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It’s done, and over. Felt a lot like Hamer. Large dumpster full of parts, guitars, files you name it. Sounds like they were just after Leo’s Name and Likeness. Can’t blame them, but a shame.

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Ok, I tried to recreate my old Mira that I go a lot of use out of. In the end, I’m learning that I’m just a Tele Guy. So once again, I purchased a guitar, sunk money into and out it goes. 😕 So, 08 Mira Core Black, Birds. Comes in the original case, all the candy. Hameritis, wasn’t just for Hamers. Must be a reaction to the rosewood. No flaking just white milkiness. PATTERN REGULAR NECK! Hard to find, most of these had Pattern Thin. Nicks, light scratches, its a black guitar. Neck is solid, joint is solid. Previous own felt the need dot touch of the ding on the bottom of the guitar. No cracks, anywhere and it plays great. The cowboy chord area was terrible and I didn’t want the frets mowed down because the rest were at stock height. So I had Josh’s Guitar Shop, replace the first 5 with stock wire. If I didn’t tell you, you would never know. We worked hard on this guitar with the intent of me keeping it. Pickups, the Stock MIRA’s are in the case, I put a set of hard to find Dimarzio Virtual PAF’s, and added the second switch so you can coil tap like the original and flip the phase in the middle position. $850 Paypal’ed and Shipped to the lower 48.

lol, remind me never to tag you in my FS Threads.

I have a 1964 SG Junior, and it is one of my favorite guitars. Nothing does exactly what it does, and the neck is perfect, it is so resonant. Everyone needs an esquire, and an SG Junior.

If you want to move them, put prices out on them. The only way you will sell them is if someone else is walking around and wants to purchase. Dealers are going to offer you maybe 60% of the going rate, if not 40%. So go with honest prices and get in and hopefully you’re out quick with money in your pocket. I could have sold everything out at the Indy show to dealers if I just wanted to break even.

He was fucking awesome! I love it all, and IMHO post KISS was fantastic. Go out and just do Ace a solid and crank up his music and listen!

I have played a couple of these and they just sound and feel fantastic. GLWTS

Come on, tool bag move. You know the rules, post a price.

Just stay easy from SG Custom’s, Derek Trucks models and you will probably bee fine. SG lovers really get lured into the SG Custom and are sorely disappointed. They just carve out all that wood and a fair number of them have wobbly or loose neck joints. The Derek Trucks models, didn’t appear to have a clean neck pocket that fit well. Both 61 Reissues I have owned were really stable, the recent SG Specials I have played have had “WeaK” necks, if you just lean the guitar forward you can audibly hear the guitar detune. I have a 1964 Junior that IMHO is the best 60’s Junior, a freaking great almost 59 Carve, solid as a rock, and resonates as good as any guitar I have played. So what do you need? A Standard, Special or a Junior? As for a Standard or 61, I would buy a 90’s SG, I would find a mid/early SG Special, they have great necks, and sounds great. Then you have the junior, look for the 2019 or later. I ended up buying a PRS Mira Core. I had one a long time ago, but I found one with a Pattern Regular Neck.

I’ve played it, in its completed form. Sounded great, the MV is amazing, Because of the KT66 when the MV is wide open the further up you go with the volume the fatter and rounder it gets. We hit it with Strats, Teles, Les Pauls, sounded great with all.of them.

It was a good showing. Came home with only two amps and two speakers left on the table. I’ll be back next year in the spring if I haven’t cleaned house by then. I’ll be listing a few more things I just have to prepare boxes for shipping before I list them. Amps, Pedals, there may be some interesting guitars FS. 2026 we are going lean and mean.

I’ll be here Sunday as well. Sold a good amount today. I may shave some prices tomorrow so I can come home feeling like it was mission accomplished. not sure how the next round of cuts is going to look. It’s hard for me to make the spring show with kids schedules being heavy that time of year.

If you out and about around Indi, come join the fun at the Indiana Guitar Show. At the last minute I decided to booth up and try to sell some more gear. The cuts keep getting deeper, you never know what I might put up FS. https://theindianaguitarshow.com

Cool that you still have the “Swirl” Guitar.

Tuners, Bridge/Tailpiece, jack, Switch, pots, knobs all original. Pickups were out of a 78 Sunburst. Nut is not original it came to me with a Brass Nut, Murkat replaced the nut, did the refret and added the Poker Chip. If I had all the money, I would buy it back. Very nice Standard.

