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    Wyldbil Pirate Special #5

    in In Memoriam

    Posted

    My wife found an old GoPro-type video camera she had and was clearing off the saved videos when she found this from 2014!  I didn't even know it existed.  Sorry about my stupid intro trying to describe the guitar.  lol

     

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    Wyldbil Pirate Special #5

    in In Memoriam

    Posted

    2 hours ago, gtrdaddy said:

    Indeed! It needs to come visit central VA so @tommy p and I can molest it a bit!

    Somewhere in this thread way, way back there should be some posts and pics from when I did have a turn.  I'd be more than happy to take another though, and it would give us an excuse to meet up and jam!

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    Wyldbil Pirate Special #5

    in In Memoriam

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    On 7/20/2018 at 2:43 PM, Toadroller said:

    Today @tomteriffic's Beatles Special begins its journey home, but it's taking the long way round, stopping in with @tommy p for a while to sit in on some gigs with his Cheap Trick tribute band.  Best of all worlds- TommyP wanted some time with it and we were able to work it out pretty easily.*  

    I hope we get some gig shots!

    *We also discovered you could have multiple people in a PM message, making communications a snap.  Tip-o-the-hat to our admins!  Donate today!

    I took the Beatles Special to my CT tribute band practice and it went over great!  I had not told them I was getting it.  Sounded good, plays great.  It will be used in a show for the first time on Thanksgiving Eve.  Hopefully I'll get some good pics and/or video from that one.  We're working on our promo pack and I want that included.

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    Neck crud remover?

    in Ask the HFC Experts

    Posted · Edited by tommy p

    Why's it seem whenever I use naphtha on these older guitars, they get foggy on me? They end up looking worse! I have to rub that shit out with a Mcguires/Mothers cleaner forever it seems. I assume the naphtha is loosening up years of 'furniture polish' that should never have been put on it for decades?!! Figured naphtha would work more effortlessly. Please confirm/clarify.

    I have also never had any luck with Naphtha. I can work with it until my hand is sore, and It seems to get nothing off for me. (insert joke here)

    I use 0000 steel wool on the fretboard -- cleans up the gunk and puts a shine on the frets. Go with the grain. A little credit card action right at the frets to scrape up the crap right at the frets. A little lemon oil or mineral oil on a rag to clean up residue and give the fretboard a fresh look. Don't drown the board in oil -- A little goes a long way. As for polish, I use Virtuoso polish on the lacquer finished ones, and Turtle Wax Express Shine on the UV cured poly finish. Never use Pledge or other polishes with silicone as it will cause problems if you need to do finish repairs.

    +1 on lemon oil and especially the Virtuoso products.

    I also use lemon oil on rosewood and ebony fretboards with great results. I just use a paper towel and get a ton of gunk off. I push it as close to the frets as I can with my fingernail and it seems to work fine. I use Virtuoso Cleaner and Polish on guitar bodies and get amazing results. I have a LP that I used Pledge on until I knew better. Naphtha did nothing for it - I experienced the same cloudiness that Hamer Dave did. Virtuoso Cleaner and Polish made it look like glass.

    I'm Such a Fanboi

    in Hamer Fan Club Messageboard

    Posted

    I'm not sure about Rival Sons, guess I haven't listened to them enough. BTW I believe that guitar is a Kauer Banshee. Saw that on Kauers FB page.

    Good info. I suppose I was using "Firebird" in the generic sense, but it's great to know who made it.

    Is it 25.5" scale like a Gibby Firebird? If so, that would be extremely interesting!

    Gibson Firebirds are 24.75" Scale, not 25.5". Doug Kauer builds the Banshees at a similar 24.75" scale length.

    Finally, yes...Filtertrons sound great in pretty much anything!

    Well thanks for that! I've only played one my whole life and that was maybe thirty years ago. I didn't like that particular guitar (very wide flat neck), so I marked it down as a guitar I like the looks of, but that's where the curiosity ended. Not sure where I got the idea of the longer scale length, but I've carried that error for a really long time. Good to learn things I've been too lazy to look up for myself! :lol:

    You probably thought that because Firebird-style guitars just "look" long.

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    Your current #1 guitar?

    in Hamer Fan Club Messageboard

    Posted

    My '89 LP Standard has been my go to guitar for a while now when I play:

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    That is a Holy Grail of a LP to me. Just perfect.

    Toss up between these two:

    More pics of the Firebird.

    I'm all Fender. I could really use a Firebird with a Maestro.

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    How's that? ;)

    What color is that front one? Quite a looker.

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    this would work!

    I have that cabinet and the 2x12 version as well and never thought to paint the grill. It looks great. Thanks for the idea! I think I might do one of mine red.

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