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  1. Isn't this amusing. It appears my identity is being called into question in my absence. It might have occurred to you morons that I am too busy on the weekends to post on boards. Some of the more enterprising among you may have discovered some of my photos. This is exactly why I typically don't put up a photo on my internet profiles. I mistakenly thought this time would be different. I have no fear or shame about my career choices and you should know that I am many things but not a liar. Is it so hard to believe that someone who looks as good as I do thinks as well as I do? I'll be removing my avatar so you won't need to be distracted in the future. Geez, grow up. JohnnyB You should have known better than to doubt me, so disappointing. Nathan of Brainfertilizer Fame Thank you for all your wonderful advice and for giving it so selflessly. If we are ever so lucky to meet, I promise to show you my appreciation Rodip Stop being a guitar fetishist and learn how to play. Thorn Since you initiated the doubt you should tell everyone what your traceroute turned up. Oh, and I think its funny that after 'calling bullshit' you end up friending me, hedging our bets are we? You're such an asshole. If I haven't individually addressed you it's probably because you don't deserve a personal reply but I will leave you with a psychological profile that probably fits you. There are some people so conditioned by repetitive failure and negative events in their lives that even when something remarkable and interesting is right before them they will miss it. A doubter may not be fooled but may foolishly doubt what is true.
  2. JohnnyB I respect your opinion about 'Asian sourced pickups' but it doesn't really satisfy my curiosity. For the record, I happen to know for a fact that some allegedly "USA" pickups were produced in Asia and that some outsourced pickups like the ones on the Classic Vibe Strat are very good indeed. Did any Hamer or Slammer guitars use Samshins? Thanks for the backside view of the TLE. I guess the TLE goes back into the maybe category.
  3. mathman Welcome to my humble thread. I worked with a few gals named Salem and I can assure you that they are not me (ie: the person in that photo). Yes, I'm well familiar with the mantra of 'nothing compares to Hamer USA' but I like to obtain evident proof of 'facts' before I accept them. So, before I construct some questions for cmatthes (or any others equally close or closer to the parts procurement process) that will help me get a clearer understanding of the variances between US and the rest of the Hamer line, I would like someone to tell me what they know about the Samshin pups. I asked about them earlier and the question went unanswered so it is being repeated.
  4. Rodip It's very important to maintain a price structure for those who have a vested interest in it but that does not change my perception of value. django49 Truth is what you accept to be true. Many people accept as truths what other people consider downright lies. tomterrific You're probably a very sweet guy but I've seen enough of the world to mistrust the information we are asked to accept from persons in the position to know. JohnnyB I now recognize my faux pas and am actively removing bits of crow from my teeth. Okay, so cmatthes is a source close to the action and that has been corroborated, my bad. cynic To the contrary, it looks like things are just getting started hamerhead I get the joke now.
  5. Cmatthes I find it hard to believe that the same model US and Asian guitars have no parts in common. What is the authority of your source? Who will corroborate that claim? Nathan of Brainfertilizer Fame That post answers many of my questions and I appreciate the effort. You definitely hit the mark when it comes to identifying my desired guitar 'ethic' of function over flash. Those guitars look very comfortable to play but can they get me the wonderful tone I described earlier? What pickups are in the SFX Hamer Specials and do the other Specials (ie: Slammers) also have them? I have single coil 'S' type guitars with serial/parallel switching that get me a pretty wide tonal palette but still sound like it is the same guitar. I don't really like schizo type shredders that mix humbuckers and single coils because they mostly sound confused and invariably have duplicated, unusable or missing tones. The pickup position should give you the sound you expect. I haven't tried the Yamahas you suggested but have played Ibanez in the same or similar configuration and that is what I have based this impression on. This is not an ill particular only to H-S-H or H-S-S configurations, I've played US Strats and other 'quality' guitars that exhibit this same kind of incoherence. The pickups should be able to reproduce the following basic sounds without effects: 1. sharp staccato (think funk and country quack) 2. smooth high pitches (not shrill and not muted but like a soprano aria) 3. glass like middle tones with piano depth and range (think Robert Cray) 4. authoritative mellow tones (think big round relaxed blues with bite) A good guitar should do these basic sounds without struggling or sounding confused. Naturally, there are guitars that excel in any one these basic sounds but I refuse to have a herd of instruments. My absolute limit is 5 guitars and when you consider two are acoustic (6 and 12 string) that leaves just three for amplification. That is why I am so particular about what I want. I don't have the space or inclination to collect every one trick pony. Ideally, I would like my three guitars to do the basic sounds in their own particular voice like a singer doing different styles but all three having the chops to do what is asked of them. Sorry about the metaphorisms but I really did want to describe what I want so everyone reading could understand it. I hope I did a good job of it.
  6. hamerhead Noted. Now for the hard question, what components are different on the USA and MIK guitars?
  7. aknapp Very informative and I will use your post as my reference but one question arises from it; if both the US and MIK Hamer have an identical printed headstock, how do you tell them apart? bcsride I just finished reading a history of Hamer webpage and saw some pictures so I can begin to start eliminating some models. If all the standards have that wonky headstock where the strings are angled into the nut, we can forget those and any others that share this attribute. We can also forget the TLE models because I can foresee those giving me what I call, 'Teleribs', which is a growing discomfort from playing such an un-ergonomic shape for long periods of time. I didn't see a photo of the '83 prototype but read there were two versions so any photos might help. Another potentially distressing notion of owning a Hamer is the probability that it will have Duncan pickups. Please see my comments and questions above about these pickups and help me understand why all the ones I've heard get flabby and incoherent at volume. How were the Samshin pickups different from the Duncans and how would they compare soundwise to a current pup like a DiMarzio chopper? It seems like getting a beat up Hamer strat copy for no money as Drastion initially suggested and doing the mods myself seems to be the best route to a Hamer for me so far but I'll keep reading and listening.
