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Hey Guys- up for sale is my 2002 Studio Custom in green quilt ! I love this guitar, but I'm just not playing guitar much at all these days, and work commitments mean this is sitting in the case all the time. This guitar is immaculate- I really 'babied' this one, just one tiny indentation in the lacquer near the belly- but I didn't notice it until today in the angled light. Obviously I'd prefer a UK sale, but I'm just really out of practice with sending guitars internationally at the moment..... so UK preferably......or anyone who would be happy shipping it out to someone internationally.... I will happily pick up the cost for UK shipping- or I can travel for the right sale- I've done that before - it's always nice to hand over a Hamer and see someones face light up when they open the case! Anyway, more about the guitar- I have the original amber knobs, but not the original bridge pickup I'm afraid. I was changed out to a Dimarzio Air Norton ( I had a habit a few years back of all my guitars having different sounding bridge pickups ). Dimarzio strap lock buttons installed too. Plays and sounds amazing, as you would expect! Regretting this already.....£1900. Let me know if there's any interest and I can post or send over more pics....obviously comes with the original hard case etc.. All the best, Dave

Best part was hanging out with Ionel a fellow HFC member saw a guy in a Hamer Special T-shirt but never was able to talk to him or meet up with @theshark

Here's another pic...

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!

I know he was just younger then, but I see that cover now and think, "Mickey Dolenz was in AC/DC?"

Still hits me just like it did in 1982.

This would have to be one of them. My first AC/DC album. When I first saw it, I actually thought it was a live album from both the cover and the shot of Angus on the back. I could practically see the picture moving when I listened to it. The sound was so in your face it was like they were in the room with you.

Is the 90 body thicker than standard Newpport Like an Improv? Is the body carved out leaving the center block? For the record mine has the largest Hamer neck I have ever played Thanks Feynman!!

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!

EDIT JUNE 12: Taking this off the board for now. Thanks for the support/ input/etc. my friends. Pic of how it looked before I cleaned it up and some more recent ones. Has a brass nut and I had to get a switch tip for it. The volume pot for the neck pickup cuts in and out and probably needs to be replaced. Looks like one strap button has been replaced. There are some dings that don't photograph well but I tried to show everything as clearly as I could. 3-piece neck. Humbucker rings are replacements but the originals are in the case. Price based on PPFF transaction. Message me here or leave a reply if you'd like to know more.

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.

@santellavision's post on his recording equipment thoughts, plus @mathman's remarks on whether amp/effects modelers output a "live" sound - presumably what you should hear right off the speaker cone of a guitar amp - or a "recorded" sound - presumably off the speaker cone of a studio monitor or headphone - have sent me spiraling. TL;DR: ============================================================================================================================ I am shopping for a modeler for use at home. IF (big if) I ever wanted to inflict my musical stylings on an unprepared world, I'd expect I would use it there, too, but that's not the main purpose. What difference would it make to me, in either case, if it was modeled to be "live" sounding, or "recorded" sounding? And which particular brands/products produce which sounds? ================================================================================================================================== Leaving effects aside for now, I see that some of them allow you to build modeled signal chains that take your guitar input and run it through an amp sim and a cabinet sim on the way out to something that will make the noise. To that point, it should be a "live" sound, to my reading. Some of them allow a further application of a microphone sim, which I suppose would tend toward the "recorded" sound, although by the time I hear something recorded it has been committed to tape or run through A/D, processed through a recording board and later through a mixing board, and committed to the playback medium and pumped through whatever playback system I am using, each element of which presumably has a signal response bandwidth of its own which has the potential to affect the sound that reaches my ears. Hearing AC/DC in my car is not the same as standing next to Malcolm's amp cabinet, got it, but which should I be after in my home? Or does it matter? I'm lost in the sauce. What I know is that I don't care for the sounds of my 12+ year old Line6 Floor Pod and I hear that the intervening years have produced great strides in modeling quality. I want to divorce the loudness in my subdivision home from the knob settings on the virtual amps in the modeler. I can decide for myself whether I want to commit to this or that proprietary software format for adding new sounds according to the value the developer offers with additional package, the vigor of the user community, etc. I suspect I am like most people in that even if there are several dozen modeled amp choices available in a given system, I will settle down on a couple or three that I like and never touch the others again, so it only matters if a product has those two or three that I can enjoy. Demoing candidates before purchase is another matter, of course, which I why I want to try to figure out what is worth my attention and what isn't.

