Steve Haynie

Three well known members having a birthday on the same day. I smell a conspiracy.

So Gene...I mean Dad, just remember I'm your favorite son Gene, who was it that made a point of saying hello in person at a Cheap Trick show when I came to Florida? Certainly not the evil twin guy. Does being your bitch count as being a relative?

Does it have to be a relative? How about someone who can spell "Hlubek"? Remember that you cannot pick your relatives, but you can pick your friends who pick guitars. You could adopt me. Speaking of heirlooms, is Junior playing the guitar he won yet?

If the house burns down, the first replacement guitar will be a Hamer. If I have to sell of my guitars one day, the last one will be a Hamer. There other brands that interest me, so I will not limit myself. Very few basses are as nice as a Music Man Stingray.

Wow! What kind of recording gear did you use?

To post pictures you need to have the photos somewhere on a web site. Copy the URL or address of the photos. When you reply to a thread or start a new one, click on the picture of the tree above the text area where you add your message. A pop-up frame shows up with a text box for you to paste the URL of a single photo. Then you his the "Add Reply" or "Post Topic" button.

Spoken like someone who leads a clique! Hmph!

I'm celebrating by working half a day. It is MY choice, and I am thankful for that freedom!

If you pay anyone, pay the music store tech that you can look up in the phone book. How short are you on being able to buy back the guitar? E-mail or call me.

The shims under the nut speak volumes for the quality of repair work!

Maybe it's acoustic Bondo?

Harmony Central reviews of Carvin amps have contained tales of amp problems and customer service issues. It may be there were only a few amps that had problems, but the bad reviews are out there.

I think you just nailed down U2 and drove a stake through Bono's heart.

The promotion for the Beatles' 1 album was a lot of hype over another greatest hits package. Before that there was the old John Lennon unfinished tape of Free As A Bird with the other Beatles' voices dubbed in. They also made me mad when they remasted the old albums for CD and changed the mix of I Want You (She's So Heavy). The way the stuff was hyped you would think The Beatles were bigger than Jesus.

Dave at Robin Guitars! He called me when they forgot to send the tools with my guitar! I was blown away. John Hill of Hill Guitars talked to me for about an hour about a custom guitar ans said I could call anytime and talk to him about it and come up and see about it with him and he will draw it up by hand all the way to production. Talk about cool!! That been said, it was very cool of Jol to all to call. Jack. Well, uh, find someone else at a company named Jol that will call you. So there!

For anyone thinking about an ASAT, I tried Dave's and it was one of those guitars you cannot put down once its in your hands! Like Hamer, G&L is a brand you can buy without having to try it out first.

I just need to practice. Period. I have not felt like picking up a guitar and seriously playing for several months. When I do get around to playing, articulating the feel of what is played will be more important than anything else. Playing a phrase versus making the guitar "speak" is something that has bothered me for a long time.

Very true. Can't have anyone believing he'd hit on anyone that old. Why not? He hit every girl he dated or married.

Tommy Lee did not mind signing the contracts that would individually reward himself while taking him away from the band.

I guess that means a reissue Blitz is out of the question, too.

Is it a trademark issue? Could it be setting up tooling for that headstock? Zorrow, I assume you are talking about the impalement length Vector headstock.

This guitar has popped up in at least two threads already. I am floored that the parts are going to be worth the price to someone.

When I saw David Cassidy in concert flash photography was forbidden. Someone was taking a picture of him with a flash, so a security guard was stopping the girl with the camera. David was behind the security guard trying to tell her it was OK and the people at my table were trying to tell the security guard that David was saying it was OK. He may have issues, but he was a nice guy that night. He did brush his hair back quite a lot like in the TV show.

I grew up with that song and all the rest of the Partridge Family fun! I even went to see David Cassidy perform many of those old songs a few years ago. The Partridge Family albums were being re-released on CD, but David Cassidy put an end to that. He said he did not mind the albums being reissued as long as they did not use his likeness or his voice on them. It has to do with the contracts that were signed 37 years ago. Album sales and airplay made big bucks for everyone except David Cassidy. When he gets what he feels is a proper share of the money (never) he will endorse those old albums.

The H-575 is totally hollow. You will have a tough time avoiding feedback with that one. It is nothing like a Gibson Byrdland, so do not think about using it for Ted Nugent tunes even though you can try. The H-535 is like a Gibson ES-335, not totally hollow, and a little more rock friendly.