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This isn’t my first Tally. I owned this exquisite quilt top and foolishly sold it years ago. Posted here how much I missed it and Don offered to hook me up.

So I have been here 20 years and have been playing Hamers since '78. It's been a minute since I had an NHD. Picked this up from Don yesterday on my drive down to Portland. Won't be home to plug it in till tomorrow night, but have been playing it in my hotel room, and this guitar is AWESOME! Not too bad on the eyes either. Thanks Don!

It can happen! My son was 6'3" in these pics (he's 6'4" now), and the Juniors look like toys...

Very cool guitar, but i'm not buying it from a fuk'n weirdo 🤣

I've had a lot of Firefly guitars. I still have an explorer, an EVH and an LP that I'm going to turn into a Greeny. Aside from the shit wiring & electronics, they're solid guitars, and make excellent mod platforms. The double necks are back in stock and I'm jonesing hard for a white one so I can play Hotel California on it. Check out the necks!

Mmmmmmm.... Bug Salad......

Congrats! That one’s a beauty. Tally’s have one of my all time favorite necks although I know several people strongly disagree. And, yes. Welcome to the club!

Well done, mate. So, finally: Welcome to the club!

I'm new to the group, but I'm think I've seen this one on here before when I was digging around. Looks like an Ebony fretboard and Birdseye Maple (?) neck for $1,500. Work in, bust still in great condition for the price and something you don't find often. https://www.facebook.com/share/17iTjNiPsL/

6’0” 225 A tad smaller than Andre, but yeah that pic makes the Junior look kinda small on me.

That Junior looks like a ukulele!

Pop/bro country has sounded AI generated for years.

Seems to be standard procedure for Gary Moore 😆

Hamer Juniors and an Ecstasy

Rufus T has arrived! My 'first 10 minutes' evaluation: Holy shit. How do they do that? Straight off the truck, pulled it out of the box, tuned it up, plugged it in and damn - nice snap from the bridge and Clapton-esque wool from the neck, from strings that sound 40-years-old. Raised the treble-side action a hair. The D-shaped neck felt good, and has enough heft (but not too much) to be comfy. Stays in tune (big plus). All switches, knobs, etc function properly. No glaring cosmetic issues. And it just feels solid, without being heavy. I thought the Tele was really good. This is definitely a notch above that. And it looks cool. The Metallic Green looks really good in person, especially with the gold (I know, I know. I'll put a big 'G' on it) and I'm not a big fan of the color green. A string change and set-up is next. Neck pickup goes from woolly to woollier so that might change, who knows. But the initial hit says it's a keeper

Sold to Ua D years ago. The Camstone Junior.

IF it was reversed head, H/S, not quite so knackered and I hadn't just dropped $5K on a new custom shop Jackson, I'd be all over it.

Tallies are unbeaten. Congrats to a great score.

Was it necessary to say all that? It‘s supposed to become true.

Especially the bound neck is a big plus in my opinion. My “Irma” Tally also has a bound neck. Tallies are great! Gabe 😀

I've been watching this one for months. I couldn't believe nobody would make an offer. Honestly, I've no way of knowing if nobody did. But it seemed like a great price at $2,995. I offered $2420 plus $80 shipping. It's on the way. Parts are tarnished a good bit. I can fix that. Am I missing something, or is this the best $2,500 guitar you've seen in a while?

Damn if it ain't! Those stripes coming off the rhythm pickup give it away. Oh, Boy!

Those guitars really are great. The wooly neck pickup was not my experience at all. Mine is pretty bright.

Chatted with the good folks at Music City Bridge, they said with the original bridge being Wilkinson that they would be metric. Looking at their Savvy compensated wraptail in nickel with their locking studs, which I'm told will be drop-in compatible with the existing threaded bushings. I'll update the thread with what the verdict is in case anyone searches this in the future. @butcher this guitar is killer, and crazy clean for being 30 yrs old this year.

And it sounds as good as it looks, IMHO. Good that it is now in the hands of someone that will play it more than I could. I think I am now down to 7 Hamers, only one of which I currently ponder selling......A couple of the others have longstanding dibs, in event I ever weaken. 😉

I don't feel quite so bad now.

You can try wicking some water-thin superglue into the screw holes to try to harden the wood, letting it dry, and then rescrewing. I would avoid supergluing the bridge itself into place, as that may just result in the finish going with the bridge next time it lifts up, and it would make any later servicing a pain.

WOW! I think this is appropriate.

Looks like the most expensive certified neck brake I have ever seen.

Still one of my favorites - super light Korina body blank and RF neck from the early 2000s Gene Baker bankruptcy auction, a killer flame maple billet I had lying around for years, and a NOS 1980 DiMarzio PAF ran through Murkat and Stike to create the Baker Frankenjunior...or whatever you want to call it.

Junior-ish. Hamer content, the body was made from an Arlington Heights reject blank.

I bought one of these with case very cheap a few years ago, it does the Junior thing very well with its stock Fralin P-90 on board, and I never had any urge to throw money at a more expensive version afterward, including Gibson: AXL USA Bulldog AL-1090 Electric Guitar Review - Premier Guitar There's two of these for sale on Reverb for about $400 used right now (no affiliation).

My '55 when it arrived at my workshop ... My '55 after me (treble wraptail post blowout repair, intensive refret, custom pickup, electronics, etc.) and HEL Shannon (spraygun wizardry) did our thang ...

Two USA 59' burst sisters

Everything is for sale, hahaha

Oh by the way, it appears there are some of those Gibson straps still out there.....Cannot guarantee these are exactly the same as those I got a decade ago, but they look identical. And it appears you can sign up and get 10% off. https://www.creamcitymusic.com/gibson-the-modern-vintage-mini-guitar-strap-black/

I bought one of these recently and like it a lot. https://www.cablefreeguitar.com/products/zero-gravity-strap-for-guitar-bass

Watch beato's video on it. The only chart it's on is downloads, and at a buck each, that translates into $3k. In other words, the creator "bought" the #1 spot on a BS list and is sitting back loving all the free publicity their $3k got.