More or less the same idea as @django49 above... Make it a smoker!

One thing I just thought about is you can turn off the cabinet part of Amplitube and use a different type of speaker system. Never done it myself. I've always used a quality speaker.

I've used a few different sims over time but I mainly use Amplitube. I've used it "live" but basically running through a PA style speaker. Their new TONEX seems to be more of a live sound version. Their stuff is constantly on sale so you can get it fairly cheap and there is a "Free" version to try out. https://www.ikmultimedia.com/news/?id=TonexCollectionsFlash2026

Modelers are designed to sound like recorded guitar tones, in my opinion. To get more of that standing away from the cab thing, you can either have a small room sound and mix some of that in, or if you can have 2 mics, make one back from the cab and blend them to taste. And as always, roll off highs on the cab block, at least to 8k on the cleans and 6k on drive sounds. More if needed.

I think it depends on what your priorities are. Every time I've found the best sound ever with a modeler, in the box etc. I plug into my Zinky MoFo tube amp and tell myself what was I thinking, THIS is the best sound ever! But, it's getting so damn close nowadays and truth be told I mainly play guitar through my DAW with software stuff. Lately it's IK Multimedia Tonex, especially the series of 3 EVH eras, each from the 2 albums of the first 6. They are available as pedals as well. I also use NAM which is free and just updated. The digital stuff has been easier for me to get a good quick sound recorded, and it's fun to so easily change everything about it after the fact; amp, cab, mic, position, and everything after that too. Here's some info to check out for the new free version of NAM. You can use that technology to make your own captures of tube amps, pedals, studio gear etc! But, there are already so many available that are awesome! Introducing Neural Amp Modeler (NAM) Architecture 2 (A2) Oh, and I do have a TM60 as well! Might sound weird but I can get a pretty cool, meaty direct bass sound through it!

What I would be inclined to do (NOT myself!) is find someone that could use a router to remove a deep layer of wood from the back of the guitar (mainly behind the bridge), leaving a "ledge" around the edges, then cutting a thin piece of wood to fit the cutout. It might be a bit trial and error to get to the amount of wood to remove and get the right balance and not affect the tone too severely. The back might end up something like this (OR you could try to get a matching wood). That would preserve the rounded edges of the guitar and avoid the need to then have to match the finish. (This example has the back extending to the edges, part of the original build, rather than inset after the fact).

1" spade bit from the side. Cover resulting holes with duct tape (checkerboard, if you're feeling fancy).

Don't ever change, GC. https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Hamer/Used-1999-Hamer-DIABLO-Trans-Red-Solid-Body-Electric-Guitar.gc?algoliaQueryID=7156a7a39ddf0529a45406dc66af14d0&algoliaIndexName=guitarcenter

The sound quality isn't great because this isn't posted by Bob & Tom, but it's a different Brian Setzer instructional tape.

Wow 👌

There are so many picks scattered around my house they're like bread crumbs leading from room to room. So I never really lose them - one's always handy. ETA: I just looked up Blue Chip picks. $35. For one. ONE?? Ho. Lee. Fu. Ck. I KNOW I'm not good enough for those. Pass the Tortex, please!

Josh is my GoTo pickup guy. His personal touch is second to none, I no longer ask what Magnets, or wire, or anything. I explain what I’m going for and he works his magic. Everybody and their brother wind pickups nowadays, and f you find a guy that won’t let you down because he cares about your tone you better hang on to that guy.

My wife got me this really cool wallet with slots for 2 picks!

Gorgeous!

Absolutely beautiful!

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…

Poor thing's never been played! Such neglect!

The doggo look bored, which may be impacting your sale. I had AI fix it for you...

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