tommy p
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My old hard rock/metal band used to open with that. I wasn't expecting her to play the guitar solo! That was cool.
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On 6/20/2025 at 11:27 AM, benjammin308 said:
My current project is to get this 1980 Special back into playable condition. It was used and abused by a touring band in the early eighties and it shows. Crimes were committed, some would say it's not worth saving but my buddy wants to play it again. In defense of the roadies who worked on it, they did what they had to do to get to the next show. Long-term consequences were never part of the equation. These are the before pictures, I've now disassembled it and leveled and dressed the frets. Cleaning and electronics are next. I would love to surprise Gary with a proper Hamer logo on the headstock. Where can I get one? It has to be black for obvious reasons.
I have about 15 or 20 of them but unfortunately they are all white. They are Hamer Special decals with the checkerboard.
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Very cool. I love that.
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I think I have some. I'll look and update with another response tomorrow.
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22 hours ago, santellavision said:
Not to mention, it looks like the two 'buckers are standard spaced and not F-spaced. The poles don't line up very well at all.
Come on, now...I'll bet a two finger G chord on the open D and G strings sounds fine!
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The prices are high, but I looked at these and several other of his 14 listings and every one looked like it was straight from the factory and unplayed. Some people really like that but you pay a premium for it. I've always preferred light to medium natural wear myself.
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That's a big one, especially after Sly Stone just recently. I hope the "Curse of Three" doesn't happen.
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On 5/4/2025 at 8:29 AM, Brooks said:
While I personally think Zep is maybe the greatest of all time, I am reminded that I find a lot of Plants live adlibs (oh baby, cmon cmon) tiresome. Im nitpicking, his studio work is sublime.
Yeah, live he seemed like he was trying to keep doing something vocally as long as the band was playing. I also remember really not liking some of his studio adlibs when I was first getting into Led Zeppelin. That "yay-uh...naw...yay-uh...naw..." part at the end of Hey Hey What Can I Do still grates on me. 😆
On 6/7/2025 at 8:38 PM, hamerhead said:Now on Netflix.
Yep, watched it yesterday and I'm sure I'll watch it again at some point. Really well done and I liked the vibe of it. It was pretty upbeat and you get the feeling they all know how lucky they were to find each other, and that they had real respect for each other's abilities. If you watch it, you'll catch what I mean. I hope they do follow-ups to it.
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I saw one of the Schenkerfest shows a few years ago and it was outstanding. I'm going to a "Schenker Plays UFO" show in September.
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16 hours ago, kizanski said:
There it is.
But when he did actually play, he was great. (Actually, kind of liked the musical noise too.)
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Funny story about this…I saw this show Tuesday night in Richmond, VA.
A friend of mine texted me about a week before the show saying he had an extra ticket to see the Beat show and I could have it for free if I wanted. Well, I jumped on it because the Beat have played here in Richmond a few times over the years and I have always missed the show. Save It For Later, Mirror in the Bathroom, Twist and Crawl...yeah, man! Yes, I thought he was talking about the English Beat!
It was my friend's birthday and he was going with a bunch of his other friends. He sent out an email to sort of coordinate activities like going to dinner beforehand and I could tell from the people who were going something was wrong. I looked up the restaurant that he suggested, and got one of those "events in this area" notifications. That's when I realized it was actually the King Crimson Beat show. I didn't say anything because I was embarrassed! Coincidentally I had recently sold three King Crimson albums, the two Bears records, and Adrian Belew's Twang Bar King out of the record collection of a friend of mine who died a year or so ago. I already had the two Bears record, and I listened to the other stuff before I sold it but a little that goes a long way with me.
Anyway, I went to the show with an open mind and it was amazing. I agree with a lot of Polara's assessment, except the sound at the Carpenter Center in Richmond was excellent except for Steve Vai's guitar being too low in the mix for my show all night. Tony Levin's stick especially sounded amazing; huge round deep tones. I commented to the other guys after the show that Adrian Belew's solos were really musical noise rather than actual guitar playing.
I'm glad I went, and if another show similar to that came around again it's possible I would check it out having gone to this one. I'm also going to listen to some King Crimson on Spotify to see if I recognize the songs I heard the other night.
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Leave it to me to ask the question and then forget about it for a few weeks! Corrected that situation and contributed today.
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1 hour ago, Hbom said:
Thanks! That's pretty old though. I hope Ted or someone else will chime in to say whether that is still the best way to do it, or to advise of any other options that might be available now.
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I've contributed in the past to the support/maintenance/upgrade or upkeep costs of the HFC but I don't remember how. I think I just PayPal'd Ted? Anyway, it seems like a long time since anyone made a post saying "don't forget this site isn't free to run" so I guess that's what I'm doing now. If someone could refresh my memory on how to contribute to the operating costs, I would appreciate it.
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When I posted the Highway to Hell video in response to Blackberry Smoke (who I just saw recently), I immediately thought of what I would post if Highway to Hell was still open to comment on and then I thought "who says I can't go twice in a row?" so here you go...
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Weird sh*t my friend did to my Standard —this is new to me!
in Hamer Fan Club Messageboard
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I get the idea behind this, but does anyone remember when Paul Gilbert used to run his strings into random posts? Like the low E would be on the G post, the B on the D, etc. just all mixed up? I couldn't find a picture of it but I think it was him.