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I'll be exhibiting at the Orlando Guitar Expo this year. I figure it can't hurt to post what will be on the block at the show, in case anybody here would like first dibs. I'm just posting one pic, a little description and the price on each. I can always talk and get pics to anyone interested. 2005 Hamer Triple Threat - Sold to Dr. Bear

This is a 1996 Hamer Eclipse in tobacco burst with OHSC; the guitar is in very clean condition with only one or two depressions in the finish (nothing through to the wood). The guitar has TonesPros locking studs and a lightning bar bridge currently on it with a Wilkenson adjustable wrap tail bridge in the case (I think I have a TonePros wrap tail for it around here somewhere, and I'll throw that in if I can find it lol). 7 lbs 12 ounces on my postal scale, and the neck feels like a medium D carve. Pardon the reflections in the photos; it also looks like a one piece body to me. Priced at $899 + actual shipping in continental US; of course in person pickup in East Hartford, CT is welcomed or i can meet up within a reasonable distance. You can reach me at stongemon@aol.com with any questions about the guitar. Best Wishes, stonge

She's a player ... plenty of dings (reliced? - lol) Nice fat neck OHSC I can send more detailed pics to anyone interested $700 shipped

On your successful eye surgery 👀🙏 Sorry I know a lot of you guys aren't on facebook but I couldn't find this video on youtube... https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Evj13zjYi/

I will take them all as soon as I win Powerball.

All original far as I can tell Original chipboard case $700 shipped

Will include 2 sets of Morrell 16-58 stings and a stevens bar and tone bar 2 splitable humbucking pickups Original gig bag original 3-point strap so it can be played standing $225 shipped

Hamer Rowyco Custom with Boggs Greg Winds - $2,000

Either, doesn't matter, you only need contact with and among the metals for conductivity. I remove the bushing, feed the ground wire through the pilot hole into the bushing's hole, pull the wire up to the top of the guitar body through the bushing hole and right-angle it over the edge of the hole's top, install the bushing, and then cut the ground wire flush with the bushing/body. Kinda like the attached photos below ... Not only maximum contact but the wire ain't going nowhere should you start tugging on it from inside the cavity.

Yes that is a Hamer USA case. I'm pretty sure it's original to the guitar, but guitars can end up in the wrong individual case (the usual tell is to look at the control pattern in the inside top of the case - this one definitely looks like the Eclipse pattern) so let's call it original-spec Hamer USA case lol.

WOW Hammerhead I don’t think I have ever heard that put so well. Ed was the King in so many ways. St. Paul 1982. Feels great to relive seeing the band this close not once but three times over the years. 😎👍❤️🏁

Road Song by Wes Montgomery is one of the easy jazz tunes I do on gigs;

Wowee - those are great! - I'm in danger of going all Pokemon about them! I absolutely LOVE the Aztec Gold on that guitar! Herea re mine: Now HHH'd up with old SD Hotrails: ....and this thing!

Robin E-Type (only six made) - $2,000

1986 PRS Standard w/ Birds (very rare) - $6,000

Robin Avalon w/ Double Crowns (ten made) - $2,950

Thorn Artisan Single-Cut - $9,000

Fantastic. Smart, killer player, and just cool. Petes a guy I would like to hang out with.

the "1 in 1 out" rule is arbitrary, I object. "2 in 1 out" is a lot more fun. If my math is correct, I added 5 this year, 6 if you include basses, or maybe it was 7... (but sadly no Hamers)

Yes it is. The sunshine over hypes the yellow though. There is also a little burst on the back of the headstock.

Times are definitely f***ing weird right now when - after 4 days - this thing still sits unclaimed by any one of us nutcases. The end is near.

WTF??? That sounds like shit to me. Pity da fool .... what would you ever use it for. JHS and EH have combined to build a pedal I would prefer.... this: https://www.musicradar.com/guitars/jhs-pedals-x-electro-harmonix-big-muff-2-dual-opamp-book-made-on-earth-for-rising-stars

Someday, I suppose the Banker I ordered will get done. I ordered it back in August, and it's a year-long wait. So the only V-ish thing I have at the moment is this guy, which I am also selling, haha.

Vaschenko Tele-Paul - $3,000

B.C. Rich Eagle Supreme - $4,500

Robin Artisan (now with gold covered Ian Anderson custom PAF's) - $2,000

PRS Santana I w/ rare natural back - $8,500

Cool Ornett's Double Cut - $1,450

Jackson Slat-Q Soloist with Piranha inlays - $3,200

Murphy Lab Aged "Blonde" (Rare, so far) - $7,500

Just shy of a Norlin-era Les Paul Custom!

