Steve Haynie

I saw Joscho Stephan last year. He has a show in Charlotte tonight, but I already paid for a BulletBoys / Once Bitten concert ticket, so that is where I ended up. It would be nice to see Joscho again.

Factory checkerboard with Rick's permission to sell is rare within the context of Hamer.

At a Zombies concert in Atlanta Rod Argent went on a short rant about KISS changing the lyrics to God Gave Rock and Roll to You, renaming it God Gave Rock and Roll to You II. Petra also did a version with different lyrics, but they did not have a hit on the radio or MTV. Rod should have been happy that the song was making money. It certainly would bring some interest to the original version. Russ Ballard wrote the song, and he could have blocked the song being altered. KISS made him money when Ace Frehley covered New York Groove.

Phil Campbell... Ace Frehley... and now Dash.

Did 1980 Sunbursts have small feeling necks like the Specials?

I have heard of Taj Farrant. I just never really listened to him.

I am glad I got to see him with Motörhead.

Are there that many van Gogh fans today? Prices for his paintings are still high. The art world has been trained to believe that some objects are worth more than others. The guitar collectors of the future will need to have something of the same way of thinking to uphold the values paid in this recent auction. Irsay's rock star owned guitars will always be promoted as iconic. They have to in order to justify the price. Are there people buying Bing Crosby or Ella Fitzgerald music today? Yes. They just do not have the appeal, and sales, they once did. They were incredibly important in their day, so they will always be heralded as "icons." How many people are collecting Crosby and Fitzgerald memorabilia? The Hollywood collectors are still paying six figure amounts for dresses worn by famous actresses like Audrey Hepburn even though fewer and fewer people recognize her. Just enough people with money still do. Gilmour's Strat might as well be a non-fungible token now. There will always be someone viewing Pink Floyd on a legendary level.

Make an offer.

The HFC come up with money for guitar giveaways a few times.

Better late than never... not really.

So, Kevin Cronin played a gig with his lawsuit adversaries. Weird.

Are you sure this is the right time to bring that up?

It could be a custom order. The finish might look better in other photos.

This looks like a circuit for @JGale to experiment with.

Still rockin'!

On March 22nd I will see Albert Lee play in Johnson City, Tennessee.

Just think, after this surgery you will be able to carry heavy amps and cabs to gigs again. Pick up an SVT and 8x10" cab and tell us if you notice a difference.

A bad batch of wire can kill a string company. Did Ernie Ball ask for any information from the packages?

Think positive. The cheap Gretsch guitars are probably every bit as good as the Indonesian Hamer guitars.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/27/entertainment/neil-sedaka-death I like his music.

If it were a Hall of Records, as in sales records and ratings, the pecking order would be quite different. If one could quantify influence, the importance of artists would change greatly.

The mini-Standards look different, but not ridiculous, to me. Having not played one makes it impossible to figure out what makes them desirable to some people.

So does that mean you get a rapid wah effect while you are laughing?

Alvino Rey was using a talk box as early as 1939 according to a comment on this youtube video.