This year I finally found Hamer (even though I have lived within 40 miles of the Hamer facilities until they moved to CT). It was actually Serial posting a FS on "another forum" that peaked my curiousity. Unfortunately, I was too late for that one, but I have found some other outstanding guitars here along with meeting some great people - serial, svl, david b, Kilroy, tobereeno, belgian, murkat, zenmindbeginner, ib2010, django49, gtone, hamerjammer and cmatthes. I am very thankful to have found the HFC (especially before work gets nuts). "My" score of the year happened when me and another HFCer realized we were both going to bid on the same guitar. I decided to back out and he won at a price significantly less that it would have otherwise sold if we had a bidding war. The guitar was in great condition with awesome feel and tone. Score!!!!