Jakeboy

I spoke to Will Shea and was impressed, but I went another direction…which led me to Jeff Neville at Neville Guitars. He built me a custom Strat/Tele mash-up to my specs and he hit it outta the park. Husband/wife team, necks are hand carved, all wood come from his Michigan farm. Great guy who listens and is all about quality and customer service. I would commission another build in a NY minute.

Buy it @Saul Goodman, @Travis is aces to deal with!

That is a very cool guitar…. What were the necks like 9n that era of Hamers? Thin shredders, I’d imagine?

…and cannot wait to see the finished product…

Not to derail, but was EVH not using PAFs by the 4th album ( Shark with Super 58s excepted) ?

Precursor of early metal? Often cited as such.

Agree with @cmatthes on the Quilter. Sounds GREAT!

I have several friends who are retired cops and homicide detectives. Some of the coolest and most chill dudes I know. They are the anti-bullies. It all comes down to each individual. Life is too short for peeps who make you unhappy or uncomfortable.

Josh winds a killer neck Tele pickup for sure, but my absolute fave is a Rumpelstiltskin Original Black Knight (for both bridge and neck).It is based off the original 1950 Broadcaster neck pickup. Smooth enough for jazz and yet will still bring the rock and blues tones. If you are gonna put an HB sized pickup in there, I’d find a Duncan Double D neck pickup which Hamer put in the Talladega. That is a perfect jazz pickup for those so inclined and skilled. It also does blues very, very well.

I LOVE the early Alice Cooler Group material.

Somebody buy this and make it truly Rocktober!

That’s incredibly cool…but not $13K cool….

Rick should have beat his ass right then and there.

He also digs a treble booster into a 5e3, 6g3, or an 18 watt Marshall.

That was a great interview. I had some friends who went to church with Vince in AZ and they told me he quietly created and funded a Christian Bible camp years ago. He really seems to have his stuff together.