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NTD: Aviation / military grade 6V6GT
Menehune replied to JGale's topic in Hamer Fan Club Messageboard
Brent Jessee Recording & Supply is great. Many years ago I sent a passel of tubes from my parents' estate to him for review and offer, and was paid top dollar for those that had value. The remining were sent back to me, and not at my expense. In retrospect I twinge that I hadn't kept back that Bugle Boy 12AX7, but it was better suited to wind up in some audiophile's precious Hi-Fi tube amp than in one of my crunchy guitar amps. -
Guitar desk lamp Sold!
Menehune replied to Jim85IROC's topic in For Sale - Wanted to Buy - PIF - eBay & Other PSAs
Grok- or Chat GPT-powered bot? Likely plays guitar better than me. No thanks. 😜 Seriously cute, but no room at Ka Hale o Menehune. And your gift-giver was kind, as could have given this instead: -
PSA sunburst bass - at a pawnshop!
Menehune replied to Cboss's topic in For Sale - Wanted to Buy - PIF - eBay & Other PSAs
I need a bass. I don't need to spend money. There was an all-women band named The Slits, but they had broken up before '93. There was a band named Golden Girls that released the album "Kinetic" through the Belgian company R & S Records in '93. I can't find a reference to a bassist named Slit. -
I've got many favorites, but those that resonate: Santa Baby as first sung by Eartha Kitt. The lyrics brilliantly reflect a kept woman's dim domain of desires in the face of Christmas's actual meaning, and Kitt delivers them with an ingénue childishness. Coincidentally, Kitt died 15 years ago on December 25th. The Vince Guaraldi Trio's version of "O Tannenbaum" on "A Charlie Brown's Christmas." Nat Cole's German version of "O Tannenbaum" on his 1960 album "The Magic of Christmas." His mixed German/English version is great, too. Any of Cole's versions of "The Christmas Song." And for a bouncy Xmas mood-setter, I suppose I need to throw "Good King Wenceslas" into the mix for its upbeat melody and meter, and for its lyric's reflection on the goodness of the sainted duke.
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Year-End Tone Status. Never Ending or Found a Groove?
Menehune replied to BoogieMKIIA's topic in Hamer Fan Club Messageboard
Steve, does your TA-30 have hum or static in both channels when the reverb/effects loop is turned on? Several years ago I sent my combo chassis to Mesa for amp reiki, and they returned it saying all TSBs had already been applied and the tech added he didn't experience the offending noise. Not a problem at volume, but a royal PITA at spare-the-wife volumes. Powering through a Furman power conditioner makes no difference. -
I think Ertha Kitt covered the implication well enough originally with "Santa baby, so hurry down the (my) chimney tonight."
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Merry Happy Whatever! Peace on Earth!
Menehune replied to diablo175's topic in Hamer Fan Club Messageboard
Oh the weather outside is frightful But my Hamer is delightful No matter few tickets were sold Do the show! Do the show! Do the show! Well the patrons are primed and ready And their beers are fresh and heady Now the room is in overflow Do the show! Do the show! Do the Show! As we loaded the van tonight We were told the crowd might be light But the lines are now very long So I hope we have plenty of song Oh the audience sure is rowdy And that makes our band more shouty So louder and louder it goes Do the show! Do the show! Do the show! Do the show! Do the show! Do the show!- 17 replies
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Year-End Tone Status. Never Ending or Found a Groove?
Menehune replied to BoogieMKIIA's topic in Hamer Fan Club Messageboard
My tone tracks tones I decide are needed for particular works in reproduction of others' works and production of my own. All's in service of the listeners' experience of the song. Do I really need this many amps and effects and guitars and playing styles to achieve that? No. But my great joy in life is to wander through thoughtfully constrained possibility spaces to find that which works well. In short, I love fiddling with shit. -
Time for the tithe. Thank you for all you do to keep us together and keep us conversing/informing/observing/commenting/philosophizing/bitching/selling/buying/denouncing/apologizing and sharing, Ted.
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New guitars 2023. What did you get, if any?
Menehune replied to Disturber's topic in Hamer Fan Club Messageboard
No guitars in '23, but many (too many) outboard devices - especially Lovepedal/Hermida. Love 'em all, no regrets. -
New guitars 2023. What did you get, if any?
Menehune replied to Disturber's topic in Hamer Fan Club Messageboard
I hope one of you gigging HFCers thrown that song into your end-of-set mix. And guitar makers, make one of those crazy reverse-S body guitars. -
HFC Detectives needed - missing PS Guitar!
Menehune replied to cmatthes's topic in Hamer Fan Club Messageboard
Forgotten follow-up: After a third reported delivery attempt, and notification that my parcel was headed back to the sender, I got a notice that the package was out for delivery. The UPS truck arrive that evening, and a UPS guy handed me the parcel. I asked him about the lack of delivery notices. "You mean these things?," he asked, slapping a pad in his side pocket. "Some drivers just burn them." Turns out, too, that the sender's UPS store put his name as the recipient. Shouldn't have made a difference as the delivery address was correct. Sorry to hear your guitar is still MIA, Stike. -
Jerry Garcia's Grateful Dead Touring Rig up for Auction
Menehune replied to specialk's topic in Hamer Fan Club Messageboard
I bought Blues for Allah. I enjoyed it. I didn't buy any other Dead albums. -
HFC Detectives needed - missing PS Guitar!
Menehune replied to cmatthes's topic in Hamer Fan Club Messageboard
They all suck. UPS claims it's made two delivery attempts for a signature-required package, yet no delivery notices were left. You need a code off a notice in order to re-route delivery to a local UPS Store for pickup. And since UPS customer service is designed to thwart all attempts to resolve corner cases like this (including a voice response system that played 20 Questions with me, none of which were relevant, and mightily resisted connecting with an agent,) it's earned its acronym expansion of Unbelievably Poor Service. -
Hamer Standard vs Gibson Explorer
Menehune replied to Saul Goodman's topic in Hamer Fan Club Messageboard
Early Standard, about 43mm thick. And I too prefer the more rounded points of The Standard. -
That Albert King Flying V made by Tom Homes under commission from Billy Gibbons for King's 65th birthday is a special bit of history. And a cool guitar.
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Pair of Celestions
Menehune replied to Steve Haynie's topic in For Sale - Wanted to Buy - PIF - eBay & Other PSAs
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/134643751192?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110025%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.COMPOSITELISTINGS%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D253997%26meid%3De306fa66f68c4d599338e4ee002e5205%26pid%3D101506%26rk%3D8%26rkt%3D25%26sd%3D235251572238%26itm%3D134643751192%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D3458402%26algv%3DAlgoIndex5SimRanker%26brand%3DHamer&_trksid=p3458402.c101506.m1851 Got a four-digit itch you're dying to scratch? How about 0196? Pony up $18,360 (excluding $95 shipping) and it's yours. While we're on the topic, when did the rear main control cavity shape change from the elongated oval to a candy corn?
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Hamer... Like a Gibson, but with no B.S.
Menehune replied to HamerCustomEr's topic in Hamer Fan Club Messageboard
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FS: 1994 Daytona
Menehune replied to Acker's topic in For Sale - Wanted to Buy - PIF - eBay & Other PSAs
If I didn't already have The Devil's Daytona (serial number starts with 666) I'd have PM'd you. Lovely instrument. Good luck.