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LarryC

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  1. You know, I had several thoughts running through my head as I read this thread, most of them negative. I saw the ad for this guitar (I believe) in either Guitar World or Guitar One magazine recently and I was somewhat repulsed by it...and the guitar IS butt-ugly to say the least. But to bring this thing back around to the spirit of the initial post (although it is a bit shrowded by the ugliness of that guitar) I think whether it's Gibson USA, Fender, Hamer, Toyota, Ford, or whoever wants to make a contribution or raise money for disaster relief, they should do just THAT. To make something to "commemorate" a disaster in such a graphic manner as to be a steady reminder of the sludge and filth left behind in the wake of Katrina...then mark it up so they can maintain their original profit margin (maybe plus a little who knows) while they give the remaining funds over their own profit to the disaster relief is just a might cheesey to me. You KNOW that is what will happen...but I would think if they really wanted to help they could use a more popular look, one which more people would buy (I wouldn't be seen dead with that green-slime-lookin thing). I grew up playing Gibsons and I still play 'em. People are certainly entitled to their opinions and that's terrific as well. I am new to Hamer myself and I have really enjoyed mine. I still like playing my SG too, or a Les Paul, or either of my two Gibson acoustics. Scores of successful musicians are still playing Gibsons and the majority of them will continue to do so. Personally I am repulsed by the idea of ANYONE making money from a disaster...I mean this Les Paul thing reeks of opportunism cloaked in a noble cause. If they do indeed sell them at 'zero' profit (which makes no sense) then that is good for them, but they could have at least picked one of their middle-of-the-road studios or something with a nice color and finish which would probably sell in higher quantities to up-and-comers or something where there could be some serious donations made. The Loot Paul idea made me laugh...maybe one with an image of that guy carting off the 52" TV saying "it's ok to loot cuz the police ain't here". Ok, bad joke. Sorry. The greens, blues, and purple idea (Mardi Gras colors) makes MUCH better sense than the green slime design to me. +1 on that one! LC
  2. Excellent score pirateflynn...and she looks to be in very good condition. What p/u's are you gonna put on it? kizanski, looks like BCR did a hell of a job on your axe too! Niiiiiiiiiiiiice.....bof uv yas! LC
  3. Happy Birthday Nuclear guy! Have yourself a Bailey's! LC
  4. I think one thing that makes a huge difference is the surroundings (many times it is very difficult to enjoy playing ANY guitar in a GC because you usually have some kid(s) amped up trying to play the opening lick to "Sweet Child Of Mine" or some other lick that they just can't seem to get right and so they torture everyone by doing it over and over and over...) ...most Guitar Centers I have visited have the Acoustic guitars in an acoustically "dead" room with a big glass door. It's like a padded cell with guitars hanging on all the walls...this may have contributed to what you heard as you tried these guitars out. Oh...I fully concur with your assessment of the Fender 12...complete toy...even in an acoustically rich environment. I KNOW the Takamine and the Taylors sound great so I would have to think the room you were in had a major role in what you heard. As to the Taylor's headstock...I know that must look really bogus and I would have the same questions about it myself. The Taylor 12 is about the most perfect-playing 12 I have ever played...easy action all the way up the neck, and it holds pitch perfectly as you go up the scales. Some food for thought...although cosmetically it looks really bad, but several years ago I helped a friend add a room to his house and the 2X4's he had were like these composite boards...they were like 10 or 12 inch pieces of 2X4's spliced together using a zig-zag type joint. To look at them they look like hell and you have to wonder about how strong they are. The answer was that they are STRONGER than a regular 1-piece 2X4 board...and this type of board was more expensive too. Sooo...I would have to guess that Taylor incorporated this "stronger" theory into their headstock on the guitar you looked at...it must look like hell too. But when you think about it, there is a hell of a lot of stress on the headstock of a 12 string. I will have to visit Guitar Center myself soon and make it a point to have a look at a Taylor 12. Sorry I am like way overdue on this thread...I just recently got back on the internet after making a move to a new home.... Cheers LC
  5. I would like a couple also! 1- XXL and 1- LG both in black. How do we order?
  6. As I Was??? Gosh, DEMENTED...that's a pretty tall order for me...I mean, hell I forgot to put my bib on and I have just drooled all over myself, my desk, my keyboard, etc, so now in order to get back to the "as I was" status I must change clothes! LOL! Very pretty headstock...how's about showing us the REST!? Damn...I forgot to buy my lottery tickets!!! I see pics like this and the fact that I am not even a thousandaire (hundredaire sometimes...hehe) keeps haunting me. Dayum! I gots to get me a bound n crowned standard!
  7. Sorry Roli but all I got was a blank page...alles klar! Wilkommen! I am new as well...new to Hamer guitars too. I have to say, however, that I have lived in the USA most of my life (ten years in Germany), and I am sort of disgusted with myself that I have just recently purchased my first Hamer...and it isn't even an American...and there you are all the way over there in the land of some of the best skiing in the world and you have 23! US-made Hamers! Keep smiling!
  8. Sounds intriguing...I'd like to hear the sounds. Maybe there will be one at the Dallas Guitar Show and I will have a chance to hear it.
  9. Mobster I will go along with everyone else and say that you have a very nice Hamer family there! And I, too, am having a little difficulty controling the drooling on my keyboard...hehe. Forgive my nievity, but I was taught that the dumbest question is the one that doesn't get asked, and since I have been out of the electric guitar playing role for a while I was curious about the two toggle switches by your volume/tone knobs on the red standard: What do they do for you? Are they like inidividual tone selectors for each pickup? Awesome collection!
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