Should have specificed - I meant the new price of many MIMs now like this: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/NocasV250MBkB--fender-vintera-ii-50s-nocaster-electric-guitar-blackguard-blonde - not used price. I recognize it's apples and oranges a bit, but someone is buying them new vs. buying Hamers used, I suppose.

On bass I am very afraid of heavy bridges. I think classic Fender bridges are just right. I did not compare a normal stop tailpiece with an aluminium one. I would expect it to sound different but not necessarily better. I am kicking myself that I didn't shop the Callaham TOM and tailpiece when they were made.

Oh man. Praise God. That is just beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

Mike's interpretation of a V, the Shishkov V80. We talked a lot about the details, the headstock was entirely his design. He used a leftover part from the maple top to create a matching headstock.

I picked up a good deal on my third Strandberg so this time I'm actually trying to honor the 1-in 1-out rule. The market lull that made the Strandberg affordable also makes it tougher to sell other gear to offset the purchases.

I'm pulling for you!

No Indeed!

Such great talent

Wow, one of my favorite finishes, and that's a fantastic price. If that were a Phantom.... I've got two Eclipses, a 12 string that I've had since '98 and vintage orange that I bought from Jonathan 10 or 12 years ago. Both get played regularly at the 4321. I love the mini-humbuckers! GLWTS

Yup.

Paul Rhoney Custom Korina Strat (Set Neck)- $2,000

First year Eric Johnson "Thinline" in mint shape - $1,500 shipped

The idea/principle/goal is to connect the circuit's ground to the strings themselves, via the metal strings and the metal components' conductivity. The metal strings are connected to the metal bridge AND the metal tailpiece/wrap/stoptail AND the metal bushings in the body. So you can connect to any of those pieces to get the desired result. Go for the easiest. Remove the bushing, re-run the ground, reinstall the bushing. Do some Google and YouTube searches for "remove bushings from guitar body" and look at all the ways, you'll find a few approaches. This is the easiest, but BE SURE to put the screw in FLAT HEAD FIRST. If you put in the screw point down, and if the wood is thin under the bushings, the screw point can penetrate through and peek out the back of the guitar! If you'd prefer a "real" tool for the job ... this is the half price version of the $72 tool StewMac sells for this task ...

I didn't go over the cosmetics with a fine tooth comb, but the only thing I noticed was a small bump on one neck which I assume was a drop of paint. Setup was pretty good. Low action out of the box on both necks, especially on the 12. Neck relief was good. Intonation seems good, but I didn't check it with a tuner yet. Tuners feel super smooth. Fret ends are the typical great feeling ball end variety. The guitar weighs just under 13lbs, which I think is pretty reasonable, all things considered. As for negatives, the 12 string nut is poorly cut, especially the low D. It's almost impossible to tune it. It'll stall, then ping a mile sharp. I broke the high G tuning it. I don't like how the pickups sound. They're ceramic and ice-pickish. Frets are gritty. The fretboard is dry and kind of rough. My plans are to give it a full setup, polish frets & fretboards, raise the action on the 12 a bit, either replace the pickup magnets with alnico or replace the pickups entirely, and rewire it to a stereo output jack so I can send the 2 necks through separate signal paths. I also want to make a new pickguard for the upper half that mimics the Gibson doubleneck pickguard. I ordered some A5 magnets for the 12 string pickups and some A2s for the 6 string pickups. I'll swap the covered to the 12 string side and uncovered to the 6 string side to match Felder's guitar. I've got to see if I still have any black pickugard material, otherwise I'll order some to make the new middle pickguard. I'll probably make a new 6 string pickguard too, since this one isn't the same shape as on the real one. There will be no Xanadu, but there will be a lot of very poorly played Hotel California riffs.

Love the MK stuff - it’s the best. Digging this project - more Fredos out there is a good thing. I’ve got Musikraft Jazz Bass necks on a few builds. Just recently finished this one with the invaluable efforts of one Mr. Stike:

This is why he's the KIng: About 12:30 in just completely blew me away.

That's certainly the point of the design but I could feedback a steel railroad tie. I had a '58 Reissue dot neck 335 about 100 years ago and brought it out to practice for the 1st time one night. At one point during a song, it fed back so bad that a burst of air came through the F hole behind my right forearm and blew my arm hair. It was like I had rested my arm out the passenger window of a car!