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My current guitar is a pretty expensive one so I changed my vote, but the sentimental value is around a beeelion dollars.

I'm glad the playing was disappointing.

I'm a little disappointed if I'm being honest. I assumed they'd be more shiny and come with strings.

It was a real question!

I don't want to bug Mike, so I'll ask here...will there be any possibilities of things like Monacos or Newports, or are those more in the realm of expensive CNC and such? Please don't answer this question in any way that makes me consider ordering something.

This is all so exciting.

You are no longer a filler guy. Congrats!

You can't even tell anything happened even when sitting here in the room staring at it. No sonic change as far as I can tell - it still makes me sound like an uncoordinated bungler.

Pretty amazing, huh? My guitar guy is a wizard. The Beck-Beach Boys setlist is his gift to me as a Beck Fanboi (he is Beck's tech).

Very cool.

I'd like to wish everyone involved enormous success with this venture.

I had the SonicPort, and it was excellent for my needs. Other interfaces do more, and as you can see there are many choices. The SonicPort came with both a 30pin and a Lightning cable, accepts an auxiliary input alongside the guitar, and has a headphone jack and a stereo 1/4" output. I used it mostly with JamUp, playing over backing tracks or along with other tunes in my iTunes library. The app loads anything in your library and lets you adjust pitch, speed, volume, etc. It also has a multitrack recorder (2 channels by default, but you can purchase an expansion to use eight). I would load the backing track into the first track, then record the guitar into the second track. Naturally it also has all the standard features one would expect (tuner, metronome...), and to my ears the modeled amps and effects sounded great. The app is quite inexpensive for what it does, and it worked perfectly with the SonicPort. The SonicPort also gives you free access to Line 6's Mobile POD app, which is also quite good. I preferred the JC120 preset on Mobile Pod and thought that maybe some of the amps felt more 'real,' but i spent most of my time in JamUp. The SonicPort is only for iOS devices, so you wouldn't be able to use it as a computer interface. I liked the SonicPort and didn't need to spend any more for a more sophisticated interface. If you have more complex needs, it may not do what you want. Edited to add that I tend to practice with some moderately difficult to drive Beyerdynamic DT880 headphones, and the SonicPort provided sufficient volume.

I have a well-known unbiased position that the Monaco III is Hamer's greatest invention.

Lovely ad.

I think he brings it upon himself.

Wow - thanks! Better late than never, as they say. Let's see....cmatthes and HSB0531 have provided cool photos. I wonder if that will inspire anyone else to take the photos that I was promised.

Heritage and Clarion both seem to have excellent reputations. I'm currently in one of those "I wish I had" situations with instrument insurance, and I've read good reviews of each. I'll be interested as well in the replies you get here.

Thanks Austin! P.S. If any of you were thinking of a good belated birthday gift for me, I wouldn't mind owning that guitar.

There are very few Stradivari guitars left in existence, and only one that is playable (this one, from 1679), after an extensive project to bring it back to life. Hopefully some of you may find it interesting to hear it. I think the guy made violins too. Some good photos of it in this video: And one more for good measure... I still seem to have YouTube embedding issues when posting from work. Sorry to make you click. Perhaps another kind HFCer can embed it.

That suit is you. Very nice indeed.

Agreed. Perfect burst, no victory inlays, perfect logo....perfect everything. That's a Hamer.

Thank you all for everything you do and have done. Not the best thread to start my day. My warmest best wishes to everyone.

Wow.

This thread won't die!

Aw shucks, thanks. I was happy to do it. I got it at the same time as mine, but if you send something to a four year old address in Sweden, it takes its time getting back to you. As I told Disturber, it was my way of saying that the superfine best M3 ever is his - my way of letting go. It would be easy enough to argue that accepting his money and shipping it to him was another way I did that. You Fackyo guys can order own your own damn covers. I'm broke after a couple of roundtrips to Sweden.