[" Working Man Guitar "]

Flattop version of THIS: (Close Thread!)

I'll take one of those too! Archtop OR flat OK.

[Forget the no buy list. Whats your on your hit list for 2014.]

I don't have a burning desire for these and I'm not actively searching but if one presented itself at a fair price I'd go for it:

Les Paul XPL - this is the Les Paul doublecut model with Explorer headstock. They were only produced for a couple of years.

Les Paul cherryburst

Ernie's seafoam green Robin

Will buy in 2014:

Talk Box

The search never ends:

THE amp

[Ace Frehley's house goes up in flames]

[One From the Vault]

Very nice.

[Red Dragin Cartel-Jake E Lee]

It's OK, but I'll need to hear more before purchase.

[Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Nominees]

I put in my 5 votes but here's my prediction.

Definitely in:

Nirvana (no, I didn't vote for 'em)

Linda Ronstadt (sentimental fave)

Either LL Cool J or NWA (they seem to always want to show their "hipness" by putting one hip hop/rap act in)

The rest is a tossup. I'm not a real Kiss fan, but since influence is one of the criteria I don't see how they could miss. Everybody I know or play music with raves about Deep Purple, but to me their best album was Perfect Strangers so that shows how little I know! I wouldn't mind seeing either of those in because at least they are truly "rock".

[Stolen guitars alert]

Reading about this makes me sick to my stomach. Personal space invaded, personal items taken. A friend of mine had a similar issue where his house's doors and windows were being tampered with. He set up a couple of cameras and caught the next door (well, he's in the country so down the road a piece) neighbors kids breaking in a short time later.

[Any harmonica players here. What should a newbie get?]

• What is the Hamer brand of harminicas?

Hamer-onica? Hamer-nica? Hamer-ica?

Thanks for asking this, I've been kicking around learning too, and hadn't thought to ask here.

Me too! This is great info.

[Pedals: How many ODs or: Am I overdoing it?]

Tube distortion only for me - no pedals.

[Discussion - Worst Sounding Amp You've Ever Owned...]

Peavey Triumph.

[Show yourself playing guitar without a band behind you.]

Haven't looked at the guitar vid yet, but the bass lullabye was beautiful. Great job!

[Guitar Neck Facts for dumb MFers]

One minute in: this guy needs a bitchslap

Three minutes in: this guy needs a beatdown

Five minutes in: BAZOOKA TO THE F'N FACE!!!

What an asshole. I don't even care if he's wrong or right or communicating good info.

[Favorite bands you'd never admit to]

I like what I like because I like it, and admit to it all. Proudly.

Ditto.

[THE BOOK THE BOOK]

DAMMIT!!! I was on vacation last week and when I got home I had the dreaded message from Schiffer. I had to wait until today to call them. The good news is they said it would go right out and I should have it in a couple of days.

[NGD -and now it's for real!]

The acoustic V caught my eye too.

[Are you getting better?]

I can't play the fast stuff I used to be able to play, but my attention to tone and vibrato has greatly improved. I feel better about a solo if I hit a few good non-rote phrases in it than if I play 7 speed licks strung together. Am I playing "better"? Maybe not, but certainly more maturely.

[What's Spinnin' ..]

In the car today as I ran errands:

A.S.A.P. - Adrian Smith's solo album

Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (listened to 13 on Spotify and it didn't wow me, but it did make me want to hear some Sabs)

Dire Straits - Love Over Gold

Jackyl - s/t

[Does This Guy Play Eruption Correctly?]

Cool! I've got some old bootlegs with slightly altered versions like that one, but that's the best sound quality I've ever heard.

[R.I.P. Trevor Bolder]

My band does 2 Uriah Heep songs. We'll be playing both at our gig tomorrow night. I wonder who will get it.

[Hamer of beer?]

I'm kind of surprised that nobody's suggested Yuengling. I sure wish we could buy it in Texas!

Yuengling's everywhere in VA. I have it every once in a while, but I've noticed that anywhere it's NOT available people really, really seem to want it!

[Hamer of beer?]

I've been researching the question of the "best beer" for 35 years. I'll just keep doing it and let you know when I find it.

[a little Sharpie...]

Too cool!

[Twas a HOLY SHIT day for Diablo!]

I like the green pick on the pallet. Nice touch.

AWESOME looking guit!!!

[So how do YOU pronounce Matthes??]

Math-ess is my guess.

[Wolf Hoffman plays Hamer]

In the new issue of Guitar World, he is asked about the guitars he uses. Of course there is discussion about his Flying V's but then he says his main guitar in the studio is a Hamer "Strat". Too bad it's too late for a celebrity endorsement.