hamerhead

OH YEAH!!

Whatever it is, it should have Boomers, a Sustain Block, and - a bit of a stretch - the old Standard headstock. That's what makes a Hamer. A flat-top Monaco Elite with those 3 options would be pretty nice.

Guitar (DUH!!!!). It can be more expressive than voice or piano.

+1 meeellion. With pics, or it didn't happen.

AH YA BASTIDS!! Ya got me on that one! All day long I was catchin' 'em and throwin' 'em back. DAMMIT! Good one.

Dammit Greg!! WE NEED MORE PICTURES!!! .....I know, I know - I have no patience.............

Exactly. And it'll be the quickest hour of your life.

Steve - that is a killer deal! That's very cool. I'm in if the kid needs help. Keep us posted. This is the guitar I bought from you. It plays really well and sounds good. Then that's a killer guitar as well. I'LL TAKE IT!!! And Steve takes care of his stuff - so Geoff, make sure this kid grabs it (and doesn't take it to school)!!!

Steve - that is a killer deal! That's very cool. I'm in if the kid needs help. Keep us posted.

Incredible. There are a couple pics in there that seriously turned my stomach. I honestly can't believe what I'm seeing........

Yeah, I knew it was ugly when I opened the case for the first time - I just didn't know HOW ugly. The serial number was covered with barn paint (at least that's what it looked like) and I was pretty sure the only original part left on the body was the bridge. I was on the phone to Greg in a matter of minutes, and it was back on the big brown truck before the end of the day. I didn't know what to do. And it wasn't until Greg found the serial number that it was decided to fix it (the guy will take on ANYTHING!!). I can't wait to see it. I'm on the fence as far as trying to find period-correct parts, or slap some GregWinds/Triple Shots in there. On one hand, it'll never be a museum piece. On the other hand, how many really early ones are left out there? I dunno........ I gotta thank Frank (guitarzandstuff) for snagging this one for me. The guy didn't want to ship it, and Frank picked it up and sent it. Beyond cool. Oh - I guess I better thank Greg too - but not 'til I see more pictures!

I think if I had to have a spider web guitar, I'd take something I already have, put some stickers on it, and put $65 back in my pocket.

+2! Hope it was a good one........or 2........or something........

Yep. I love Sam, and it's a great looking guitar, but 'WTF' really says it all.

Looks like an import to me.

Many years ago, when my LP was in the shop, they loaned me a goldtop. I lent it to a buddy while doing some work on his guitar, and he had it slip off the strap. Snapped the headstock. Oooops! Now what?!? Nowadays, I can think of one person I'd loan a guitar to. And he would never ask.

I've used the a bunch of amp/speaker/pedal combinations. I've used C30s, Tech21s, a JSX head with different cabs, etc etc etc....... At the moment, it's a Boss GT-3 into a PowerBlock and 2x12 Mojotone cab. I've used the GT-3 long enough (8 yrs?) to have it pretty well dialed in and, as long as you have clean power, your amp is less of a factor (we're talking 'live' in a cover band here). The trick is to put a tube amp model at the end of the chain. I didn't believe it either until I tried it. After torching a C30, I went to solid state amps and no listener has complained. The JSX sounded great, but was a TANK!! 54 lbs of Peavey goodness. I grunted it around - in an amp case - for about a year and finally said the hell with that! And my old Fenders don't leave the house anymore. Speakers have a much greater effect. I have a single 12 cab if I want to go really light, but the Mojotone is about the size and weight of a 4x10, has decent 'whoomp' to it, and is tall enough that you're not standing on your head to make adjustments. This one - loaded w/ Vintage 30s - is a keeper. Bang-for-the-buck has got to be the Tech21 stuff. Super light-weight and sounds great. I still use a Power Engine at practice. 60W of clean, clear, EQable power - perfect for modelers like the Boss. Guitar->modeler->PE60 - it doesn't get much more portable, reliable, light-weight, and versatile than that!

Boston was playing as I read that, which really drove it home. A truly amazing man. He will be missed.

Looks interesting. And it really works? I'm having a bout of tendonitis in both elbows lately - it sucks - and I wonder if that would help or make it worse......

Very cool! Congrats!

He's only like the oldest 'under 28 years old' winner of the show!! Holy crap! You better get a video of that in case he has a heart attack or something.

Too many knobs.

HELL NO!! Unless you wanna be scared off! He's like the Steve Vai of banjo. He's 'holy $hit' good.

I suggest a teacher. My over-60 brother-in-law recently picked up the banjo (no previous musical ability) and can actually play some stuff (he has a very good teacher). Although I don't think he liked it when I picked it up and in about 2 minutes was playing 'Dueling Banjos'. I got my wife a garage-sale banjo once for our anniversary (actually - it was a joke, it just happened to be our anniversary the day I was garage-sale-ing). She's never let me forget it. No sense of humor!!