kizanski

No, they're both the briaded ground/single hot type.

As long as Hamer insists on using covered humbuckers and black rings, it will be a requirement. Which reminds me: who wants to buy a like new matching pair of covered '59's w/black rings?

While I still feel that only Supporting Members ought to be allowed to post items for sale on this forum, I hope you took away from what I wrote as complimenting the guitar (I did on several occasions in this thread and elsewhere) and that I was giving you the benefit of the doubt. Again, other than some bad timing, I don't feel that you did anything "wrong." I think that you just walked into a bee's nest concerning this particular guitar. Hell! I want it and I'm a righty!

I have been giving this a lot of thought (yes, I know, I should have more important things to occupy my mind), and I think "Relicaster" is the unfortunate recipient of the irritation brought on by the prior thread where this guitar was posted for sale. As we already know, the "seller" (another newbie) posted the guitar, took forever to get photos to the several interested parties (in fact, never did), and then posted that the guitar was sold to a dealer. Enter the dealer, Relicaster, posting the guitar for sale for nearly twice what it was offered just a few days prior (the ebaY ad when first posted had a minimum bid of $2000, but was edited soon after). I can't imagine the circumstances under which he would be received well after that, but I think it's fair to point out that he's entitled to set the reserve amount in his auction to whatever he wants. It IS one of the cleanest, if not THE cleanest Sunbursts that I have ever seen, and I have yet to see another lefty Sunburst (outside of Elliot Easton's collection), so I can understand it if the leftys are a bit miffed. I agree the HFC members benefit from anyone being able to post an item for sale, but I think it is fair to point out that a newbie posting a Hamer for sale here would be doing so in the hopes that a group of Hamer lovers would pay more than most others for it, so in those cases the benefit would be for the seller. I have bought and sold many Hamers (and other brands of guitars) thanks to the members of this board. In all but one case I did so without hesitation, fully confident that I would receive what had been described to me when purchasing, and likewise typically send a guitar that I have sold to the buyer without waiting to receive payment. Why? Because I know those of you that have been here a while will continue to be here and are accountable. Given the history on this board of the airing of dirty laundry, imagine what would befall a regular setting out to stiff another on this board. Without any history here, when a "stranger" shows up and posts something for sale, they should expect to meet with some hesitation. So, in my un-Solomon-like way I can see both sides of the argument, but I still feel that WE as a community are protected when some accountability is set in place for one to post an item for sale, and therefore should only be permitted by Supporters. Of course, this being Ted's board and not "Kizanski's", you can just forget you read all of what I wrote above, because it has no bearing on anything.

My Mahogany Standard (now Woodpile's) looks the same way. That's the way the natural mahogany looks in sunlight.

Allow me to help out a fellow Robin Fan... The photos are LARGE, so instead of resizing them or posting them in their huge state, I'll have you click the links. It's better to see the details, anyway. Full frontal. Body front. Body back. A huge photo of a tiny ding. Looks like a beaute!

WOW. That's just aweful. Hope he mends quickly.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...7321588215&rd=1

Mike Lee, Big Steve, SOMEONE that's left-handed! There are a more than a few lefties on this board that will be kicking themselves if they dont act! I don't want to hear any crying when it gets gobbled up by a right-handed Hamer collector that can never use it. Serial, how many of these could there be?

One of the leftys on this board needs to grab this PRONTO! A Sustain Block lefty.....too cool!

100% in agreement with you, Admiral!

I think the headstock is pretty nice, and I like the idea of not making the truss rod cover any larger than it needs to be. However, the logo looks like aET, not JET. We need a "J" change.

Great story, Kilroy! Was this the red Tele that he used? Hint: It ain't real, and it ain't a Nash....

Dat ain't a Wat-son, dat be a CAY-jun!!!

I thought so as well (I, being one of the fools that let it go). The Legend of the Pizza Day Standard lives! Good luck to the new owner!

I don't like Sustain Block guitars. Nope. Not one bit.

Thankfully, Brooks wears his at THE correct height.

LOVE the Nuge! Saw him in '78 at a stadium concert in the pouring rain, which was a good thing because he was on fire! If there is one thing that drives me crazy about him it's the whistle sound he makes when he says a word with an S in it. It drives me to distraction!

HAHAHA!! That's another good one!!

I'm sure you're right, and the expression "Kiss my pucker" comes to mind!

"Groovy" even.

Gale, you have a screw loose.

Here's mine... Well, it used to be mine. As the story goes, before I discovered the Internet, ebaY, and the HFC, I was a One Guitar guy, and to get something else usually meant selling what I had. At the time, I was a small neck fan, and I couldn't bond with the neck on the PRS, even though it was an otherwise magnificent instrument. I was also in the market for something (I can't remember what anymore), and sold this to a good buddy for $950. That was a good price at the time (c.1990), but for a friend, it was not out of bounds. Fast forward to about a year ago, and my first opportunity to play the guitar again after I sold it. "Let me check that one out," I said, "because I could never deal with that neck." I held it in my hands and cursed myself and everyone in the room because the neck was PERFECT for me! "Of course it is," my friend said, putting it back in the case. "Tripple your money back, buddy?" He didn't bite, but he did laugh a hearty belly laugh at me. He went on to tell me that he had been offered $6000 for it by a collector, but turned him down. Some buddy. He'll get his!

All good points, Steve. My point was that it's a two 'bucker flamed maple top set neck guitar with a straight headstock angle and trem. Kinda like a PRS. Let me qualify what I meant by "PRS Killer" when I say that a mint condition Mirage costs about a tenth of what that Private Stock PRS costs. Of course, no one will be buying a Mirage for their "collectablity," but then, how many of those Private Stocks get PLAYED, rather than hiding out under the bed? The Mirage will not be winning any beauty contests. It's a utility guitar. Considering its price in a "bang for the buck" comparison, it's a killer.

Yea, yea, I know. You love 'em or you hate 'em, and some look better than others. I have also seen some pretty gowd aweful-looking PRS's over the years.