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Thanks! it worked out pretty well. Thanks for the support. I should do this more often. And the Vanguard is indeed a killer guitar!

This is what my dad gave my for my birthday: An 1953 Framus “Billy Sorento” guitar. Seems like a former electric guitar, but now a bit butchered. Probably a nice “It’s alive. IT’S ALIIIIVEEE!”/restauration project.

The old mantra back in the day.. "The more you drink! the better we'll sound"!! lol!!

Encourage more drinking and you will sound better.

My 2 cents.....I do have an Elite. Goldtop with non-original P90s. Lollars, IIRC. IMO, it is a better guitar than the original 1956 Goldtop I had for nearly 2 decades. (Longer story on what happened there). Suffice to say it fills that niche very well. Yeah, there IS a difference in market value! 😉 The "shelf" is not an issue for me on either that guitar or my number 1 Hamer (Monaco Superpro). Do not expect either to pop up for sale.....

I have one I'll be taking to the Tampa Guitar Show next month. It's got a blister "10-top" with a sunburst that's very little yellow to lots of red. It's killer, but is a bit weighty. A little over nine pounds. Impeccable workmanship. Near mint. From the vault. It will be $2,500.

We do have NHRIBS to address those unfortunate threads that begin with IBS and a not dead yet subject. But we shouldn't have to. Maybe use GOS (getting old sucks) for announcements like Rick, or Lionel Richie, or any of the others who have suffered and the many who eventually will suffer tour-interrupting medical events and the like, but are not reported to be exceptionally grave? In the latter cases, we could use CTD (circling the drain). Or KOHD (knocking on heaven's door).

…since three years. Nervous as fuck.

the biggest thing is do it like you mean it. your vocal/playing sucks? it don't matter.... you play what you mean.. stand and deliver. that comes across.

It's 9.5 pounds. Buy it and play it until you find that featherweight for sale. And do some deadlifts.

^THIS!^ And that was the way it worked!

I've lowered the price $1,000! Time for this one to go to a very lucky owner. This guitar is fantastic.

I played a Monaco Elite many years ago and it was a great guitar. Really considered getting one in trans black but never pulled the trigger. To me they sounded more like a beefier Hamer Studio than a Les Paul, but with the right EQ you can get super close. I think most people turned their noses up at them because of the “shelf” on the treble side at the neck joint. Although, many of those same people wouldn’t say a thing about that shelf being on the original LP Jrs and Specials back in the day…

Full song.... https://youtu.be/2YSCLWhVAnA?si=ygAHnQak_6WkXT2U

I had a short scale Monaco Elite Mahogany years ago and it was great and did the LP thing very well. I now have a hollow Fender-scale Monaco Monaco which has an incredible neck that is downright Shishkovian. The carved top Monacos are typical Hamer quality…overbuilt and super-playable. And the shelf is a non-issue. Buy with confidence.

Looks like a nice gig! Play well and remember to enjoy and savor the moments. You totally got this! ROCK FORTH!

....Or this pretty blue one on Reverb: https://reverb.com/item/93553403-hamer-monaco-elite-indigo-blue-2007?sv1=affiliate&sv_campaign_id=1001765&awc=67144_1790429678_948911063c731b167cb169553b94e163 $2250. I've never owned one but came close. It was very similar to the 'Smokehouse burst' one above. It felt great, like a Hamer (great neck, don't remember it being unusually heavy. It was new and right around $1500 (20 years ago). Shoulda. Didn't. Stupid (and poor). Being a Hamer, you'll take a hit or sit on it awhile. Nobody seems to be buying shit now. At least with GC you can send it back if it's not your thing.

Here you go: https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Hamer/Used-Hamer-Monaco-Elite-Smokehouse-Burst-Solid-Body-Electric-Guitar.gc?source=4WWRWXMP&utm_id=590216646&utm_creative=71537248082103&utm_marketing_tactic=guitar&msclkid=69bdfa0569ac1c78e0f790b2a1beecf4 "...in stunning Smokehouse Burst...." $2K isn't terrible (lowest I saw in a quick search). Make them an offer they can't refuse.

