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We're at an AirBnb about 30 miles south of La Crosse (home of Dave's first guitar emporium), so a visit is mandatory. My wife is with me this time, but she is aware of why we're there - to swap the Rainsong for something better suited to my hands. Although it's not a done deal, they have a suitable replacement (more on that later). We browsed the main floor but nothing says 'buy me', so we head upstairs to Dave's own stash. It's my 3rd time but her first, and for a non-guitarist she was surprisingly into it. We made a long slow lap around and were starting lap #2 when Tim (yep!) the website photographer strikes up a conversation. Little did we know that that conversation would lead to about a 2 hour guided HANDS-ON tour of Dave's personal gear. That's right - one after another guitars were being pulled down and put in my hands. At first I resisted but my wife chimes in, "When will you ever get another chance?" and with that Les Pauls from '54 thru '60, Strats from '54 thru '64, and Teles from '52 thru I forget were plucked from their perches and placed in my now-sweaty mitts, each with their own tale. Not sure if I was more in awe of holding them or more fascinated with their history. What a trip! The Explorer/Vee/Moderne backstory, the wall of Gretschs, the Gibson Switchmaster, more stuff hidden in the back - and the five Hamers in the corner, including a checkerboard '81 Special and Keef's Belushi Standard (which had an even better story of how it came to Dave). The '54 Tele found caseless in a farmhouse attic and tossed into a dumpster by a clueless renovator, only to be saved by said renovator's brother, had to be my favorite. That guitar was as weathered as you'd expect, and flat out gorgeous. My wife was right - it was an experience I'll never get again, and won't forget for as long as I live. This here doesn't begin to scratch the surface. Holy hell what a day.

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!!

I traded a Custom shop Charvel, an 86 SG and a Chaparral that may or may not have had a neck repair even up. I didn’t really gig with any of them so….. and, the Firebird will be going out Friday night to a gig !!

Well…either way….it’s going home with me…..

Hamer 25th Mahogany, some light scratches and nicks but otherwise well cared for 6 lbs 14 oz, frets are in good shape, some light surface wear but no heavy grooving one pot and barrel jack have been replaced and electronics are fully functioning once again. non original hard case but protects it well. too many cases in my spare room thus the sale. $1080 delivered paypal friends and family in the con US. or $1000 cash on a North of Boston/Southern NH pickup (Rt 3/93/495) For any Maine-iacs in the crowd, I can meet at the NH coast if need be.

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

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!

It took me years to find one. Still happy with it.

Oh, it definitely was. I bagged many Sustain Block Specials on eBay for $350 back in the day.

Hi Folks, After beating my head against the wall trying to fix a known migration bug effecting attachments in IPS for more than 20 hours. I decided to cut my losses, purchased, installed Xenforo and migrated all of our current data to it. It took a while but its been a SUCCESS and attachments work in the new forum! I'm in the process of validating the content and configuration with the help of Chris Matthes and Kiz. Once that is complete, I will open it up to everyone in parallel to the current board for further testing. Once we confirm its all good hopefully a few days. I will reimport the data from the current forum and swtich us over to the new one. All your ids and log in information and groups (supporter) should work in the new forum. Thanks all for the patience. Its been a journey but I can see the end in sight!

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This is mine. I absolutely love that finish. The graphic finishes were all one-offs, no two alike. This one here is also in The Book (thanks to @serial)

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

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…

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!

Sorry for showing off, but they make a pretty cool triplet…

I no longer own this but it was one of the coolest I've seen. Believe it's a UPC code. I miss the good ole daze of Daddy's Junky Music where you could walk in a see one of these hanging on the wall... mispriced.

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

sold! on its way to @Montelovesco and then @Hamer Dave, fingers crossed for the journey across the the pond.

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

Talking to the GF about getting back to the States after this study abroad trip I lead ends. Me - "The plane ride from Naples to Atlanta is 11.5 hours, and an upgrade to Delta One is $1400. That's something like $120 an hour, but maybe I could actually sleep for once." Her - "Or you could look at it as the price of one guitar, and you certainly buy enough of those every year." Me - "You know far too much these days about how expensive my hobbies are."

Absolutely beautiful!

