a Wampler Tumnus (the small one)
  8. subtle sneak-in there, md9255...welcome to the board! - please feel free to 'share your wares', we love guitar porn (or is it pron?) especially the Hamer variety. I played a nice Eclipse at the 4-3-2-1 club one night ( I think it belonged to Bloozguy?) I didn't hear it plugged in but it was setup perfectly and played like a dream (surprisingly resonant too) Some day maybe I'll pick one up, they've always intrigued me.
  9. yeah - this is totally new for me too - where do you live?
  10. My fave are short scale, set neck Chaps (particularly those with the 5 way as opposed to the toggle switches). I like the playability of of the Phantom A5 (as well as the tone versatility) but for pure 'shredder' - I like the early-mid Chaps. Bolt-on Cali's do have good shredder necks for playability though
  11. Why don't I use a cappo more? I mean, I used to think it was like ...cheating...but now hmmmm...pretty cool device!
  12. I know EVH ..well..over did them for the most part... but I love the one he does in Panama right after the break from the drum/intro (after the C#minor)
  13. "I'm looking for suggestions for other 24 fret shred-ish type guitars I should consider, with the Suhr Modern as the comparison. For under $1k. Any Hamers fit the bill?" so.... there's the: Centaura Diablo (I & II) Chaparral Californian (although it has 27 frets) if you're looking for a bolt-on any of the above (depending on year) would work. If you're looking for set neck you're looking at mostly earlier Chaps and some Calis. As for how close to a Suhr Modern - I couldn't answer that
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