Feynman

I never tire of this.

I guessed they were all SRV. I think I was close.

Nah, I'm good.

I believe in you. Don't miss this little height adjustment feature to go anywhere from seated to standing...

Fine, I'll tell you one of the stories. Helga, a 94 year old German woman, has started a mental decline and can no longer read music or remember what she just read. Based on this, she asked her daughter to help sell off some of her stuff. Helga never had musical training in her life, but at the age of 50 decided she wanted to play cello in her local city symphony orchestra. As we all know, this is a nearly impossible task considering the very late start and the high requirements for an orchestra seat. But, she did it...worked her way from nothing to the orchestra...said she set her mind on it and never gave up. She had this stand custom built by a local woodworker long ago, so it's pretty special. I told her that she inspired me to get more serious and that I promise it a good home. She wouldn't accept more than $50, where we finally stopped our reverse negotiation.

I'll spare you my usual prattle, but all of these have meaningful stories, some bittersweet and others just sweet. The second guitar has moved on to a better home, but the rest must stay.

Happy New Year, you scoundrels.

This thread is mean. --- Edited to add: What's the deal with P-90 Duotones?

I thought I had selected the wrong sound output and started turning up the volume...got it back down just in time.

Thank you for your service.

Here's my 2025 buying experience, with a brief intro. --- Since 2007 I have acquired and then moved on more than 40 USA Hamers. I searched exhaustively for the best ones and paid good prices for them. When ready to try something else I would move them along to my HFC friends. I never made a dime on any of them. Most were sold at a small loss to keep them in the family. I only bought the finest examples, and they were better kept here among my brothers than in the hands of some dirty TGPer for more money. I even gave a couple of them away when I thought a specific HFCer could use a certain guitar. When I found something especially cool or desirable, the HFC would occasionally chime in with a dibs list, and I kept careful track of the dibser sequence. When the time came to sell, I'd go down the list in order, to keep everything fair and to let me sleep at night. It was a community service if you will. I count so many in the HFC among my real friends, even many of you that I've never met in person. We have a wonderful community that I can't quit. --- In 2025 I decided I'd like to have a nice Hamer again. I started by PMing the owners of my favorite former guitars, and I also made a couple of WTB threads. Not one of you MFers offered to sell me a guitar. Merry Christmas, d*cks. --- With much love of course, Me

Nice! Eddie had it going on.

Well that's superb.

No.

The more you look, the more amazing details you find. This is exquisite.

I'm so glad this is red.

I’ve got nothing - no experience with that one at all. I think I like all Gretsches in general, and hear decent things about most of their models. I’m too stuck in snob mode and only look at the upper end MIJ ones, which are consistently good. Try it and report back to us. It certainly looks cool.

Same. And I know where they all are, which hurts the most. Spent years giving HFCers family dibs at stupid prices, but when I want one back…**** off, Feynman. I’m not mad at you. Just disappointed.

Yowza

He had great teeth.

Hey Steve, shut up.

Excellent, save one small detail. Thanks for sharing it.

Also, posting that trio photo was just mean. You know it would look better in chrome or nickel, right?

I want the single inlay one.