Steve Haynie
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At the music store we would occasionally get a phone call from someone saying, "Can you get me a set of bagpipes?" Replying with "Irish pipes or Scottish pipes?" usually ended that phone call.
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So always be the one providing the music while others "dance" and you will be safe.
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Guitar players are not the only one who have an affinity for ash. Manufacturers of kayak paddles are worried about having sources of ash in the future.
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It is better to be the one playing the banjo than the guy who gets nervous when he hears it.
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Why? Well...
I really need to practice any musical instrument right now.
Yesterday I went to the local Guitarget to see what kind of used gear might be there, and there was a kid trying out a Les Paul with his family watching him. You know how you can tell when someone has learned only from tablature? Everything is played as notes in order, but there is no spacing between notes nor is there any emphasis on notes. The kid was trying to play Purple Haze, but if not for certain passages no one would have known it. One could have run a thumbnail slowly across a comb and gotten the same result. Dah dah dah dah dah dah... It was horrible. The kid was likely hitting all the correct notes, but had no clue why he was playing them. He surely never tried playing along with the CD or video. The kid may be a nice kid with a nice family, but someone with some patience and the ability to teach needs to let the kid know that he has failed at playing Purple Haze.
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if he were to be one of those kids with an attitude then it would be fun to out-Hendrix everyone in the store with a banjo. Banjos can be LOUD. Some people cringe when they hear banjos. Hendrix. On a banjo. In. Your. Face.
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The Jimi Hendrix banjo book is real.
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I think I need to order a book.
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10 hours ago, gtrdaddy said:I also know some folks, money or not can be huge flakes...
10 hours ago, kizanski said:You mean like Hamer owners?
10 hours ago, gtrdaddy said:Why of course.
Name names.
We have not had a good blow up on the message board in a while. No one has been banned in a long time. There has not been anything to tell the people who come back after a months or year long absence.
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12 minutes ago, kizanski said:Relax. If the prospective buyer is looking at Hamers, he knows what they're worth.
He has probably seen this site already many times if he is looking for rare Hamers.
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Mesa-Boogie might have a few amps with more knobs than the London Power amp.
Now all you need to go with that amp is a B.C. Rich guitar with as many switches as the amp has knobs.
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They have a soft V.
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Some Christmas cheer to everyone...
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Ozzy Osbourne once described Gary Moore in an unflattering way. Apparently it was not a musical barrier that kept them from working together.
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I owned a Scepter. It was really nice. I have never kept a guitar with a Floyd for very long, and the Scepter had a Floyd.
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The pointy end of the body is not in any of the photos. Those have been known to get broken off. It would be wise to ask for more photos of the entire body.
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Geddy and Alex will still do something together. Rush could record new music if Neil has kept up with his playing since "retirement." He was always looking for new ways to play. Imagine Neil Peart going to someone for drum lessons, but he did. It would be logical for him to explore new music that he feels comfortable playing. The three members of Rush are still friends and talk to each other or see each other. One has to wonder if they ever jam when they go to Neil's house.
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There is information on headstocks here.
https://www.hamerfanclub.com/stand3.html
The photo and words there are copied here.
Examples of Headstocks form several Hamer Explorer-style instruments (from top to bottom) :-
1977 Standard with Grover machineheads and very small logo
1984 Standard with Schaller "mini" machines and small logo towards the end of the headstock
1995 Standard reissue with mid-headstock logo
1987 Blitz fitted with Floyd-Rose locking nut.-
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Cheap Trick is not past their prime. They never did acrobatics on stage, so the show is all personality driven. Rick will be Rick. Tom will be Tom. Robin can still sing! They will be more lively than ZZ Top.
ZZ Top will play all hits with a couple of exceptions. Billy will talk to the audience. Everything will be good.
I saw that pair in October, and to me Cheap Trick was the better of the two just from the way they presented themselves.
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It was all concepts, not licks. That was cool.
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Alex does nothing without Ed. Wolfgang can get a gig on his own, and he can be careful about who he joins.
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Music Man is definitely impressive, and my two are keepers.
The Ball family is not going to let their quality go down. Sterling Ball really understands what a company reputation means. Sterling once told of a bad batch of cable that was used to make instrument cables that ended up failing and hurting the reputation of Ernie Ball cables for years. Sterling and Ernie Ball were never going to let that happen again. He keeps his guitar production lower than it needs to be just so he can be sure the quality remains high.
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Well, he does have that big Japanese full body tattoo to show off.
Do you have a favorite Joe Walsh song?
in Hamer Fan Club Messageboard
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We are all thinking it, but afraid to say it. 😶