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Pickups are DiMarzios. Breed in the bridge/ Air Classic in the neck. I love the fact that they don't go the same way as almost every zebra set you see. Check the DiMarzio website FAQ. They'll make you a pickup in any color they offer in any combo for no extra charge.

Kinda late, but I'm not gonna miss my first Standard Pr0n thread. Tone to the bone

UAD-1 Powered plugins all the way. Any of them. They're all great.

+1 for West Side Story.

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As I packed up my Daytona, which I sold to buy a new camera, I thought to myself "You are such a dummy. You're gonna want a guitar like that again real soon." Yep.

The pleasure was/is all mine. I was really bummed earlier in the week when a deal for a Standard I was looking at fell through, but my wife and I always say everything happens for a reason and it's certainly true in this case. I really like the smaller neck carve of this guitar which probably turns a lot of this crowd away. Very comfortable for me. I don't think I would like a newer one as much. I tell ya, I was all prepared to dislike this Air Classic in the bridge. My Mirage II has one in the neck, so I knew what to expect there, but I didn't think I would like a lower-output bridge pickup like the A.C. as opposed to the Breed in my Mirage II or the Parallel Axis in my Cali. Boy was I wrong. All those pickups seem to do is add a lot of midrange that my Boogie already has in spades. Plus, the Mk IV has so much gain available, you almost cannot tell the difference in output. In fact, neither of those guitars sound very good with the eq turned off on the Boogie. Always thought it was the amp "Geez, why would anybody use this amp without the eq?". Looks like it's new pickup time for the Cali. Maybe that Steve's Special with about the same tonal qualities as the A.C. Did you find any Hamers while pawnshop hunting? Seems like it would've been hard to say "What is that thing.... a Ham Mer....?" with that HFC t-shirt on.

So now you tell me.

I love how the sunburst is not as severe between the colors. Very smooth fade to red.

I bet. I got a rundown from thecajunboy. It's the "Pizza Day" Standard. Like every other Hamer guitar I've bought and sold, I wonder "What kind of fool would let this guitar go?".

So I buy Cajunboy's Standard Custom on Friday... and a Good Friday it was, too. Anyhoo, when I send him the email saying "I'll take it!" I joke: "How about meeting me halfway in Mississippi?" Well, he couldn't drive halfway, but he did agree to meet me in MS so we could avoid picking which shipping company to risk not to break my new guitar. We agree on a 10:00am meeting at the McNeill Travel Center at exit 15. Too early to be up and driving on a Saturday, but LB Wife, LB Pup, and myself are GO! After LB Pup forces an extended stop, she wonders if we're gonna make that 10am meeting on time. Damn! I call TheCajunBoy to inform him that we're running a little behind and he agrees to drive a little farther North to save some time. What a trooper. We agree to meet now at this fine establishment Here's me, CajunCub, and The CajunBoy himself doing the deal. I think there was a hair of seller's remorse when I strummed the first chord and he remarked: "I forgot how good that guitar rang out" and he's right, too! I've never had a guitar that was so loud accoustically. Notice how we both wore HFC shirts to recognize each other. Things got down to serious business real quick when he whipped out his Studio Custom with the CajunBurst finish on it. The quilt top looks almost 3D, and I'm a sucker for ebony fingerboards and the lack of any dots or other marker just takes that guitar over the top. Very Cool. Oh yeah, Sustain Block, too. And here's me, slackjawed, playing my new love. The first 24.75" guitar that felt like coming home the minute I put it on. Mark, you were super cool to drive to meet me. It was a pleasure doing business with you and I hope to see you at the US World Grand Prix when we get it.