kizanski

...and if there's one thing he knows...

...yet.

...and the '2FIG" moniker was born! LOL

The market determines where the price point is, like anything else which is bought and sold, whether it be guitars, frozen concentrated orange juice, or pork bellies (which are used to make bacon, which you might find in a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich). You can't force the issue in the other direction. This "forcing the price up" is the kind of thinking which is borne of the misconception that we are the majority of Hamer owners in the world. We're just the largest group of Hamer owners in the world with nothing else better to do, so here we hang. My unsolicited opinion about the guitar in question (trying very hard not to be negative) is that the price is optimistic. Certainly as coolness goes (my partiality for wrapper Studios is well-documented) and comparable guitars of that kind, it's certainly worth the asking price, but if it were to sell for $1750, it would be the first one I've seen do so.

I have to agree.

I think you could make a case for either one. Who has an R8, R7, R4, or Custom for me?

Jeeze, that was a while ago.

RUN - don't walk - to do that trade.

Never mind that shit. Where are the photos of the R9?

As wide as possible, otherwise you end up with this... ... no bueno.

Another deal-breaker for me.

I'd need to see his version before I threw down my greens. Obviously, his work is beyond reproach, but is his bridge an exact replica of the Hamer part, like a @hamerhead replica or @stonge's 2FIG bridge? If not, you could shim up a hardtail Strat bridge for $20 and call it a day.

It is, and worth about 1/4 as much.

Want.

True statement.