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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.

Yes, it's a limited edition, but it definitely shows that the Gibson vs Dimarzio lawsuit is not going to go away. I think Dimarzio filed to dismiss back in 2024, but I don't see that the case was dismissed. Gibson is going after both their double cream and the "PAF" wordmark, which apparently Dimarzio also owns. I just got emails from a few retails saying that the "Double Trouble" guitars were in. Anyway, they do look pretty nice:

Most of the guitars I have were purchased used, but recently I've been getting more "open box" and "old stock" guitars, and of course, paying more. I grew really tired of finding issues later that I didn't know about, and also my OCD keeps kicking in. Many were also "replacements" for guitars that I had previous which were not in the best of shape, or in colors I didn't like. I also guess I got burned by some used guitars that showed up in not as good condition as they were claimed to be, especially an SG natural that was supposedly "smoke free" and had a "few dents", which actually was quite smokey, and had a bunch of undisclosed poorly repaired finish chips. I mean, I decided to keep it, but it just kinda made me suspicious. I'd much rather deal with a large company worried about a return than some reverb guy. The only real exception to this are guitars I have picked up from forums like this, which have always been exactly as described.

Oh wow. I wonder whose road case that is with Uriah Heep on it? Must be from Kerslake, as Daisley didn't join Uriah Heep until after the Diary of a Madman sessions, when he and Kerslake were unceremoniously fired by Sharon.

Every time I see one of those basses, part of me wants one, while the other part says "what the hell does it sound like?". Then I remember that Bob Daisley was a big EB-3 player, and I believe used one for most of Blizzard of Oz.

NICE! Seyfried is an incredible singer, and was great in the Les Mis movie. Dulcimer is definitely fun, and a great way to accompany vocals. I actually went to college with a singer who was in a lot of Joni Mitchell tribute stuff for some years in NYC. She's now a professor at Montclair State teaching voice. I ran into her probably 10 years ago when I was trying to get some repairs made to a snare drum I had, and she was there taking lessons. Sadly her rendition was not recorded nearly as well.

John Bohlinger's just a great Montana-born country boy living the dream in Nashville, playing guitar and doing videos and writing for Premier Guitar. He's always so upbeat and has great hair.

Sweet! I remember when I walked into guitar center and saw a cherry red p90 special hanging there, unloved. I'm glad I took it home and replaced that gaudy aftermarket switch on it. Why the hell would anyone replaced a switchcraft with some cheap POS on a guitar like a Hamer?

A PLEK machine is a tool, and only as good as the person operating it, which is not as easy as many think. For guitar manufacturers, it can be a great way to inspect and set up products before shipment, but otherwise, I don't think it's any better than a skilled guitar tech.

Really gotta feel for him, having his playing taken away like that. Hopefully they can figure out a good treatment plan. Autoimmune diseases are a PITA, and even with the best care an accurate diagnosis often takes years.

Have you opened it up to see if it is labeled inside? It definitely looks like the lovepedal black beauty balance. I can see far more listings for that than the Joker "eternity" edition.