Recent content by MarkF786

Great pics, Travis.  How does it compare with the stock bridge?  Anything worth noting?

LOL.  It's been a rough week, preparing a very large company to deal with COVID-19.  I'm probably more abrasive than usual, being forced to exert that level of energy to get things done. This banter here is supposed to be fun.  I guess that's a fail.

And I guess it comes from experience, of politely engaging in dialog, where 20+ posts later there's still a debate around the topic, rather than directly assertion the facts. My point it, my original comment was well founded, on years of effort. One thing I learnt in my career: starting any...

Do you realize, that I realize, that there are Allen screws on both sides of the bridge?  And on it goes... I've just shortcut the debate. I tend to be confrontational, to quickly get to the point.  Sorry for the abrasion.

Dr Dwep, Flip those saddles in your mind and see how far back they'd need to sit.  Then imagine if you wanted to give them a little room to adjust intonation, which will push the bridge back further.  And how well will that bridge now sit without forward lean?  And so on.  Been there, done...

And take the MannMade wraparound bridge, mentally map it onto the pictured guitar (where the saddles sit in relation to the studs), and see how far you'd have to turn those Allen screws to make the saddles align with where they'd need to be (if you hope to keep the saddles roughly in the...

P.S.  It's a matter of balance.  I don't want the bridge pushed too bar back on the studs; I rather want it in the middle.  I don't want the saddles too far back; I rather want them in the middle.  Sure, it's possible to take either to an extreme, with the other compensating.  If you spent the...

I knew there'd be someone questioning what I'm saying. I've been working on guitars for 25 years and can setup a guitar better than most boutique builders.  I'm obsessive about it actually, have many books on the topic, have every imaginable tool Stew Mac makes, and know how to use them.  And...

Is the Hamer Sustain Block also made from brass?

Nice looking wraparound!  The only caveat in my Tally Pro (with "PROTOTYPE" as the serial number) has the stud placement a little off, rendering many adjustable wraparounds unusable because there isn't enough saddle travel.  The Pigtail worked the best, though I did have to reverse all the...

There are better options that the stock hardware Hamer used, for example the TonePros stuff.  On my Tally Pro, I tried a lot of options, though found the Pigtail adjustable wraparound the best for me.

Uh, with the limited availability now, it seems like now or never is the time to by one.  It can happily sit my parts drawer until I'm ready to make a swap. Please do let us know how it compares. I'll post a picture of the new Tally when it arrives, alongside its bit brother, Tally Pro.  I've...

I've got a Talladega on the way and had a couple questions on the MannMade sustain block as a possible upgrade: - Is the MannMade bridge better made than the stock Hamer? - What color hardware was used on the Talladega: Chrome or Nickel? Mark

I've got a Talladega Pro that I bought new when the Hamer factory was selling their stock at great prices.  When I received the guitar, I noticed on the back of the headstock was stamped in the wood "PROTOTYPE", and the serial number dates it from 2008. Also the truss rod cover says "Talladega"...

Thanks for all the positive comments guys. She is a beauty and plays as good as she looks, but my Talladega Pro gets most of my attention during the limited time I can find to play nowadays.