Andy Sneap’s tour guitars (Hamer content)

[Travis]

Couple of cool 4-digits being shown off. 
 

https://youtu.be/gsW8YDspraE?is=JRaBHsEcIPi8dyQo

[Dave Scepter]

Cool post, thanks for sharing... now I'm all excited about trying the Saint Helens guitar bridges on some of my guitars 👍

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Edited 5 hours ago by Dave Scepter

[KevBower]

Folks watching this will possibly know that the black one is #0204 which I bought new in 1979. It's mad to think that this was the guitar Andy stood looking up at during the first 1980's incarnation of Hell when he was a just a kid. He was a super-fan and it was the band's frontman (Dave Halliday) who first taught Andy to play guitar. It's delightful that after its long history, it's finally in Andy's hands where it will remain forever. I can't possibly think of a better custodian;

 

 

In other news - Paddy Watters is one of the nicest guys I ever met and it's great to see him in this role. He was the guitar tech for Hell also, and we had some great times together. He's a damn fine player, too. When the band folded and I sold up - Paddy bought my Kemper. 

And finally - a fun fact. It's pretty well-known that I'm a (now-retired) carpenter.  When Andy first started working with Judas Priest, he called me and asked for some woodworking-related help. The rack case seen in the video was originally built for a pair of 5150's and Andy's Gower-hotrodded Marshalls were too tall to fit. So I split the heads in half vertically, took a slice out, and spliced the two halves back together. If you look at them - you'll see that they're quite a chunk shorter than regular JCM800's. 

I defy anyone to spot the joins ........ ☺️

Best wishes to everyone !!

Edited 4 hours ago by KevBower

[BTMN]

Wow! Ionel will enjoy this post. 😎👍❤️🏁

[Steve Haynie]

That was a cool video.  I never miss an opportunity to see Judas Priest.  

[KevBower]

15 minutes ago, BTMN said:

Wow! Ionel will enjoy this post. 😎👍❤️🏁

This was the day that he (Zorrow) acquired it. It was 2014 in Frankfurt;

 

[mathman]

1 hour ago, KevBower said:

Folks watching this will possibly know that the black one is #0204 which I bought new in 1979. It's mad to think that this was the guitar Andy stood looking up at during the first 1980's incarnation of Hell when he was a just a kid. He was a super-fan and it was the band's frontman (Dave Halliday) who first taught Andy to play guitar. It's delightful that after its long history, it's finally in Andy's hands where it will remain forever. I can't possibly think of a better custodian;

 

 

In other news - Paddy Watters is one of the nicest guys I ever met and it's great to see him in this role. He was the guitar tech for Hell also, and we had some great times together. He's a damn fine player, too. When the band folded and I sold up - Paddy bought my Kemper. 

And finally - a fun fact. It's pretty well-known that I'm a (now-retired) carpenter.  When Andy first started working with Judas Priest, he called me and asked for some woodworking-related help. The rack case seen in the video was originally built for a pair of 5150's and Andy's Gower-hotrodded Marshalls were too tall to fit. So I split the heads in half vertically, took a slice out, and spliced the two halves back together. If you look at them - you'll see that they're quite a chunk shorter than regular JCM800's. 

I defy anyone to spot the joins ........ ☺️

Best wishes to everyone !!

Welcome Back!

[Travis]

2 hours ago, KevBower said:

Folks watching this will possibly know that the black one is #0204 which I bought new in 1979. It's mad to think that this was the guitar Andy stood looking up at during the first 1980's incarnation of Hell when he was a just a kid. He was a super-fan and it was the band's frontman (Dave Halliday) who first taught Andy to play guitar. It's delightful that after its long history, it's finally in Andy's hands where it will remain forever. I can't possibly think of a better custodian;

 

 

In other news - Paddy Watters is one of the nicest guys I ever met and it's great to see him in this role. He was the guitar tech for Hell also, and we had some great times together. He's a damn fine player, too. When the band folded and I sold up - Paddy bought my Kemper. 

And finally - a fun fact. It's pretty well-known that I'm a (now-retired) carpenter.  When Andy first started working with Judas Priest, he called me and asked for some woodworking-related help. The rack case seen in the video was originally built for a pair of 5150's and Andy's Gower-hotrodded Marshalls were too tall to fit. So I split the heads in half vertically, took a slice out, and spliced the two halves back together. If you look at them - you'll see that they're quite a chunk shorter than regular JCM800's. 

I defy anyone to spot the joins ........ ☺️

Best wishes to everyone !!

Thanks for chiming in!  Cool story about Andy during the early years and how that guitar ended up with him after it all.

And I just went back and looked at the heads. They are noticeable shorter. 😂 I totally didn’t notice that before!