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Last TV I took in to fix was in 1985. Yep, use to be a thing! I remember my mom buying an Amana Radarange microwave oven from the newly opened microwave store! Times have changed for sure!

I have a three holer in black that's bound, with bartolini pickups. Very cool guitars! Nice and light, I believe the upper half is hollow, as you sit playing. I believe the piezo acoustic pickups and active electronics are from Ovation of that same era and you can play it that way or just fully electric or blend the two together as you see fit! Two separate output jacks so you could run an acoustic amp and a regular amp. Or various combinations to a PA or digital equipment modeling or whatever. Super versatile! I often play unplugged around the house and this isn't as loud as a full acoustic guitar but louder than a solid body. Plus. It's so lightweight that it's a favorite to just pickup and play like that. I had to be careful on how I worded this post as saying... I spent my lunch hour with my bound black 3 holer and returned to work completely satisfied! might have come across a little weird! 😉

I seem to sense a lot of us getting older and possibly starting to pair down our piles of gear. I wasn't sure if it was true or if it was a natural occurrence of us getting older, not playing out as much, ending our big shot at becoming rock stars? Or, is it because of some type of paradigm shift in music gear where we don't need 100 watt Marshall full stacks anymore, and some of us may be content to be analog, digital, modeling, and or in the box etc with the new wave of gear? Or does the selling patterns around here seem about the same and I'm actually wrong which could be the case. Although, that one time that I thought I was wrong I was actually mistaken. 😝😉😃

Man, you got me thinking I could be one of the cool kids too! 😀 That's pretty baddass!!!!

If he's got an hours worth, I only have about 18-19 minutes total.

Man, sell a couple and finish your basement!😀

Nice, looks like rawk!!!

Phrygian? 🫣😏😀

So many guitarists I followed I would mainly key in on the solos. Fast forwarding the cassette tape to the solos as I drove along was commonplace. But, Eddie's rhythm chops (and little fills) were off the charts that the whole song demanded my attention! That cat had it all!

Great production value, great singing and sound! Proud daddy moment indeed!

I had a Peavey Classic 2x12" combo both vt and vtx series from that era. The vt I sold to a friend back then who I just visited after 40 years apart and he still has it - works perfectly too! 46 years old, not bad!!

One guitar that I was surprised to like so much was Tobereeno's TLE he brought over one night. I think it says Jimmie Vaughan on the headstock. Anyway, tele shapes just never did anything for me but that was a great guitar!

Oh crap man, I'm busted! Even after all I just said above. I actually have that setup in one of my guitars, the Winger PRSish one. The switching is so automatic for me now that I don't even have to think about it. I can easily go to the sound I want. It's the main guitar I use for recording demos because it's so easy to adjust the sound on the fly as I'm recording something instead of getting another guitar. For real recording I'd get more picky about each individual sound but it has worked well for that purpose. Now, sheepishly backing away from the keyboard...

^^^^^ Good points! Long ago I finally realized I was always trying to make each guitar do everything I wanted by changing pickups, capacitors, switching etc. But, by doing so basically made them all sound the same! So now I can definitely relate to wanting each guitar to be more individualistic, true to its nature!

I was never into him that much because for awhile you couldn't NOT hear his songs everywhere! But recently started listening on some long flights and I now think he's a genius! I read the background online behind Games Without Frontiers and found it fascinating; using Jeux sans frontieres, a long running Euro TV show, that I and many others thought was "she's so popular" because of how Kate Bush a British singer sang French words. I won't go into it here but the rest of the background on the song with the lyrics and all is great as well.

When I was younger I liked guitars with all the options. I would like the LP customs, look at a Carvin catalog and price out a guitar with a bunch of super flame tops, mother of pearl inlays etc. More money better guitar I reasoned. Now that I've entered the 60s decade this year, and even a few years back actually, I like the look of more plain top LPs, I dig the look of guitars without any fretboard inlays (like my Alvarez DY-62c, except for a diagonal line and a small fancy cut diamond dealie at the 12th fret.), I love the look of tarnished, full nickel hardware and not shiny chrome or gold, I usually end up with carved tops but there's something raw and elemental about a flat slab guitar, I hate that mother of pearl inlays along the edge of the fretboard and around the edges of the body = too much bling! I think some Schecters are that way, maybe LTD too? The Japanese did it right on my Alvarez Yairi by using 5, I believe, various shades of very thin wood binding (is that purfling?) around the body. Very understated. I've never owned a PRS but I own a USA Winger made by a retired Navy dude Brian Winger that is fairly PRSish. Although I think I might feel self conscious playing a top of the line PRS dentist/lawyer guitar. It's kind of ironic that when I was young and had less money I gravitated towards the more expensive guitars and now that I can afford about whatever I want I'm into simpler, cheaper guitars. Maybe I'm looking at them more as tools now, not pieces of art to show off and impress people with. I also haven't bought a guitar in years now and have had my main tube amp (zinky Mofo) for years. Funny how the less time I spent looking for my next gear fix the more I would actually play and even practice! Have any of you changed directions, tastes, preferences in guitar or gear over the years? Can anyone relate?

A USA Centaura was my introduction into the Hamer world many years ago now! Moved it along to Tobereeno and started a longtime friendship from that.

Everything that's old is new again! Sounds like AI put a little everything back then in the blender from the music, the chick, video, the Japanese stuff etc.

Yeah, needs boomers for me! Like this it reminds me more of a Carvin. My wife and I did 3 weeks in Europe couple months back celebrating both being retired at 60, and our 40th wedding anniversary. I only tried to get to one guitar shop, I believe in Salzburg, but it was closed that day. I'd love to go to MJ Guitars - Mathias Jabs shop and I'll put the one you mentioned on my list too! Trying to get to Korea and Japan this year and know people who have lived in both countries who can point me to some cool gear shops. Looking forward to that!

Nice. I always liked the Ibby Roadstar series, underated.

Thanks, exactly the feedback I was seeking! The extra piece by the upper frets used to turn me off and now it doesn't seem like such a big deal. I had a '97 LP Classic which I miss. Now my only LP is an old Japanese copy I laid bricks one summer to earn the money for when I was 13. Bolt on neck, made from many pieces of wood etc. but actually has that LP type sound but not the same as that one I had. I mainly keep this one for sentimental reasons; first electric! I always think I'll set it up for slide playing but haven't yet. I do love the overall consistency of Hamers especially as I buy most of these online. Less chance of ending up with a dud than some brands!

I've always been interested in these but never had a chance to play one. Do these feel and or sound basically like a Les Paul. Or, are they entirely their own beast?

Is there a place here with all these articles archived? " The Hamer Archives" ?

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