  8. tomterrific Thanks for the tip, I will definitely look into it and reply with my thoughts.
  9. Nathan of Brainfertilizer Fame LOL, love this name and the paranyms that immediately come to mind (ie: sh*t for brains, etc.). Thanks for your very insightful posts. I will have a Slammer by Hamer sp1 in few days to try out so I can comment first hand on playing the lowest grade of the Hamer line. I've had similar experience with Duncan pickups. What is it about them that makes them lose their luster at high volume? Are they designed for low output or is there some electrical characteristic (ie: impedence or stray current) that makes them get ugly at high volumes. I wonder if it's an amp design interactive thing (ie: current vs. voltage drive). Does the whole Duncan line do the same thing at high volume or is it just the consumer grade? I guess you are suggesting that the Yamaha has the best component parts for the money, is this so? I've seen some of the Yamaha's you mentioned and they remind me of the Ibanez line which is fine but there was something about the Hamer I played in the neck position that was just so big, round and articulate in both single coil and HB mode that I never heard before. The bridge position was interesting too in that it was slightly quacky as a humbucker. I can get a Slammer Strat for $100 but I'd have to mod the heel like I do with all my Strats and ruin the finish. I've been told that these are also great players. How would they compare to the current Squier Classic Vibe Strats? If you could answer in terms of quack, clarity and tone coherency I will be more likely to imagine the sound description.
  10. Tres Aardvarks Noted. I have a friend who does most of my setups and fret maintenance so I'm a little less concerned about those kinds of things than I am about the body routing and parts. Things like the neck fitting, the pickup placement on the body and specifics about all the component parts are what i look at before I play it. I have found that those things tend to define a quality instrument more than a pretty paint job. I wear jewels, I don't play them. hamerhead Thanks for the welcome. I look at the guitar as a whole system and the structure wood is only a durability issue until you play it. Pickups change character with the wood they are mounted on only with string tension or sound pressure waves but these things are much lower in priority than the others mentioned above for me. I hope you, or anyone else reading, doesn't get offended when I ask for specific details about the part differences between similar guitars. I understand these kind of answers should perhaps not be disclosed on a public board so i left my private message and email open for these more discreet discussions.
  11. veatch Thank you for emphasizing the one salty comment out of a paragraph of sense. I guess you missed the apology. hamerhead Try to not to conjecture anything about my social life. I assure you I can be quite charming but for some reason my introduction to this forum became negative. I will attempt to start over: Hey guys, my name is Gina and I'm in NYC. I am a retired stripper (den mother) and I play guitar. I've dated rock stars and celebrities and I'm probably too smart for my own good but there are things I don't know anything about and that is why I'm here. I recently played a Hamer SFX with split coils that had an awesome tone gamut and so became interested in the brand. I have listed some features above that I like to have on my guitars for anyone that might be interested in helping me choose a guitar from the Hamer line. A Hamer Stellar was suggested above and that would seem a good place to start because it has a tapered/slim neck heel. What makes a Stellar better than a Slammer SP-1? It was also suggested that import Hamers or Slammers are far inferior to the US made models. Is this inferiority due to fitting, setup and workmanship or parts selection?
  12. Hemerhead Thanks and it's the new 'gal' not guy.
  13. crunchee, django49, The Shark, cmatthes. Jem, gorch and cynic None on my requests were meant as demands and I apologize if they appeared that way. I am clearly uninformed about the Hamer line and thought asking for suggestions of specific models within a price range that fit a feature set would have been a natural practice for those more familiar with them than myself. If the required attitude here is supplication then that is unfortunate for me because I don't do that well. So help if you want to but don't expect me to lick your balls.
  14. VeterenHFCer Nice pictures but no names and do they fit the criteria above? I've heard the same opinion about domestic vs. import Fenders and it's exaggerated by my standards. I am more discriminating about functionality and tonal variety than appearance or snob appeal. For years my favorite guitar was a Korean plywood Stratocaster so don't be afraid to suggest anything on the fear that I will ridicule it.
  15. VeterenHFCer Okay, I've never been a USA made snob. It would be shameful arrogance to presume the world has no luthiers equal to our own and we know many overseas factories have tools as good as ours so let's put together a short list in several categories: Category A - Under $300 used, solid wood, tapered/slim heel, dual humbuckers with split circuit, (BH, BH/NH, NH, BR, BR/NF, BF/NR, NF) Category B - Under $300 used, solid wood, tapered/slim heel, S/S/S with serial/parallel wiring I'll stop here for now and study what's submitted.
  16. Veteren HFCer That's lovely! Does it have a serial/parallel circuit option on the mini toggle or the usual Telemode (bridge/neck)? Outer Circle I couldn't find a pic of the neck heel from the back so if you can confirm that it's tapered, those would fit the criteria too with push/pull pots for options.
  17. Hello everyone. I recently played an SFX and liked it very much but was told they were not the best or most versatile Hamer so naturally, I became curious and ended up here. So. let's start with a feature set: 1. tapered/slim neck heel for easing high fret play and headstocks that don't angle strings to the nut. 2. great sound versatility that is coherent and familiar (ie: I hate most fat strats and prefer serial wired singles) 3. I prefer single coils but have played some very convincing split humbuckers so will not rule them out with a split circuit 4. I would like a generally high standard of build quality with action as low as I want it and comfortable, well seated edges Now that I've described what I want, what should I be looking at?
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