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This thing is super rad. I forget how I've come across it before (maybe mylespaul) but I didn't realize it was the only one. Is it bursted over tv yellow, and is that how the other sunburst single cuts were done? The center looks opaque in the photos.

I don't know about others but I'd consider it a junior.

Damn, I knew you guys would deliver. This thread is pretty epic already.

Love this. My next junior build I plan on doing was going to be the biggest silver metal flake I could do.

thanks. I built #2 from scratch and Hamer built #4 (no longer own). The "white" one is hard to photograph but is actually the lightest of green. PGK I put together and sprayed also.

Also some Marshalls, some Gibson juniors and specials and a can of spam. What more does one need?

Nice thing is gibson finally decided to sell the plain juniors in proper colors/layout as a standard model this year. Seems like such a missed opportunity of them all these years it's only been available as a Gibson Custom model. @Hackubus How's that new special? Color looks great

Aint nothing wrong with some specials. Nice.

I'm stuck at home ill and bored. I love junior style guitars (wish I would have discovered this when I was younger). Let's see em. Here's a couple I own or did own

Good thing you did. I was seriously thinking about it myself. here’s some more orange Hamer wrap tails to get you excited until it arrives. Looks good on spruce and mahogany just as well as maple.

Yeah I had one of the bcr Jr's in orange for a short minute and a Newport p90 wrap tail in orange. Cool color. Almost want to buy this one.

Bet that’s a CO. Ebony board, bevel and a wraparound. Isn’t that color called Vintage Orange, or maybe just Transparent orange back then?

Finally got to plug this bad boy in. Damn the pickup @JGravelin made is awesome. Harmonics are leaping from the board. Josh did his Charlotte wind on a Hamer style brass frame and correct spacing for the sustainblock and to quote Josh when I asked about having the Charlotte done this way ”I've never actually done one like it, tested, and heard from myself. Will sound killer? YES!! I have no doubt. Like some strange DiMarz/Hamer pickup bastard child!!” Damn was he right and in a great way. My buddy tried it out also we just sat there ripping riff after riff all night tonight grinning. I’d call it a Charlotte+ Unless Josh has a better name. It Is like everything from the other charlottes I have but a tad more fidelity/ harmonic richness I think my next 2 builds are going to need this pickup. when it was coil split it was amazing also. okay enough hyperbole for one night, but we really enjoy this pickup.

Hell yeah I love those too. Yet never had one. The tops on those mid 90’s Hamers are unreal.

Wouldn't that be horrific? I usually believe in doing what one wants to their own guitar, but to mess with such a specifically unique guitar like that would be unforgivable.

I put a couple coats of the EM1000 sealer on first. It’s supposed to pop the grain well. Then a couple coats of the em6000 with transtint lemon yellow as toner coats. it didn’t hide the bleed out I had on the top from the CA glue when putting the binding on. If it was solvent based I bet it would have. That also further solidified sticking with burst.

Thanks! Yes you did. Thanks again. Funny I owned that one twice now. Biggest neck I’ve seen on a Hamer. Would bond with it well now. It was bit heavy though.

Hell yeah. Glad to know I nailed the assist.

Thanks. I almost stopped at the first lemon yellow toner coat with natural back. It just popped so much. Aztec gold! But I have too many yellow guitars and had the vision for this guitar. Plus some ca glue flaws/bleed outfrom the binding were visible at this point still.

Hahah. Talented no, persistent yes. I ain’t no Luthier yet. It turned out well but still has some flaws. Also don’t think I mentioned. It might be simple single volume only but it does coil split.

Then I must’ve done an OK job. Lol.

Sun came out this afternoon finally.

I’ve been hamerless since last July. This should hold me over for awhile. My biggest fear is I would have messed up the neck angle or something working on this project piecemeal over the past year and half. Luckily it was easy to to setup and is playing great. Just need to go to a buddies to plug it into an amp and give this pickup a workout. My amps are packed up in storage right now.

I’ll spare everyone the hours of other steps of finishing. I’m no pro but it buffed out fairly nice. Some dust trapped in it here or there (hey no real paint booth). It is actually a water based acrylic called Target em6000. This is guitar #4 painted with this clear. Just can’t do solvents around here. It’s my favorite finish so far that isn’t Nitro. If I had the right booth/climate control I’d be doing nitro or 2k. But health first for now. here’s some more glamour shots

Obtained an ebony board and Honduran mahogany neck blank to match the body.