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Saw him once, in 1988. My brother wants me to go with him to see Trower this summer. I think that's gonna happen.

Dang, I missed this one. Beautiful guitar

I thought the seller profile seemed dicey on eBay, although the guitar is listed on Reverb too https://reverb.com/item/86805130-first-year-hamer-special-1980-natural

I've had the auction running on the side throughout the day. All way out of my league but interesting. Cool guitars, modern and vintage, Marshall amps. This went pretty high, Tour pedalboard...100k + 26% for Christy's plus tax. https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6520110

Of course it's a 94, not an '04...apparently I have no problem missing decades now! Thanks for catching that, I made the edit.

I only spend gig money or sell/trade to get guitars. This year I made more playing and (mostly) held off on impulse buys to get some things I'd wanted for a years. Three used guitars and one big repair are my keepers of the year. 1994 Duotone, 2019 Eric Johnson Strat, EVH Wolfgang Special, and neck reset on my 1956 Silvertone which IMO is like buying a guitar in cost and it added a playable guitar to my collection. It was a good guitar year.

Great price, especially if bought locally and w/ cash in person. And to think I just bought a '94 sunburst last week, it arrived Saturday. Otherwise I'm pretty sure that goldtop would be mine.

Yes, wound G string. I made the edit for posterity, thanks. Guitar came with a set of GHS White Bronze acoustic 11-48 in the case that I put on last night. Guitar plays easy enough with that gauge.

I had a brand spankin' new Duotone in '96 that I had to sell in Nov. 2010 to get Christmas presents for the brood. Now, fourteen November's later, I'm back in the game! Huge price drop on this Duotone on Reverb got me this one, which arrived today. It's in good condition, with a few cosmetic issues, but it is 30 yrs old. Minor disappointment on a finish chip near the nut that wasn't disclosed, or a picture shown. Honestly for the price I'd bought it anyway. I always used my old one with a wound G string. This one came the same way. Is that still common practice or could I put a regular electric set of 10s on it and still get a good acoustic sound? I don't remember if I ever tried electric strings on the old one.

I like Alex and his guitar playing was/is real influential for me. It seems like everything that's had his name on it over the years has been pricey. Maybe Rush fans have a high income on average. Dunno. I'd be the one bringing that average down. 🙂 If I had the cash I'd pass on the red one and go white. As a teenager in '86 my first super-strat was white Kramer Focus 3000, completely inspired by the picture of Alex Lifeson playing his white Sportscaster.

Still keeping my eyes open for early 80's Special w/ checkboard logo. Serial number unknown, although it's recognizable because of my youthful abuse. It was trans red flame top and left me in the early 90's with a headstock repair and hole drilled into the top for a mini switch. The headstock repair was done well and the hole got plugged by a later owner, I think it was placed parallel and behind the 3 way (hard to remember). Other thing, the bridge pickup route was rudely widened for an EMG, although a normal passive pickup covers it.

so may scams, such little time...