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I'm good.

Jol probably doesn't remember, but a few of us here will... The "Sportomatic" was a custom order by Sam Moss for his shop at 1825 W. Burke St. in Winston-Salem, NC. He had several custom orders named after motorcycles. Sam was awesome, but sadly passed away several years ago. Today would actually have been his birthday. 😢

Could it be because he wants people to call him "Johnny Rocks"? I mean, because THAT ALONE is supremely douchey... Hi My name is John.... All of my Music friends call me Johnny Rocks... I've been playing and collecting guitars now for over 47 years... I have HIGH quality Vintage and used gear....I also list unique & hard to find stuff as well. I have turned a hobby into a small shop. Sometimes I make a little money, sometimes I lose more money but it's better than having a house full of music gear and no place to roam....LOL...I pay quickly when I buy, and ship quickly when I sell keeping in contact with both buyer and seller every step of the way.... Look forward to doing business with you. And remember ROCK ON.....

Serial and I trekked out there in the '80s just to experience it. I thought he was going to buy a Grafitti Yellow Strat Plus that was just killer, but he didn't. I bought a RAT and t-shirts from every shop.

I caught it around New Years - I really enjoyed it. Norm, Paul & Jol, George Gruhn, Stan Jay, Jimmy Wallace...those guys were definitely pioneers.

People around here are slipping on their old(er) age!

My very vague recollection is that the SB-77 run that was available to order at the HFC event was 8-9 guitars, as Stonge said, limited to the amount of unpitted/usable late '80s/early '90s gold Sustainblocks they found in storage. I think this one was ordered separately from the HFC run a few years later when another leftover bridge resurfaced, but I don't recall the dealer. These guitars were based on the 1989-1991 Sunburst platform (not the 1977, despite the name), and that's most obvious by the positioning of the Sustainblock to the bridge pickup. These also had the milled down 1/4" matched tops v. the one-piece veneer of the originals. Kim Keller would likely remember best, in any event.

Sure seems like it!

Exactly my question/thoughts.

But what is its acoustic voice?

Awwww man...I don't think I'll be in Germany until later in the year! 😢

It is indeed! That was the night I drove down from DC to catch you guys and picked it up.

It's a New Hartford guitar from 2000 if that first digit is a "0".

I've had one of those for a decade now. It's kinda fun, and a great little beer fridge!

Nick is a true entertainer - like old school, with a capital "E" and all that. He is a gifted songwriter, storyteller and musician, and is always great to catch live. I've taken people to his shows who hadn't heard a single song of his before going, and they always have a similar, positive response afterwards- he still makes instant fans!

Not the correct model of Cruisebass though.

They're actually really nice - lightweight and they WORK. I used to put Sperzels on my builds, but something happened to the quality about a decade ago that turned me off, so the Hipshot stuff has filled that void rather well.

I almost bought tickets for a February showing last week, but am trying to line up the schedule just right. I'll definitely be going, preferably to the IMAX version...

Funny you had that experience as well. Two guitars that have haunted me that I passed on for one stupid reason or another were a '90 and a '91 Black Les Paul Standard that I played in two of my local shops right off the rack. I passed on the first one because I wanted a P-90 Goldtop '56 Reissue more, and the second I passed on to buy a Black 40th Anniversary LP that I honestly disliked more the longer I owned it. I also felt weird having so many black guitars at once: A '78 Black LP Deluxe, a Jetglo 360/12, and a Black RG-550, and the aforementioned 40th Anniversary LP - I thought I needed to diversify! I have none of them now, but definitely would have kept one of those Standards!

I love some of my blinged-out guitars - my Caddy Green Monaco III and my Shishkov DC w/3 PowerTrons - are simply unreal guitars, and I'll treasure those forever. They've been gigged, and are killer in every way. Those, my Shishkov Ultimate and Standards, are perfect for me. That being said, two of my favorite guitars to grab and play are a single PAF "FrankenBaker" LP style, and a homemade Esquire. It does not get any simpler than those, and they are surprisingly great.

I have had a self-imposed "no new (or used)" guitars thing going for a while, but I did trade several basses for a Les Paul (and walked with $100 cash) earlier this year and also finished up one of the many (TOO many!) projects on the pile in 2024. The LP The "project" - with major input from some badassed HFC'ers (Gary/"Slingblader", and Stike), is the "Custom Twangcaster", which is a 1.12" thick Musikraft neck (!!!) and a 3.8lb (after routing) Musikraft Swamp Ash body, bound with real Rickenbacker checkerboard binding, a NOS Duncan "Double D" neck pickup, and a kill/stutter switch (just because). Done in trans Surf Green:

Yep. At the time, $2,500 was a high price. I recall who f'd that deal up too...

This one?

Just saw this! Was actually thinking about schlepping over to Atomic today to drop off my Boogie for a service visit. Love that shop!

What are you looking for neck wise?