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The owner of Guitar Pickers in Wilmington NC hit me up to see if I could turn this one around, there were no bolts through the headstock but it was pretty bad... I don't keep my opinion on relics secret and while I did appreciate the Evel Knievel-esque design I agreed to take this one in hoping I wouldn't regret it-sometimes going behind someone that doesn't know how to properly sand is a fucking nightmare. Anyway, before. After. There's a few more rehabs in the queue that I will post when completed, a couple will be for sale too.

Out of all my guitars, my 1979 Hamer Sunburst has the most dynamic feel and inspires me the most musically. With that said — greetings to everyone in this fine message board, where folks truly appreciate what Hamer guitars are all about. 😁 Here’s a little instrumental piece I put together to showcase the beautiful clean tones of a Hamer Sunburst. 😊 It doesn’t always have to be crunchy! 😀

He's keeping the strings as straight "over the nut" as possible

I finally had time to install Josh's Hamer/DiMarzio PAFs into the '79. As well as looking the part, they sound fantastic - cleans are crisp and clear, and bitey with overdrive. I made use of the 4th pot (installed before I got the guitar) as a neck tone control. I'm looking forward to gigging with this guitar in a couple of weeks. '79 Sunbursts have gorgeous tops and colour - they exude warmth.

what an asshole...

You can send them to me and I am pretty sure I can lose them in about two weeks.

Some will swear that this is the right way to string up an Explorer. Funny story (at least to me): My brother's band was playing as CBGB's back around 1981, 82. The guitar player only had one guitar (imagine???), a white/creme '79 Les Paul Custom and asked his brother if he could borrow one of his, as he had several. He ends up borrowing his '76 Explorer (a guitar that I would end up purchasing many years later) which was strung up as above. Somewhere in the middle of their set, Chris (the guitar player, who went by the stage name Ivan D. Terrible Bastard) grabs the Explorer, plugs in and hears it's slightly out of tune. Of course he tries to tune it, but because of the dim stage lighting he can't see that the plain strings are wound "backwards" and keeps trying to tune. It doesn't make sense. The more he tunes it, the worse it gets. Now the crowd at CBGBs is getting a little impatient. This is the punk crowd after all, so I hand him back his Les Paul, which I had tuned up in the interim and he went back about his business. Days later he's telling his brother that "there's something wrong with this Explorer," recounting the tuning issues in front of the crowd and his brother just laughed his ass off.

Never a solo artist - she was part of a team. No, thank you RRHoF. Carol Kaye Rejects Rock Hall of Fame Induction - Bass Magazine I admire her stance on principle. Interesting insights into her career origins and the industry, as well.

Don’t need a kidney or kids but you can look. 😆 Folks laughed when I bought Shorty but with the Duncan Distortion and Seth Lover combo on top of the Korina it sounds great and plays as great. 😎👍🏁

Aerosmith had MANY classic songs during the 70’s! This was not one of them

Brad's Mini Standard, #0138 ^ I owned Brad's old matching Standard, #0137:

So, you play any instruments? Yeah, I play a little guitar.

I’m not buying the BS that is sounds exactly the same. Tim, buy yourself a good amp and quick dicking with two bit amps. Super champs and all the mods, tubeless DR’s. 🤮 Man up. Buy a hand truck from amazon, hell I’ll buy you one.

Talladega is sold.

1979 Hamer USA Sunburst Dot Neck @ Captain Guitar Lounge in Germany Serial # 9 - 1381, Three piece neck 2.977,00 € or $3417 USD

Probably my favorite rock guitarist... side 3 or C of Strangers In The Night "on Vinyl" with Lights Out and Rock Bottom is my top deserted island album of all time!

I think she should accept, she's far more deserving than so many others in there, but I respect her decision, - good she'd getting some recognition either way: My old Hamer dealer store owner friend told me a story about being at NAMM about 15-20 years ago. While walking around, he was standing next to an older woman, looked again at her again and said "you're Carole Kaye!", they had a nice chat, she had been wandering around NAMM being completely unrecognized until then.

They're drunk anyway. They wouldn't know a tube amp from a fluorescent lamp.

It's 2025. Where have you been?

Forget the guitar - Perry had some of the worst plastic surgery I've ever seen.

Or not.....

Make with the photos!

It looks to me like somebody stripped the finish off a Centaura and added a pickguard.

I think all you size sissies should take note with Pete Willis at 5'2"

So you’re the one.

Weirder still is that someone apparently photoshopped out the offending high-E string overhanging the void in the 4-digit pic.

I am not much into acquiring these days. But I had an old Roland guitar/synth that I had not even plugged in for 20 years. Traded it locally for this Fano JM6. Liking it so far, but we will see. . I did have an old original Jazzmaster way back when. Traded it (longer story) for a '56 Goldtop and cash in 1969. Remains to be seen how long I keep this. More or less a hard tail JM.

We've had a lot of nonsense sold to us over the years; brass nuts "for sustain", Buzz Feiten "for intonation", ... Not to mention all of the vintage P-90 guitars that have been routed for humbuckers because "you can't have all of that hum." ...and the Kahlers and Floyds... Meanwhile Leslie West played a wrap tail with P-90s cranked up to 11 and never gave a flying shit. Jimi (and later Eddie - before the Floyd days) dive-bombed their narrow asses off and somehow found a way to get back in tune and keep playing.

From the guy who changes tube amps more than I change underwear. My SuperChamp has been to every gig without issue or complaint since 2012. Still sounds great! 💪

I had a friend nearby who worked at the Arlington Heights and New Hartford shops reshape it for me. 😄 It's shorter than an unmolested Hamer headstock. Serial number was long gone so no idea, didn't think to look at the code on the pots.

"Butchered" doesn't send buyers reaching for their credit cards.

“Tasteful and player driven upgrades”. That’s classy!!

Hi, here are some more pics

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There you go!

You only have a dozen?

Anything dumb that's worth doing is worth doing poorly.

I agree. That's why I never did it either. ...and poorly.

It has always struck me how similar the McInturff Polaris is in design, it came out shortly after Terry did some consulting with Hamer, IIRC.

Uh, no thank you? Amazing, it's been nearly 20 years, and I miss it even less each day!

Yes! He was pretty dry at first, very businesslike, but he warmed up and by the end we were having quite a fun time! Considering he's my absolute musical hero it was an amazing experience.

I found an old pic from a show I went to in 1980. Bad Co in Carbondale, IL.

TINY DESK CONCERT. Veron and the boys...............been a follower of his music forever, his picking style is unique to say the least. Here

Yes, the Googles lists Angus at 5'2" and Setzer at 5'10", but it also says that I am a Grammy Award winning pianist.

Isn't Brian Setzer quite a bit taller than than 5'2" Angus? Google says he's 5'10". The SG has always looked HUGE on Angus. Also honestly I don't care if he only plays SGs, because no one makes an SG sound like Angus.

Where is Quick Draw McGraw when we really need him.

The ONLY thing uncool about that video is Tom Hamilton's camel toe.