A 4 digit isn’t just a 4 digit so they can’t all be lumped into the same boat. If you just narrow it down to Standards, you have to break it down to 74 to 78, and 79 to what 86? Then break it down to who owned it, that will vary from Keith to Bubs. Does it have a story? Does it have history? It’s what every collector wants. A good 4 digit should be 10K or above it it is free of breaks and has all the original parts. Especially the early ones that were make in really low numbers per year. Sky is going to be the limit eventually. I say if you have one, hold on to it.

4 digit Standards are no longer in reach of the mortal man, but we all knew they would go that way. They are too damn cool!

The singer in the second video is the current singer. I have to drive a bit and flip for a hotel room, just wanted to see if anyone had taken in a show this year.

Has anyone seen him on this tour? I have been saying I’m going to see him for the last 30 years and I think that this year is the year. His set is all the stuff I devoured as a teen.

I love both of them, but watching Warren turn to read his notes all the time and the arrangements just didn’t do anything for me. Again LOVE BOTH OF THESE GUYS!

If you want a Plexi, by a F@cking Plexi. If you want the “Brown Sound”, or something specified that is related to a Plexi that path of least resistance is the one you should take. Plenty of things emulate those specific sounds. Two pedals that I can recommend are the Lovepedal JMP, and the JHS @ Pedal. These both hit the mark they are shooting for, but even though I do NOT endorse LP that JMP hits the mark. It has that sizzle that the real thing does. It is fascinating how well it will boost an amp and then to have the boost built right into is another bonus. Dave Friedman and the Plex. It is no secret why Daves original 50 Watter sounds so good. Fryette is the one that went through that amp and brought it back to its optimal performance. He didn’t modify it, he make it run at as it should. Every old Marshall kinda has it own fingerprint from part tolerances, wavering, service, tubes and 50 plus years of use. So if what you are chasing is a certain sound from a record, or live show you have many ways of getting there. If you want the sound of a real 1987 then you only have one choice. My personal experience was pure chance. I walked into my local GC smack dab in the middle of the pandemic and there sat a 1976 50 JMP. I looked it all over, plugged it in and turned everything on 10. The floor noise was relative quiet, and consistent. I left it on like that for a few minutes to let everything heat up before I bought it. I took it home, plugged it into a single 1x12 loaded with vintage G12-65. It took me about 5 minutes to find my sweet spot with the amp. Presence about 6 Bass around 3, mids almost to 10, highs about 6, volume one around 7, volume two “IF I USE IT” around 3. Volume two I use just to fill out the sound if I need it. Everything is in the guitars volume knob. I will hit the front end with an Echoplex Pedal, and lift it with a Way Huge STO. For Slide or when I just need make it sound like it’s on 10 a Way Huge Angry Troll. Still everything works from the guitars volume knob, or just the touch of your fingers an or pick. Attenuation: Look if you cant play loud in the house ever, well maybe a modeler with headphones is where it’s at. I personally use the Fryette Power Station 2 for the Marshall. I whole heartedly believe that they are a marriage made in heaven. I can play that JMP and match it to the 99% and then bring it down to a whisper. I still have the Karrang, Pick Scrapes, and touch sensitivity. The one thing that you can’t do is replace the speakers reaction of being hit as hard as it was. I feel that speakers have their sweat spot to and everything is a balance. Speakers: Well three speakers work the best for me with my JMP. Vintage Celestion G1265’s, 55hz WGS Reapers, and vintage EVM12L’s. Replicas: Well did the manufacturer go for the Plexi or JMP tone, or of a specific record or player? A Plexi and a later JMP are not the same but I have found it way easier to make a Plexi sound like a JMP than I could take a JMP and make it sound like a Plexi. I didn’t want to take the JMP, Fryette out of the house so when I stumbled upon a Rockitt Retro 50 at another GC, I took the trip and tried it out, and ended up bringing it home. A day later, I’m on the phone with Kevin from RR for almost 2 hours discussing Marshalls, getting my education, taking about what I don’t like and do like, who are my players, and setting suggestions. He has spent multiple phone conversations, emails, and yes I have his cell #. And this is the service I get when I buy a used amp, let along a new one. Bright Caps: One last thing, look having bright cap options are great if you pulling the amp low enough to actually make use of it. Pete Thorns Marshall videos are there it is at. He does such a fantastic job of working those amps, explaining how to get tones. You can really hear the differences in the 70’s amps, to the 60’s amps, to the Suhrs and Friedman’s. Then don’t even get me started on the Jose Modded Mick Mars Amp. Another day we can get into JCM800’s. I am still waiting on he right one. It will happen one day.

SOLD!!! Now let’s move some amps!

Fender Alnico III and Alnico 62 Reissue from the 80’s. Both Bridge Pickups.