Hackubus

Some of us need to collab and write the "Askin' Ain't Gettin' " (Theme from Reverb) song.

It won't last no time at that price!

https://reverb.com/item/96900915-hamer-standard-custom-vintage-orange-transparent-2005 *not affiliated*

It only takes a couple of sentences to determine it's a listing from Grinning Elk.

Clever! Thank you!

For those in the know, how in the heck do they do that two tone pickguard? That's always fascinated me.

Interesting! I discovered I've been pronouncing Kaman wrong this whole time. It wasn't Kay-mun, like my hillbilly ass originally thought. Wurdz iz hard.

Thanks Saul! That case looks HYUUUGE.

I was gonna guess it was around an 87 or so RI model with a Gen III Chainsaw case, but closer inspection reveals that ain't yer garden variety, late 80s Gen III Chainsaw case. What it is? Enquiring minds 'n all that. I assume being it's a 2001 model, that it's a Historic? I always wanted one of those white three holer SG/LP Customs. I had a 1991 30th Anniversary in TV Yellow for a bit in the late 00s, but it was a bit of dog tonally. Congrats!

Man, that's just option paralysis in a can if ya ask me.

I hate to hear that. Bummed I didn't get to see them live. Their album In Time gets a lot of play from me after all these years.

A an old imac maxed out at OS 10.6.8 and Protools 10.3 I think. PT 11 was dawn of the subscription model IIRC, and I decided I didn't want to play that game, so I would use what I have until it finally poops out. I hardly record or mix anymore. It's my fancy play along jam system now.

Ugh. I sure do hate having a "legacy DAW system" that I can no longer update. I really miss all the Black Friday plug in sales and freebies.

Have you guys ever noticed that neck shake thing he often does in lieu of using finger vibrato? I FUCKING HATE THAT SHIT.

A Lead 12 ran into a 412 is actually quite badass sounding. Believe it, or don't.

That is clever as all git out.

It ain't that good either! 😝

I really like it. I've been hunting a mid 90s LPS DC TV to replace one I'd stupidly sold in the mid 00s, and I'm glad nothing connected til now. I much prefer the correct color of TV and the wraptail. I even dig the strap placement up on the horn. Sounds a bit brighter & a tad cleaner/twangy compared to the single cut. It has the slim taper neck which is a nice change from all the fat necks I seem to have. The SC has a big neck. The pickup height adjustment screws feel a bit sloppy in their seats, but I can fix that when I do the first string change. Compare that to the SC, which were rock solid right out of the box.

early 1957 Junior, 2008 (I think?) Historic Jr, 2024 G-USA Special Sorry, I know you said Juniors. 1962 SG/Les Paul Junior WIDE thin neck. Never encountered anything like this on a Gibson before or since. I've had this damned thing 22 years now, and only have two or three photos of it for some reason. 1960? Junior ex Billy Rowe, traded to BCR Greg for a Robin Fleetwood. 2003 Historics, both traded in search of R9s. I know you said Juniors only, but I just got the DC special on the right last Wednesday. 2025 GUSA LP Special TV DC

HAPPY JUAN LAUDER DAY

Noises, proximity to my amps at my recording station, and owning several P90 guitars drove me to start incorporating Noise Gates into my pedal board. My system is in the corner of the bedroom, and then my rack of amps is to my right a couple of feet away. Everything picks up everything. It's a constant battle with EMI and the guitar pickups and amps. I live in a Hold Your Tongue Just Right in order to play existance. I've tried those goofy HumX plug in adapters, putting one the amp power cable and another on the pedalboard power, but I kinda think they're snake oil. If they made a difference, 'twas minimal. The thing I ran into with my noise gates was a whole 'nuther kinda rabbit hole: Ground Loops. Rig: Marshall style amps + Fryette Powerstation X 4cm / Noise Gate, power from MXR Iso brick. I've tried three gates. Two EHX Silencers (first one completely died one day) and the hot shit crowd favorite ISP G String II gate. When I added the noise gate, an awful electrical high pitch almost beep boop sound happened. (Gawd, it is hard to describe) I remove the gate, noise stopped. Rinse, repeat. Eventually I read I had a ground loop and the cure was an isolation transformer. So I bought a $29 Pyle 2channel iso transformer from Amazon to try. Plumbing that into my 4cm was a bitch to figure out, but it did stop the racket. Circling back to the fact I've had two EHXs, I swear upon my forefathers that I was able to wire in the first EHX and make it work without using an Iso Loop, but then it died. I don't know why, I still can't understand how that happened, and I mourn the damned thing to this day like I lost a family pet. The replacement gate, the ISP was worse about the ground loop. Ordered another EHX. Not as bad as the ISP. That said, I have to keep using the Pyle iso tranny to make any kind of gate work. UNTIL YESTERDAY... I have an old DBX 266XL Expander/Gate/Compressor sitting on top of my studio monitor and I had an 'Ah ha' moment. I put it into the fx loop of the PS-100 and it was dead quiet. And the gate works like it's supposed to, no ground loops, nothing but good ol rock 'n roll. Personal thoughts: I'm not gonna say that P90s are noisy, but they sure will expose any electrical flaws in a building or amp rig. The Power Station 100 sure is handy and amazing, but damn it doesn't play nice with some things. The times I have played live with the PS100/Marshall/Gate and physically spaced them apart from each other, made no difference regarding the ground loop, still had to use an Iso Transformer if the noise gate was present. Why do I insist upon using a Noise Gate? I can not STAND any kind of hiss or white noise in my old age.

The 5 layer binding on the top bothers me. The 3 layer binding on the back REALLY bothers me.

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Those push in Floyd snug fit collars are awesome! Try cutting a small square piece of the soft fuzzy pedalboard velcro (the loop side?) on the block to soften the landing of the blocker screw.