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Absolutely beautiful!

Hi everyone, wonderful guitar, but I'm not playing it, so I decided to sell it. It's listed here: https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/1978-hamer-sunburst/3421441880-74-2091 It has had changed tuners, now back to original 70s Grovers but not original to this particular guitar. HFC deal for EUR 3.000,- excluding any fees, potential shipping etc. I'm not crazy about shipping this guitar so if anyone interested here has the chance to pick it up in person that would be great (Dusseldorf, Germany), but I can and will ship in the EU, have done it before, should be fine. Shipping to the US is impossible at the moment for me (wouldn't now how to insure it properly, super expensive etc), sorry! Medium neck, frets still great, no breaks/ repairs, original case with red plush, later 1978 already with the sustain block (which I love). Cheers C.

That is one way to keep people from asking to play your guitar.

You should not have mentioned this. Your life is in danger now.

I've never seen a black Sustain Block trem before 😳 and very cool bicolor tuners... I would have snagged this up had that been a sustained block bridge 1983 Hamer Blitz Guitar - Pewter Dark Green Metallic - Sustain Block Tremolo, Original Hardshell Case https://reverb.com/item/94613109?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=94613109

Want me to assist? Wouldn‘t be the first time 😁

EUR 3.000 = $3,500 US and is a screaming deal! Getting it to the states is another issue, of course, but it's still a great deal.

That's killer, but the trem arm has to be the tire tool from the tour bus! Reminds me of the Phil X' Flipstick from BITD

Since no one came up with this one… It was, of course, that gatefold shot that caught me in the first place (for hours)… But to be honest: I should name every KISS cover from KISS to „Unmasked“.

I remember going to Arnold & Morgan Music in Garland TX in the late 70s, they had this poster and one of the employees had scrawled across it BARBARA STRIESAND PLAYS IBANEZ!!!

It was the 80s... everyone was a poser 😂

... or the fact he was diagnosed with AIDS in '87... Great movie, but clearly not historical record...

AI says: Hamer revamped the Chaparral in 1987, changing the headstock from the original, sharply dropping "hockey stick" style to a longer, more mildly angled 6-in-line design similar to the Californian model. [1, 2, 3] During this 1987 revision, Hamer also split the model line into Bolt-On and Custom variants and updated the scale length from 24 3/4 to 25 1/2 But my my '90 has this 🫤 I'm thinking there was at least 3 different headstock variations And these 2 next photos are both '87

It's in great condition. The black paint on the headstock has suffered around the tuners, but that's something I've seen quite a lot on those sunbursts and specials from that time.

There were major time reference errors in that movie, like the band learning the STOMP STOMP CLAP before Live Aid, when the song, We Will Rock You, came out in 1977.

He told me I belonged. He was a special person for sure. Taught me about cutlery too.

Hi from the beautiful Milano, Italia this baby has to go, too much stuff in this appartment... 1993 Hamer Special, excellent shape, some small dings but nothing really visible except a small crack in the varnish at the neck junction (just the paint, nothing structural) original Hardshell case, in very good condition slim neck, Schaller tuners MODS : -Lollar neck P90 -I put the original neck PU (SD SP90-2n MJ) in the bridge position (polarity changed for phase purposes) I love that PU in this position, the original bridge PU was sold -knobs changed but I have the original ones -copper shielded cavity -wiring with 1 Vol and 2 tone, as I like it happy to ship to HFC members with anticipated paypal F&F, vivible in Milano or France (I travel a lot between IT and FR) thinking of 1400 EUR + shipping, I paid 1600 EUR 5 years ago to a french fellow and didn't use it that much as my beloved Newport Pro is still N°1 take care!

Josh is da man! A year or so ago, he brought to my attention a pickup he was winding for another customer & he thought might interest me: a Van Halen-esque wind somewhere in the neighborhood of Ed's p'up on Fair Warning / Diver Down. Dayumm. It rocked in my HEL Spitfire 1! Then he wound a slightly different one, still in EVH territory but with a slight tweak to the high end, and I put that in my HEL Spitfire 2. Boom!! Killer! So, I ordered one for the upcoming Star Spangled Star. Tone report will come as soon as I get it in hand. Was anticipating acquiring another guitar so I ordered yet one more of the tweaked EVH. That acquisition fell through BUT... ...as fate would have it, I'm going to be acquiring another Hamer and this newest Gravelin is going in that one!!! Stay tuned!

Hamer stadium logos really show up nicely!

Sure!

Cool. Completely forgot about that....

'89 had the hockey stick HS? Or the Cali style?

Funny. Saw it and thought about posting it here… 😁 GLWS!

I can't see that without saying, "OOOOOHHHHHHhhhhh...." out loud.

I haven't kept up with these guys since 2017 when the keyboardist/fiddle took a hiatus. Things just changed with the sound and song writing. I didn't know he came back, I thought he quit. Which maybe he did. But he's back and apparently several albums I've missed. New drummer too which brings a different touch. Check out "Diamond." New guy gives it a punch. Anyway, here's the new one.

Post pics, wish I was down there this week. Btw. The GC near the mall sometimes gets in cool stuff. Once plucked a custom Dean out of there.

I have 2 or 3 100% complete trems

I'm sure john can figure out the rest.

I wish he'd go back to the Tokyo Tapes era white Strat with the rebar sized trem arm, it sounded better. Check out 9 min in, and 24 min, killer...

Wow, that's gonna be quite the undertaking 😳

When you restring and plugin your Vanguard for the first time since at least 12 years and realize how friggin great it plays and sounds…

They've probably all been thrown away.

RIP good man. The Silvertone amp I once bought from you now weighs a lot more. Thanks for your music expert advice on the forum that I always admired.

A cleaner example in Denmark - reminds me of @Jeff R's Ruby Slippers ride: Hamer USA Centaura 1991 – Candy Apple Red | Reverb $1,640.09 + 242.98 Shipping

He should have said, "Why didn't we think of that?" That switch tip looks cool and matches the knobs, sort of.

Showed the images to a knowledgeable guitar friend who worked at Peavey in the '80s and he said that the cap was "...definitely from a car."

I, for the record, don't think you paid too much if you really wanted it. Not trying to be a dick.

Not anything close to a Chap expert but... I seem to recall Chaps initially were 24.75" scale and featured the top-mounted, Strat-style, angled jacks, 3 mini toggle switches and more steeply angled head stock. Around '88 they changed to 25.5" and side of body jack, 3 way blade switch, with the slightly less angled headstock (a la Cali) Not sure about the pickups. Kahlers were offered starting around '83 and were stopped in '86 though, they fulfilled custom orders w/ Kahlers until about '88. ETA, apologies for repeating most of what BillW already stated. D'oh! 🙄

Poor thing's never been played! Such neglect!

Yeah, everybody knows. I'm keeping the two I have. Liquidating the Standards as I think my Ultimate's are some of the best guitars I've ever owned.

Go fuck an orangutan? Good fun and optimism? Get funky around Ontario?

Dude is a monster!

Anderson is as much of a "humbler" as Danny Gatton, Roy Clark and Roy Buchanan were. Highlight of the first guitar show I ever worked for VG Magazine (Atlanta 1990) was a jam session with Steve Morse, Jeff Berlin and Anderson. He's one of Kentucky's best kept secrets