HI fellas, in German Kleinanzeigen popped up today, just 2 hrs ago: A complete Sustainblock-Trem in parts, off of a Hamer A5, as the seller says. https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/sustainblock-tremolo-hamer-a5-/3525075818-74-1178 No affiliation, but I would assist, if anybody feeks like making some wobbles. Cheers, Jochen

Valeriy Vaschenko LV Model "Tele-Paul" with a one piece beautiful Honduras Mahogany body and neck finished in a beautiful "TV" see through finish. The back and neck are "Gibby" cherry. Neck has a slight "V to C" shape and has a scarf joint for stability along with a long tenon. Rosewood board is Indian. All hide glue assembly. Inlays are ivory. Bone nut. Jescar stainless steel frets (plays great with .010 to .046). Finish is nitro lacquer. Schaller tuners, Graphtech bridge, 1" long DMC Vintage '59 bushings, and a switchkraft jack. Cloth wiring and braided shielding. CTS pots with Soviet .022u and .047u caps. Pickups are 8Bomb HB-1 Paf's (A2 and A4). Weight is just shy of 8lbs. Comes with a gig-bag. Guitar is slightly reliced. Everything about this build is pro. Rings loudly acoustically and looks killer. NEW PRICE is $2,400 shipped in the lower 48. This is a steal. This build is almost 5K now. Let me know, if you have any questions.

I have been taking care of Davy Knowles' guitars and at a recent show I brought my 59 TV for him to play. He asked me if I had an amp in the van. I had my trusty old bulletproof Tech21 Trademark60. He told me to bring it in that we would jam and I assumed this would be before the show. I was wrong… It was during the show. For your entertainment pleasure, here is the head cutting section at the end of the song…

And get a wider padded guitar strap. Levy's makes a good one.

Happy birthday!

just because it can be done, doesn't mean you should do it

This ^^^^

Yeah..I've gone back to that one many times and your right..it is pretty! I've had my eye on a red (Not a stock color) one that's been there for over 2 years and I've made what I thought to be legitimate fair offers but, He/she has a number stuck in their head that they aren't budging from which I totally respect. It is a custom color and all..lol! I just may have to cave in...lol!!

There are nine GC stores within an hour's drive of my home. Two are excellent. The others occasionally have some interesting used inventory.

Here here! And so mote it be! https://reverb.com/item/32826478-mannmade-usa-hardtail-bridge-nickel-fits-hamer-sustain-block-style-guitars

Looks like you brought some killer gear to sound great. Have fun!

Let 'er RIP!

Hi everyone, not really about Hamer Guitars, but I believe could be useful for community: I play guitar at home, and over the years I ended up with the usual mess: backing tracks in one folder, tabs in another, half of it sitting in Downloads as yt-dl-2019.mp3 — and I was supposed to remember where the solo starts. Every "let's play this one" turned into a hunt for the pieces, so eventually I gave up and spent a few years playing along to YouTube: open a backing track video, find the tab by eye, wait for the solo to come around. At some point it was easier to just build the thing. (I liked Line 6 GearBox back in the day, and they killed it.) So I made an app that keeps all of it in one place, and I'm giving it away free. What works today — macOS 14+, Apple Silicon and Intel, English/Russian/German: https://jamcrate.app Drop in a folder of your own music — it sorts itself into artists and songs, and pairs a tab with a track when the names match. Everything stays on your Mac. Missing a backing track? Alt+Cmd+Y, paste a link, and the audio lands in your library with everything else. Keep only what you have the right to keep. Tabs, lyrics, chords and Guitar Pro 3–5 open right next to the track — the fretboard grid is rendered by the app, not shown as an image. Alt-click the waveform (or hit M where you are) to mark a solo, then loop just that part instead of the whole song. Tempo down to 0.5x without changing pitch. Setlists play straight through and change songs on their own. Open a set on your phone: the Phone window shows a QR code, you scan it on the same Wi-Fi, and the set plays from the phone with the audio streamed from your Mac — solo loops and transport included. You can also keep an offline copy of a set on the phone, for when the Mac isn't there. The music never leaves your network. Links and notes per song, search across the library, and a one-button backup of the whole collection.

I had a Goldtop Elite P-90 that I never should have gotten rid of. It was alittle heavy tho.

I predict that the GC "mid tier" guitar will be made in the Cort factory in Indonesia, look very much like a PRS and sell for $1,500.00 with a gig bag.

GC.com used inventory is where they remain relevant for me, maybe 75% of my gear comes from there. Lands on your porch, test drive up to 45 days, return locally if its not a keeper.

Goddammit, Haynie! I actually spit on my monitor that time. Fucker.

@901gtr (Sonja) at her booth. She’s having a new product. Will tell tomorrow.

Surprise Meetup with @JohnZ and @Hardrockracer. Haven’t seen Rog in a while, although we don’t live very far away.

Of all the time I've wasted in life, I can't think of any as pointless as that.