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Agreed. Just do it already, DE!!

The Chap Max is a cool bass (one of my favorites), but it isn't a maple-topped bass. It should be a solid maple body. The quilt on that one isn't spectacular, but I've seen a few pinstriped flamey ones as well and there are a lot of variations out there. It is a set-neck, not a neck-through. The only neck-through Hamer bass I am aware of were some of those later Impact prototype models (the exotic wood ones, not the Kip Winger ones), and I think there are only a couple of those around. I played my Max at practice last night in fact - love the neck on that one!

Yes she is. And yes, she is.

Verrrrry nice...

General question: Is this Hamer or Kamen doing the custom run? Yes.

Peter: Got any PS Hamer pics lying around, by any chance?

Dude... You can't BUY mojo. (It doesn't exist except for in eBay ads and on Gear forums) 0

Any doublenecks?

I think that quilt one looks pretty bad-assed, myself.

Funny you mentioned that... I was thinking about the same thing for this pink MIJ Strat body for a guitar my son is putting together. It would be a cool way to "lock in" that moment in time.

Definitely a loss. That guy had a great voice, whether or not you cared for the band (I liked them for years, until "Third Stage"). His parts were definitely not "Scholzed", and it is still amazing to me that he was as freakin' young as he was when he recorded them.

Enjoy it, Ted!

Ebay Law #1... "Don't drink and bid"! A guy Elduave and I know was up late one night, hammered out of his skull, and ended up with a $4,500 Lobster Tank. He had to arrange a flatbed to pick it up from Tennessee to bring it back to the DC area. On the plus side, he always keeps it stocked with fresh crustaceans for his kick-ass party every October...

Ah, only a few members believe in all that Voodoo crap anyway!

No option on that guitar is out of the current availability from Hamer. If that was your spec for a custom order, you could certainly get it together and it wouldn't list out at anywhere near $10k!!

We're working on that. It will be given away at some point either at an HFC regional event via raffle (where EVERYBODY may participate - need not be present to win kind of thing) or some other way of making it available to the membership. There's a lot of stuff going on right now, but rest assurred that we want to make it as fun and fair as possible for all. You'll hear it here first!

Sorry guys - neither one!

Aren't Schallers "German" parts?

Wow - a new record! Six hours. Shortest time for a "Waterloo" speech ever! Speaking of "fantasy worlds"... Is that the same Jol Dantzig who just offered $450 for that guitar?

The anger management class starts at 4pm EST...

Dude. If somebody actually offered you $450 for that guitar, and assuming you have no moral issues with overcharging somebody for something, PLEASE do everybody a favor and jump on that deal. You will not see close to that kind of money for that guitar again in the foreseeable future. And finally, PLEASE stop saying that the pickups are the only difference between your guitar and the USA model. You couldn't be more wrong in that statement. The USA models are made from premium wood, hands-on in a small shop by some of the best luthiers in the biz. Your Korean guitar comes off of an assembly line from a factory that mass-produces guitars for close to a dozen other brands and is made of what is typically graded as firewood in this country. The people who slapped your guitar together are probably making cheap furniture today in that same factory.

Bruce, no disrespect, but I've been closely monitoring, buying, selling, trading Hamer guitars for well over 25 years. I have significant knowledge about the new and used market for these guitars going back decades. Several people who have replied to this thread have similar (or even more) experience than me. When we're telling you you have a $150-$250 guitar, trust us - you have a $150-$250 guitar. Your guitar is not a sought-after collectible model, and even if it had solid 24k gold hardware made by monks on top of Everest on there, it's still a $150-$250 guitar. Sorry you've been misled.

Hamer used Schaller tuners on the USA models during that period. Do your tuners say "Schaller" or "Made in Germany"? Are they Hamer Logo'ed? Is the tailpiece metric spec? Pull the bridge and look underneath it. Is it stamped with anything? The pickups are definitely NOT Seymour Duncans. Pull a pickup and tell me what it says on the brass plate underneath. I've seen and played those guitars. Yes, they're nice for import guitars, but you will simply not get close to what you are looking for out of that one. Cut your expectations by 50% and hope the planets are aligned that day. I 100% agree with Marc in the above post - Ebay is probably your best source for pricing intelligence, as that is the most accurate forecaster of the used market these days. Look to see what similar models have sold for, discounting the highest one and the lowest one. I underscore "Sold For", because most of those guitars simply do not sell - they're just not that desirable, honestly. By the way, when did you speak to Hamer about that guitar? Was this recently or when you were doing research on it in the early 90s? Just curious...

Not to rain on your parade, but whoever led you to believe that this was of "collector value" or "on par with the USA models" was blatantly lying. First of all, there is absolutely NO comparison between the USA and Korean Slammer models from the early 90s production. None. NO FREAKIN' WAY. True, they are far nicer than most imports and certainly better than the Slammer series models out now (by a long shot!), but they are not even in the same ballpark. The parts are also NOT USA parts. That is a line of BS that somebody fed you along the way. Tuners are Asian Pings, bridges/tailpieces are at best, lower-end Gotoh (note that they are METRIC, not USA spec). Pickups are also inexpensive HBs (although decent for an import) and are not Real Seymour Duncans. They are Asian manufacture, loosely under Seymour Duncan design. I stress "LOOSELY" - not even close in quality, and probably less than $10 a pickup. I'm not sure what you are looking for in resale value for your guitar, but those are pretty plentiful in the $150-$250 range. "Slammer" Series is typically associated with the bottom-of-the-barrel models they've produced under that name since the late 90s. Yes, I know that yours is the earlier, better quality production, but although those are nice guitars for what they are, they have NEVER sold for $769. That was higher than LIST price back then for that series. If you're looking to make a killing on that one, the reality is you're probably better off enjoying and playing your guitar. Honestly, if you somehow actually paid north of $500 for that one, you'll definitely lose money selling it - even 10 years from now. I'm not trying to be harsh and not bashing your guitar, but it really sounds like you've been misinformed about a lot with your guitar. Hope some of this helps!

And you forgot to add that you've done deals w/Serial... (wait, that might be a negative! )