DavidE

Ya thats him. Why is he an asshole? You actually spoke with Kim. Awesome guy, even if he has a penchant for fishnets. The "Ken" thing has a long story behind it.

I'll bet you spoke with that "asshole" Ken.

Sounds like your input on the gain channel is maxed out, so all you'll get is compression. You'll probably need to put something (a friend uses a rockman graphic eq) in the effects loop.

I've used my Bad Monkey at several gigs with 2 bands and it really does get frequent use despite the boutique pedals on my board.

Damn Steve, are those green birds????? Ok, here's my take. I love my Hamers, but I'm more thrilled with my semi-hollow Hamers like my 25th, my Artist Customs and recently my Newport. The others are excellent, but there's something about those semi-hollows to me. Now, I owned a Mirage but just never really bonded with it. Great guitar, but not for me. Not a big fan of the Wilky trem. To me, that's where PRS excels. I have a wonderful McCarty. The wide-fat neck is perfect for me and the guitar sounds and feels great. But I wanted a dual humbucker guitar with a killer trem. I hate Floyds. I didn't really like the Wilky. So, I went shopping and the only one that did it for me was the PRS. I ended up with a PRS Custom 22 with Birds with a really nice top in teal black for the price of a nice used Studio Custom. The PRS quickly became my #1 gigging axe. In fact, Paults bought a Custom 22 shortly after that and I know he's been gigging with it a lot too. Just great guitars and to me they're extremely comfortable to play. Now the PRS has been in the case since I got the Newport and gold sparkle feather weight strat....

Cool. I haven't read the warranty, so I'm not sure what it covers. I guess materiality is in the eye of the beholder, eh?

Really? I'd think it's a defect in workmanship or materials. Never see it on other brands and it's pretty prevalent on Hamers. I would think that someone who bought their Hamer new from an authorized dealer could have what Jol said was a very simple repair done at the company's expense under warranty. Maybe Greg can chime in as to whether he's ever done the repair under warranty. It doesn't really bother me as it's cosmetic. But if it happened on a $3,000 custom order...

Really only 10-15% pre-97? Based on my personal experience I would think it was much more prevalent. I'm really surprised it exists on any recent ones since it's been a known issue for a while. I can't say I've ever seen it on another brand

I agree EAP. There's no way Dave's could have as many Hamers as they did Gibsons because there aren't that many to go around. I imagine that there is some immediate increased dealer demand that has to be met. I'm guessing that the more Hamers out there and the more big name respected dealers (no offense to the dealers on this board) carry the brand and the more write ups like the one in Tonequest and the more Hamers you see mentioned on the Gear Page etc.... the more demand will grow. Not to Gibson or PRS proportions, but enough that the current output may not be enough to satisfy the demand. It could happen.

The real question is whether Hamer will be able to handle the increased demand.