Hi Folks, Sorry about the delay in fixing attachment upload. I wasnt able to sort it immediately after go live on new server and work has had me away from home for last 3 weeks. I have some time off over weekend and going to dive deeper. That said I had mentioned that IPB has been turning the screws trying to get us to subscribe and so I am looking at moving to Xenforo which has a much more reasonable licensing model. I am also looking at that this weekend and moving to the new software might make more sense than fixing attachments in IPB. I'll keep you posted.

Okay, I'll bite. I've been a patent lawyer for sixteen years, part of my New Hampshire law firm's intellectual property group of lawyers who practice before the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Which means I know exactly nothing about European copyright law and European judicial precedents. What is interesting to me here is that Fender is not asserting ownership of the functionality of the Stratocaster (which would be a utility patent), the ornamental design of the Stratocaster (which would be a design patent), or the marketplace association of the Stratocaster shape with Fender (which would be a trademark). Instead, Fender is asserting copyright protection in Europe for the Stratocaster as a work of art. I know nothing about the scope of this protection in Europe, or how it may be enforced. Fender is basing its authority upon a European lawsuit that it won by default - basically the other party didn't show up in court to contest the suit. I know nothing about whether this implies Fender indeed has a copyright in Europe, or what rights Fender would have assuming the copyright is valid and enforceable. But Fender has started out sending cease and desist letters based on this default judgment. In the US such letters act to put the recipient on notice of Fender's legal claim, and gives the recipient the opportunity to comply with Fender's demands. Or else. Or else what? Two thought come to mind. One is that Fender would negotiate a license with the recipient. Another is that Fender files a court action. Here, Fender may assume it has sufficient grounds to win such a case on its merits. Or Fender may assume that the recipients don't have the financial ability to litigate the matter, in which case Fender again wins by default. I'm a US patent lawyer, and I can't preduct how all this might shake out under European copyright law. But thankfully, YouTube influencers and social media gurus are all experts. You should believe them, and confidently post your predictions far and wide.

3 9143, bought new in 1983 from Evans Music City in Houston, Texas. I had to special order it to get the Floyd. (Hopefully the picture is visible. I don't seem to be able to upload photos at the moment, so this is an Imgur link.)

There's a black one that had a hard life early on. My buddy brought it back from the dead. It will remain as long as I do...

No photos? Dude.

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

Screenshot from my Instagram, probably more somewhere on a hard drive.

Here's another pic...

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

She is definitely not a fan! I play in church. Throwing a pick would be considered... well... bad form... 🙃

Fans? 😉

Ha! I was at this concert! Nassau, NY 12123, is just over the border from Tanglewood. We chased the band’s limo back to the hotel and my girlfriend accosted the drummer for his sweaty towel. Ah. Yute.

Who cares honestly. You got a bad ass guitar!

Atta' kid. I've paid too much for some of the best guitars on the planet (IMHO). I let their market value "catch up" to what I paid. Enjoy!

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.

I really liked April Wine Just between you and me, She's a roller, I like to rock... quite a few songs actually

Huh????.. not even remotely true, I have one, and it's a absolute killer guitar... neck feels great and plays like a dream...

Awe damn. He is responsible for some of the better gear around here and was my go-to for any audio questions that came up. He taught me a lot. Always willing to compare and share and point you to the best bang-for-the-buck. And he always found great deals. He has been missed for some time now. Wherever you are JB, I hope you have their system tweaked and turned up to 11. R.I.P., JohnnyB.

RIP. Dementia is bitch.

A. Reach out to Jim, ask nicely for advice and or referral. B. Take it to your local amp tech with some rep that will do you right. No need to mingle in there when there's ppl out there trying to make an honest living doing what you need to accomplish. Shit breaks down. Get it fix and enjoy. Life's too short.

I think the primary problem is over seventy years of failure to defend. It would be difficult to argue sudden harm when you've been letting it go for the better part of a century.

Good for you! I am amazed at how comfortable we've become with foregoing life in the interest of documenting it. How much are we missing solely in the interest of saving some visual record no one will likely ever care about or revisit? This entire concept first occurred to me when in 2014 I took my daughter to see Rush (Clockwork Angels tour). Most of the place was watching the entire concert through their phones. Have you watched any of the fan footage of any concert on YouTube? Is that really worth foregoing the experience? Any experience? So good for you! Congratulations - you experienced life!