tbonesullivan

He's a great player, and holy crap has he been through a lot. Ruptured his aorta live on stage, later had a stroke, and then had to have heard surgery again.

I would keep a lookout for amps like the Rivera Pubster 25 and Chubster 25. Pretty simple design, great construction quality, and they usually go for like $400-500 used. The R33 are also pretty dang good.

Maybe I'll have to look into them again, thoug honestly I'm not a big fan of SSH strats. I've never been able to get along with the bridge single coil.

That IS a great price. If I didn't already have two studios and too many other guitars...

Honestly, I've never understood the "american ultra" series. I rarely hear good things about the Fender designed "noiseless" pickups, and they probably were better when they were still using Lace sensors, IMHO.

Yeah, I would say if you are going to order tubes, do it soon, or maybe already do it. With the current events happening, and since all tubes are imported, prices are probably gonna go up.

The factory that made them in St Petersburg, Russia, closed. I think they had tube making equipment from Philips in Holland, so they were very good. They were pretty much the best current production 6L6GC tube when I first got into tube amps like 20 years ago. Sadly in 2012 the factory was closed, as Svetlana Electronic Devices didn't see any need for vacuum tubes. Another factory that made great tubes which closed was the Ei factory in what was formerly Yugoslavia, that I think had machinery from Telefunken. I heard one story that they were blown up during the war in that area, but others said that it simply closed. Some S.E.D. 6L6GC tubes pop up occasionally, but for the most part they are out of stock, and when they are available they are almost as expensive as USA made production.

I also like the JJs, though there are definitely some other good ones out there. What kind of amplifier are you looking to put these in? I have heard good things about the Tung-Sol reissue 5881 tubes. There's also the Tube Amp Doctor Red and Blackbase tubes. The electro harmonix 6l6 tubes are just rebranded Sovtek 6P3S tubes. Some like them, some don't.

He IS a great player, and also one of the oldest / earliest Ernie Ball Music Man endorsers. You can find videos of him out there jamming with Steve Morse and Sterling ball at NAMM from years ago. Just a great guitar player.

Honestly, it's just too much. 9.5" noticeably different, and there's a reason that is now pretty much the "standard" fender radius. I love how my Jazzmaster and Telecaster feel with that radius. When I tried a 7.25 it was just a bit too much.

Every time I try to sell something on Facebook it seems like only 5% are actually serious, and the rest are possibly bots or something else. Then there are the people who assume that there is only one Springfield or Chatham in the United States, and didn't realize they were looking at something a days drive away.

One of a kind? I believe that is a Hamer T62. I don't see anything on it that would be "Custom" or "Special Order" that makes it different from other T62s I have seen. They are not super common. I have seen then with one and two knobs. Here's a thread on one:

I think they come with the Burstbucker 61R / 61T set, which lots of people have "opinions" on, mostly comparing them to '57 Classics. I'm honestly not sure why GIbson has so many dang different "Burstbucker" pickups, though part of me suspects they might just all be the same. My favorite Gibson pickups are still the 490R / 498T set, which was standard in lots of Gibson guitars for many years, including the SG Standard, and is still the pickup set in the "regular" Les Paul Custom.

Yeah, I saw the name before the pictures, so I clicked the Music Zoo email, and then "ohhh. this is definitely a statement". Maybe revenge from not even being able to use double cream on the Jimmie Page Les Paul is still on their minds. Who knows. It's gonna be in the courts for years I would assume.

Oh hell no! It can't be a real Hamer without three top hat knobs, one of which is cracked. Honestly though, looks pretty snazzy. I need to have numbered knobs though, not that I actually USE the knobs.