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FWIW: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/ace-frehley-gets-back-in-the-new-york-groove-with-the-roots-20140813

Sounds like the rest of the audience felt like he did.

Two words: 'record' and 'playback', like BTMN said. If that doesn't help, nothing will.

+1! I don't know if you blame everybody else for changing everything around over the years and turning music into crap, but I sure do. Edited to add: My message to youth: Get off my lawn!

Probably mid-1990s. I don't care for the Cookie Monster stuff, I don't care for the whiny hipster stuff, I don't listen to any music where the first word out is 'yo', and offhand I can't think of even ONE stick-in-my-brain pop song that's been out this summer. My doses of recent music have been limited to TV late-night talk shows and PBS. I very rarely even listen to music on the radio anymore, which is just as well as country gets most of the airplay in my neck of the woods anyway.

Gibson used cheesy stickers/decals for serial numbers in the mid '70s, up until 1977 according to various websites. Could this be one that had one of those?

Have you started checking with Gibson yet? If the exact model of this guitar can be I.D.'d, they may be able to tell you when they were made, and where they were shipped to--hopefully they'll have names of music stores and addresses where these guitars were sent, if it was THAT limited of an edition. Just follow the leads, like they do on the cop shows. Also, have you done a cavity search inside the guitar, for any markings?

Happy Birthday!

Just curious, what was the amp that didn't pan out? New? Used? Vintage?

Happy Birthday, all! Enjoy your weekend!

Nice! Contrasting wood binding on the fretboard, too? What kind of wood is the fretboard made from?

That photo of that empty shop floor really hits home. My very best to the artisans who worked there.

Blows my mind that Ovation is gone as well. I mean we knew the end would come sometime for Hamer, but to loose all those brands in one swipe of a pen or one phone call is pretty devastating. ^This.^ I've heard nothing but good things about the New Hartford Guilds. It doesn't hurt that the Hamer crew worked on them as well, IIRC. And, didn't Ren Ferguson (ex-Gibson Montana) get in on that, too? As far as Ovation goes, I guess it was only a matter of time, considering how many Ovations have been built overseas in recent years, before the bean counters decided to make it all imports. I really like my early to mid-80's USA acoustic (non-electric) Balladeers, I've had them for years, and they aren't going anywhere soon.

This sucks. And blows. If I'm getting this right, they're just shutting it down? No pending sale, repurposing or anything similar?

+1! I'm looking forward to hearing about the next guitar that comes from your talented hands, Hamer or not!

Done!

+1. I think the seller would be lucky to get $1200 for it. It's nice, but a little TOO orangey for my taste, it's like looking at a Halloween-sized bag of Sweet Tarts.

WOW! Quality work, indeed! Is the Hamer logo that's pictured, on a NEW guitar? I didn't know the old logos with the old style 'U.S.A.' still existed!

He didn't try to 'sling' his guitar, did he? Maybe it's on video somewhere.

A LP body is roughly 17 1/2" long by 13" wide. According to the Hamer website, a Monaco Elite is 16.85", a Monaco SuperPro is 17.6", I'm guessing that's body length as it doesn't specifically say, and the measurement is too big for width. It does give 5/8" as the maple top thickness for both, but no other body dimensions that I can find...and I can't tell if they're wider than a Hamer Special or Studio, or a LP for that matter. Perhaps someone here on the board can measure the body on one model or the other, or both if they're lucky enough to have them? TIA again!

Just curious, did anybody here ever try to spec or order one of these from Hamer? I've been playing a Gibson Les Paul Studio lately, and the one thing it has over my old double-cutaway Hamers, is that the neck doesn't 'flex' nearly as badly and throw off tuning, because the LP has a neck to body joint at the 16th fret, instead of higher up the neck as double-cutaway Hamers do. Monacos ALSO have a neck to body joint at the 16th fret...but the bodies are chambered/semi-hollow, and (maybe?) they're a fair amount larger in size than a Special/Studio or a LP, too (edited to add: I'm not sure, I've never owned or played one, but that's been my impression, correct me if I'm wrong). A solid-body Monaco in it's 'regular' body size would likely be too heavy (?); but downsized, they might be just the ticket. Anybody ever ask? Or, does anybody know if one was ever in the works but killed off? If it sounds a lot like a LP, that's actually kind of the point. TIA!

Wow, very cool indeed, looks sharp, Disturber! Feynman is a fine man, as always!

Might as well add a couple more to the deathless list of quotes:

...especially when it's for a "girl"