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The last Arlington Heights guitar was a korina Vector (#747993-002) with a completion date of 3/21/97. Quite a few instruments in mid-production were sent to CT for finishing. Yes, the Vector was not the 2d one in the run of 72 (in fact, #72 had been completed a few days before this one was logged in), but remember that the run of 72 was not done in sequential order like the Standards. IIRC, the reason for that was so that people who owned the limited edition Standards could get a matching numbered Vector if it was available. Hameritis may still exist on occasion, but post-CT, it is far rarer in my experience. I have yet to see it on a single CT instrument and I've played, examined, fondled several hundred. Not the case on the pre-'97 ones, where I see it about 10-15% of the time on the ones I've seen.

That one wouldn't have been available at budget prices. Glad Hamer made that one. They sure have made some cool guitars, especially lately again!

He's gotta pay the $300 tax for a MG though.

Holy Fu@%. I'm laughin' my ass off at this thread! That's Entertainment! Hmmm Hamer building a set neck Chap... Could have happened. Or maybe not. How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? The world may never know.

Jack: Take it easy. They replaced that neck (at this point) close to a decade ago. It has been hanging on the wall in the shop (the twisted E=MC2 neck) since at least 1998. Vernon brought his guitar with the NEW neck to HFC1 in 1998.