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Well shit. It was real nice knowing y'all.

She will not. It IS a Gravelin but it's his Fair Warning-era, EVH-esque offering he designated JV-C2. I have one in my Spitfire2.

Got the Studio Custom out the past two weekends and played it the last set of the night (still playing the Tele). Have to mention RS Guitarworks again, the setup they did is great. I find the Tele is more versatile for the songs we do but the tones on some songs with the Hamer are great, like Rockin’ Into The Night.

I would have liked to hear more than the bridge pickup. and more than one song... maybe

When I clicked on this topic, I thought that was Grover Jackson's older brother or something.

Wish I could say I have seen them but no I haven't. But what a great story, I bought an Impact around that same time and made payments!, so I had to wait until it was paid for, but fortunately for me I received exactly what I expected. To this day it is the only bass I have ever needed. Also, that is freaking beautiful bass!!

@diablo175 will she have un mongoose?

Thanks for this, @Saul Goodman. I visited Stevens' site. He's a persnickety craftsman.

Didn't know Slash was into horror and didn't know he was a film producer. Think I'll check out the flick too.

lowered net price to $1400.

That sounds like an 80's punk band name.

In 1992 I ordered a customized Chapparal 5 bass from Hamer: Fretless, with no fingerboard markers or lines, and with a "normal" headstock, not the inverted (pegs down) configuration that was standard on that product line. I ordered it through Make'n Music when they were on the north side of Chicago. (They are in the northern suburbs now, but I haven't been there since they moved.) After a wait (months, if I recall), I went to the store to pick it up. When the salesman proudly unveiled my new baby, it was just as I expected… but with frets! 😮 So I waited again and eventually received the instrument I wanted. I've often wondered who ended up with the fretted twin. The headstock configuration and lack of marker dots on the fretboard would help distinguish it from a standard bass of that model with the same color and wood choices. I know it's a long shot, but have any of you ever encountered the twin in the wild? The one I kept is still the main instrument I play every day. This is it today, serial number 230012:

I've heard of the guy before but never dealt with him, he is/was one of the few people I know of who makes/used to make a repro of the Gibson P-13 single coil 'speed bump' pickup, which were found on lots of vintage Harmony/Silvertone-branded lap steels and some vintage Harmony archtops and semi-solidbody guitars, and were originally on those guitars from the late '30s/early 40's well into the late '50s. Curtis Novak also makes P-13 repro pickups, too. Neither one is inexpensive IIRC, last time I checked. His company's 'SD' moniker is, needless to say, easily confused with Seymour Duncan pickups, and apparently unrelated to those. Home: SD Pickups, Custom-Made Hand-Wound Pickups by Dave Stephens, Stephens Design

Thanks! Looking forward to trying it out.

Oh I know, I just wanted to use "paranoid Homo" in a sentence 🤣

Agree with @cmatthes on the Quilter. Sounds GREAT!

I wasn't throwin' shade achew, Cis Ge! 😇

A beauty! Congrats.

Last update before the (not-so) big reveal. The body was finished in late August but the neck had to be re-cleared in September because of a botched logo decal placement. Yeah, I debated whether to put the Charvel logo on there but well, it has a gen-u-ine Charvel body and IMO, channels Charvel. It arrives Thursday, when it will be assembled and loaded with electronics and hardware. Hoping this one has the mojo.

I got this guitar. There is an old post on HFC and on Gear Page referencing it being sold at an LA-area guitar center. This is from 2020 on TGP "That pink Hamer of hers popped in Guitar Centers used inventory in LA about ten years ago for like $900. I nearly broke the phone trying to call but missed it." This is from @polara on here in 2014: "That Junior was in a west coast Guitar Center a few years back. I saw the ad and freaked - it was like $500 - but when I called someone had snagged it." AND your memory is backed up here @GC Ron "And if iirc it was listed as a Kramer. That's how I missed it." It is also listed as being sold at a charity auction in 2006. https://www.charitybuzz.com/catalog_items/auction-hamer-guitar-custom-built-for-shakira-877600? (no winning bid posted that I can see) I didn't get any additional info from the seller. I should probably ask.

Congrats. Deal of the year!

That’s crazy. When I worked at GC, they had fifteen stores nation wide.

I've been following him for years. Incredible work, craftsmanship. Inspirational. David has been posting this build now for a bit. Fun watch.

Never said you did... quit being a paranoid Homo! 🤣

Gabe talks a good game, but as always, it's let's go back to what worked before we screwed the pooch. This is like the fifth round trip back to the future. A year after getting rid of a whole lot of us vets he realizes, whoops we did it again.