ARM OF HAMER Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Great pics Steve ................you can see all the work that went into this hand made guitar,the attention to detail and the build quality is over the top..What would this guitar have sold for when it was new?.................... must have been very expensive back in 1976. Knut Koupee a pretty famous music store here where I live had one of these back in the day that someone ordered and then couldn't pay for in was in a display case I remember that with no price on it.............I thought it was a Gibson [i bought one of my first big $$$ Les Pauls from Knut.]Back then I guess no one could foresee what a very rare,expensive and sought after guitar this would become. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBraz Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 That's a nice guitar but I'm out way out. If I owned it I'd be afraid to play it and it would sit in the case. I suspect that if anyone buys this that they will not play it very often at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgstandard Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 #0017 is absolutely stunning OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG - don't do it, Steve - NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugartune Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Has this thing sold yet? I do need an everyday beater to carry around all day. I think this'll do quite nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velorush Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Thought I had this licked: let my IRA buy it as an investment! "Not allowed" was the response from my adviser guy. If this is still here in 9.5 years and 19 days, it'll be a different story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serial Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 Well, the guitar I had my sights set on is no longer available, so I'm more flexible on a deal now that the trade part isn't as limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Um, would you take a 1989 Mazda, an AMC Gremlin (not sure of the year), and a 1981 Dodge K car in trade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj2858 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Thought I had this licked: let my IRA buy it as an investment! "Not allowed" was the response from my adviser guy. If this is still here in 9.5 years and 19 days, it'll be a different story! Even in a self directed IRA/401K? I'm a little surprised if that's the case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velorush Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Thought I had this licked: let my IRA buy it as an investment! "Not allowed" was the response from my adviser guy. If this is still here in 9.5 years and 19 days, it'll be a different story! Even in a self directed IRA/401K? I'm a little surprised if that's the case Yep, even in a self-directed IRA. We've been discussing preparations to purchase real estate (definitely allowed using a few precise legal steps), but personal property is a different matter altogether. Too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 If I can get the Shelby sold in a week I'll buy it. A Shelby you say? I'll give you the HFC approved $350 PLUS $200, which is the cost of the ticket I got in my buddy's GT500KR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSB0531 Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 If I can get the Shelby sold in a week I'll buy it. A Shelby you say? I'll give you the HFC approved $350 PLUS $200, which is the cost of the ticket I got in my buddy's GT500KR How fast were you going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 If I can get the Shelby sold in a week I'll buy it. A Shelby you say? I'll give you the HFC approved $350 PLUS $200, which is the cost of the ticket I got in my buddy's GT500KR How fast were you going? Just 90 in a 70. I wasn't even trying - LOL! I hadn't had a ticket in over 30 years (not for lack of trying ), but 20 minutes behind the wheel of that beast was all it took. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSB0531 Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 If I can get the Shelby sold in a week I'll buy it. A Shelby you say? I'll give you the HFC approved $350 PLUS $200, which is the cost of the ticket I got in my buddy's GT500KR How fast were you going? Just 90 in a 70. I wasn't even trying - LOL! I hadn't had a ticket in over 30 years (not for lack of trying ), but 20 minutes behind the wheel of that beast was all it took. My top speed was 125 at Summit Point Raceway. The car had more....I didn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordOfTheThighs Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 After watching the 0017 slideshow, I feel like this .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serial Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 Have had several questions about how/when I got this one. One thing that I think makes this one even cooler is the fact that I got whole history of the guitar from the time it was originally purchased. Original owner was the road manager for the 1976 Winter Brothers Summer Tour and they were in the NYC area for a show. During the day, they hit, what else? Music shops. On a run into Pastore Music in NJ, this guitar is hanging out of reach of the unwashed masses on the wall (because it was probably as much as a few new Les Pauls cost). When you are touring with a guitar legend, people put things in your hands, so the guy plays the Hamer, digs it and buys it. #0017 then proceeds to accompany the tour, spending a lot of time in the case. In November, 1978, he decided he wanted bigger frets on the guitar, so he had a tech put in larger ones (date and signature is inscribed on the underside of the control cavity cover). A string tree was installed then too, but later removed so a screw hole remains-the only real blemish on this beauty.Original owner gets back after some time on the road and no band anymore, he goes back to school. I don't recall if he was going back to college or med school, or both, but after that, he understandably didn't get to play it much. Fast-forward to early 1997. I had recently become an HFC member and since no one had the internet, we didn't mind that pages loaded so slowly because there could be days without another soul showing up to post (likely because there was no boobies thread). I had bookmarked a regional Craigslist-type Classifieds that had a musical instruments section and I was on a serious Hamer Standard hunt. FINALLY an ad shows up (I literally bookmarked every guitar classified page on the Internet) for a Hamer Standard, so I call right away-a day too late. A NYC/NJ guitar player (also a columnist for several guitar mags and fairly well-known in regional guitar circles) had scooped me. The good doctor chatted with me for a decent amount of time telling me all about the guitar and how it came to be his, etc. at the end of the chat, I joked that if the guy ever decided that he wanted his money back, he should call me. About two months later, I got a call out of the blue. I had finally scored an old '78 Standard, but had the bug big time. The guy who bought #0017 was starting a magazine and was looking to raise some cash. I was happy to oblige, although I did have to sell off my beloved '75 Ibanez Destroyer to come up with the cash. The buyer very generously drove the guitar to my in-laws' home in NJ and I picked it up at the Shore (don't recall if it was Labor Day or Memorial Day... I've enjoyed having it ever since.This one is a stupid rare under-the-bed, no back worming beauty from the very earliest days of Hamer. This is one of the Monty basement guitars (before John McHugh came on board) and even before they had settled on the distinct double cream bridge and zebra neck pickup combination.Not for any other purpose, but that I think it's a cool story that hopefully some HFCers will enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTMN Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 See, your story of #0017 and the one I have of #0189 are what I would LOVE "The Book" #2 to be like. Full page or two, 3-5 photos with the story. I bet there are 75 good ones on here and/or accessable. Think Tom Dumont, Brad Whitford's mini if ya wanna go big with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serial Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 Great idea!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shark Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 See, your story of #0017 and the one I have of #0189 are what I would LOVE "The Book" #2 to be like. Full page or two, 3-5 photos with the story. I bet there are 75 good ones on here and/or accessable. Think Tom Dumont, Brad Whitford's mini if ya wanna go big with it. Our drummer finally met Charlie Huhn in the Walgreen's liquor store the other day. He told Charlie about the guitar, but couldn't remember the name "Hamer"! Charlie told him, "If it's the one I think it is, I sold it for three times what I bought it for!" He's bringing a six-pack over next Wednesday night, if he sees our cars in the cul de sac. Vince told him we're mostly working on Steely Dan, Foreigner and Yes stuff right now. He said, "Really?" I'll get pics. I'm thinkin' the Huhn Standard otherwise known as the "BubsBurst" is worthy of mention in the second book. Bubs can tell the history of when he secured it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 It sold for either $1,299 (with the PAFs) or $995 without them from Dave Kenney's Guitar Gallery in 1990. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matchful Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Ok now I want it even more. Great story on a great guitar! Alas I must drool from a distance. Cheers and best of luck with the sale. I think everyone here is scared to take it from its rightful owner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentrocks Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I would rather have this guitar than a 50s Les Paul....even a 59 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCChris Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I would rather have this guitar than a 50s Les Paul....even a 59 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichRS6 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I'd much rather pay for this guitar than a 59 Les Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serial Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 I had the same thought! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE ALLEGED Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I had the same thought!Did you sell this guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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