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Steve Haynie

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  1. Color coats were nitrocellulose lacquer.
  2. Deep pockets, yes. Also, with Hamer anything is possible, and those instruments being offered have some great combinations of options. For some people, buying them might be seen as their only opportunity.
  3. The reason for buying meet and greet tickets has been to get in early at general admission shows. Sometimes the merchandise package makes up for the price. However, at this point in time I have enough T-shirts. The only ones I buy come from bands that rarely tour, or the young guys trying to make it. It is usually a good idea to buy something to help the bands out. I am going to pass on Styx tickets for the casino in Cherokee, NC this time around, but my friends are going to go. The VIP package seats are cheaper than the adjacent platinum tickets. Dynamic scalping by Ticketbastard is not cool. Shows in Cherokee often end up with 40% of the tickets being resale tickets at stupid mark up prices.
  4. Siding is your friend in this case. If your house looks like you are taking care of it, there might be good stuff inside for thieves to check out. If your house looks bad, no one will suspect that you can buy such a nice guitar, so it will be safe. See? The Shishkov is the right choice!
  5. LED's or boomers... Which looks better... Until that decision is final I am going to have to hold off on buying this one. 🤨
  6. 2023 has been the year my friends have been looking at me funny because I have been missing so many concerts. Every year the amount paid for tickets gets totaled, but the total does not include the cost of travel. It is rare that a hotel room is necessary. Last year's total spent on tickets amazed me. I could have bought a used Shishkov or a really nice Carr Super Bee amp. My decision to not spend more than last year was made, and it meant having to give up some shows. Gene and Paul decreed, "Steve must outspend himself this year!" And so it is. Tickets for KISS bought in March not only killed off buying tickets for the rest of the year, it put me 60% over last year's spending. This time around the plane tickets and hotel are included in the spending. When I miss a $15 club show or a $200 shed show my friends are telling me it will be OK. Nope. No Aerosmith final tour for me. An opportunity to see a version of Queen? My money has already been spent. There were three Ted Nugent shows for me this year. I had one trip planned, and the other two were coerced. It does not take much twisting for me to see Ted, though. Seeing Ace Frehley a second time was cheap, but every extra ticket adds up. My friends keep going, and they are fine without me. Only one person ever asked what I spent on tickets last year. The friends that go to shows with me did not want to know. I missed the last Rush tour. I regret it, but I look at ticket location versus cost. Things did not work for me. Missing the final KIX show this year was based on sticking to principle over not spending more money on tickets. The Rolling Stones have been out of my price range for years. Metallica tickets are $300 in the side sections of an arena. Ozzy's last tour had tickets that high priced. McCartney tickets started around that in what are usually the cheap sections. This year KISS tickets are going to be the most expensive I have ever bought, and they were bought on presales. Paying thousands of dollars to experience a two hour show makes no sense to me. Add in the risk of being next to a jerk, drunk or sober, who ruins everything for you. Spending hundreds is uncomfortable enough as it is.
  7. Ruin an instrument... sell it... hope no one knows you were that stupid. 🤫 Then there is Eric Clapton and the Explorer. 😪
  8. In anyone is interested there is a 6 CD box set collection of Yoko Ono music called Onobox. Just load your CD changer before leaving home and let it all play through. All the cockroaches, spiders, mice, rats, squirrels, raccoons, burglars, and neighbors will be gone by the time you get back.
  9. Those NAMM show displays have to go somewhere if they are not going to be used every year. That sucker could go in my house. We have all seen SVT cabs run horizontally somewhere. I have a wall long enough to put the giant cab somewhere. Heck yeah! I need to contact Ampeg.
  10. I like the grain on that. Go clear grain or go with as much "character" as possible.
  11. Pickguard holes are already there. Cover the hole. If you are really worried about it, a competent repairman can route square edges on the hole, put in some wood, and reroute for a pickup. The cost of refinishing the guitar is where your real expense will be. If you cannot find a pickguard you can always use a Vince Neil sticker.
  12. Don't you just hate it when a company runs out of good ideas for what makes a guitar cool?
  13. I traced a Cruise Bass pickguard years ago onto a thin piece of plastic. There might be a point missing and some warpage that will make it imperfect. If no one comes up with something for you send me a private message. For the record, I agree that you should leave your Cruise Bass as it is.
  14. https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/kix/2023/merriweather-post-pavilion-columbia-md-33a2009d.html
  15. I wish I could be at that final show. A friend traveled hundreds of miles to see KIX over the years.
  16. Two mortgages on the same assets is not a good thing. What was going wrong internally? The Luna line should have seen an upswing during the COVID lockdowns.
  17. Who was in Vince's band this year? He hires good players. Steve Stevens has toured with him.
  18. There are times when this kind of music fascinates me. Then there are times that it is less pleasing and more appreciated for its technicality.
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