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To which I would add: Probably the best Superbowl Halftime show so far. Purple Rain in the rain. I think he's a great player, which makes episodes like this all the more disappointing.

Prince smashes a vintage guitar. A borrowed vintage guitar. http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/195134/prince-smashed-someone-elses-1961-epiphone-on-fallon/

First, flip it over and be sure it isn't just a broken wire from the jack to the transducer. I've seen a bunch of those break. If it's just bad, check the specs here: http://www.tubesandmore.com/tech_corner/accutronics_products_and_specifications The most important thing is matching the input and output impedances. They may have something at AES in a Type 8 that is suitable, and a better quality reverb. Just a quick check - I think this one will work: http://www.tubesandmore.com/products/P-RK-8AB2D1A

I've been wanting to move up to ProTools myself. What you have sounds pretty good to me - especially for your first time messin' with it

This is like asking a painter to swear he won't buy any more brushes....... I got through 2012 with only one acoustic purchase, plus a few parts for a winter project. With priorities lining up the way they are for 2013, I'm in. Sign me up. Edit: I will now declare for the record that my winter project is a Seafoam Chaparral, for which I bought the body, neck/tuners, and trem for during 2012. I only mean to assemble it this year. Need a ruling, Mitch!

SN may have been further out the headstock.. not sure Crap, why does this stuff always become available when I'm short on cash?

It will end when it never begins. Didn't this whole thing get rolling when Hamer sold out to Kaman? Somewhere along the way, this cute boutique manufacturer decided to play with the big boys. And while we're on the subject, what great and genuine company survives without profit? Every business that wants to STAY in business, makes the most of the resources it has. The bigger the company, the colder and harder that fact becomes.

Are you sure? It looks and sounds like he has a Whammy pedal going for that. Yeah, that's what I was told, anyway. You can see some of it around the :40 to :50 mark

I'm biased. My son Sean made the engineering credits and "saviors" section of the liner notes. I think he appears in the DVD too, but I haven't seen it yet. Vai was always so far over my head musically, that I just couldn't get my brain wrapped around what he was doing. I've been listening much more lately, (obviously) and I like a lot of the new album. "Gravity Storm" is pretty cool when you realize all those dive bombing sounds are NOT the whammy bar. He does it with his left hand by bending the chords first and releasing them. Like this:

Loud low rumbling- like my bass playing = Thunder notes. Kinda' self explanatory.... And almost irrelevant now because I rarely play bass any more. But, it's me and I'm not ready to change it and confuse everyone (null)

You know, guys.... you can disagree with one another without getting nasty. It's precisely the reason the Crucible went away, and this thread has wandered dangerously close to deletion with accompanying vacation prizes for the participants. We're letting it roll for now because there's a lot of good discussion here, but Jeebus, cool it, will ya?

The way I understand it: If you want to be heard, play a Jazz Bass. If you want to be felt, play a Precision. ....and if you want to be felt up, play a Hamer!

Ding, ding, ding!.... we have a winner!

No, I this picture was probably taken a few months after that.

The one with the white Hamer bass still strapped around my neck.

Haha! 12 years out of my league, actually!

Haha... she got me through it all and helped me back. Trust me, she knows!

In 2006, I was playing a bar in Manchester, NH with my band the Discount Gigolos. We met a couple of girls who came out to dance and drink and they eventually became regular followers of the band. They were soon nicknamed the "Gigolettes". Life has taken some incredible twists and turns since then, and I've been to hell and back. Next month, I'm going to marry the girl to my left in that picture. Lesson: Hamers help you get chicks. Period.

I'm building a Chap from parts. Now where am I going to find one of these?:

Right - then re-rout that Kahler!

Unless his cost is zero dollars, I'm against this idea. Always the contrarian.....

Personally, I think unless he has video of YOU dropping the guitar, I'd go with the "call my lawyer" approach. If you're feeling generous, tell him: You'll buy the guitar AT HIS COST. You promise to never damage another instrument, because you'll never be there again. Will inform every musician you know what risk they're assuming for testing an instrument at his store, just to make it easier for him. See what he thinks of that deal.

Yep. Me too. That was an awesome classical version.

I know right? Now Jan is sad too. That pony lives in a parallel dimension... I think that it's 2D so no, nobody can ride him/her, it's a flat world. Can I ride Jan?

Just a friendly reminder..... no making ponies cry here.