Lockbody

Which are surprisingly in demand these days.

Is it painted? I had one that looked just like it that I always thought was paint, but then seeing that one makes me think some came that way.

I need a dual Humbucker pickguard for my Shell Pink Strat. Yep, that's just what that guitar needs.

I need a minute. Thanks.

More pics of the Firebird. I'm all Fender. I could really use a Firebird with a Maestro.

Ouch, not that bad when I had it. That's new. Fingers crossed.

There was chipped paint on the back of the headstock when I got it from Jay. I confirmed with him that it was missing when he shipped it.

I did lolz

Almost word-for-word what happened to my Vector.

Damn! Sorry to hear this. Good luck to everyone.

Thanks mang! That means a lot coming form you! Anyhoo, after a few failures to get the next people on board to receive #5 and a small (read: major) emergency at work that kept me from being able to get it out the door last week, #5 is working its way to SC and Steve Hayne. As I told Gene more than once, I felt very lucky to be able be a part of this, had a great time playing it, but really regret not being able to meet any fellow HFC'ers face-to-face to hand it off. Such is life. I threw a small trinket in the case to document its time in Birmingham, and challenge everyone who gets it to add something from your town so Gene has a small reminder of all the great places #5 traveled.

Aww, shucks. It wern't nuthin' I was hoping to get a decent take of our instrumental version of "White Wedding", but the recording I got was a clamfest and not to be posted. I'll try again at practice on Tuesday.

So I'm first up. Let me just say how honored I am to be a part of this, and Gene (BTMN) is one cool individual for allowing us to share one unique man's vision of his guitar. I sold my last Hamer a couple of years ago to focus on a few core guitars, but strapping Wyldbil's Special on instantly brought back everything I love about Hamers - how effortless they play and a thick, but cutting tone. I had an '81 Special, but it was nowhere near the guitar in tone that this one is. You can hear it below. Unfortunately, we don't have a show until April 5th, but we started learning a song last week that fits in perfectly here, as it's a song by an early Hamer adopter, "Kid" by The Pretenders. It's just a quick one using my iPhone sitting on the mixer so you don't get to see the other half of the band, but you do get see whats important, and Wyldbil's guitar, too. Signal path is: guitar, Carbon Copy delay, '74 Fender Super Reverb. Of course, I flub the solo in front of all my Hamer brethren, but what can you do?

I'm in. Have Murkat send it down to B'ham, or I'll meet him in Huntsville, AL.

Agreed! Since most of the magic happens in the preamp, the Marks are the ultimate bedroom to stage amp. Since I have a basement jam room, either my Deluxe Reverb, or my Super Reverb, is what I practice through.

+ a bazilion! That's the first non-white Custom I've ever seen.

This. Offer it in some solid colors. Sonic Blue Mahogany Standard, anyone? If the guitar is to be a Hamer, then for some people Hamer = Standard. If re-introducing the Hamer name is what's being bandied about, then having the first guitar be an updated version of the guitar that made the company what it is should be a no-brainer. You could probably bring out a Special after that, but a Standard should be first. Sorry everyone, but make it a triple-bucker like a couple of guitars that didn't sell well for Hamer the first time around, and the boys might as well keep on making Guilds. But it will be a hard sell, no matter what. The big names are putting out good guitars at decent prices right now, and retailers are desperate to get off stock. Want a new dual humbucker guitar, but don't have a lot of dosh? Sweetwater will put you in a new Gibson SGJ for $499. In addition, the used market is flooded with USA built guitars under $1500. Bling-y Les Pauls, Custom Shop Fender, anybody's signature anything... all can be had < $1500. Heck, you can get a Les Paul Studio, SG Std, or Deluxe Strat or Tele for half of that. It's a tough market at the workingman's price point. Good luck.

That's not correct. AVRI pickups are made pretty much like the originals. MIJ/CIJ aren't, and are more like strat pickups in a JM cover.

Talk about perfection. Great color for a Jazzmaster. Did you install the Lollars? I'm curious about the original pups vs the Lollars. Thanks! No, the Lollars(I've got the Vintage set) were in it when I got this one. Everything you read about them is true - especially the part about them being bright. Bright, but not harsh and thin like AVRI, IMO. More hifi. I like the tone of the neck pickup to be up full, but I like the bridge pickup best when the tone control is rolled back to around 7-8, so I'm thinking of modding the controls on my JM so I can set it up like that. I think the bridge on some 500k pots (or even 250k) instead of the 1M, and the neck on all 1M will get me closer to what I want to hear. The neck pickup is as perfect of a pickup as you could ask for, but if the bridge had a couple more turns of wire I wouldn't complain. Still, when you roll the tone back and crank it through my Super Reverb, it flat-out twangs like nobody's business. Just not quite as round as a Tele bridge pickup. Both pickups take anything from mild overdrive to fuzz no problem. When I'm playing around the house I tend to like them better with my SR vs my 66 BFDR, but when I've listened to some recordings of the band with me on the DR, what I think of being a bit too bright when practicing equals the right amount of "cut" through the mix in a small bar. In short, I like 'em, especially that neck pickup, but some of the offerings from Novak look mighty nice, especially in the bridge department.

Just one - a 2007 AVRI Jazzmaster with Lollars and a Mastery bridge.

WOW! Going back in that thread a few posts tells me that I got to the HFC a couple years too late. Or maybe not. I joined this board in 2000 and felt the same way then! There have definitely been some characters on here through the years, that's for sure. Kiz, that was a very touching tribute, and what a bass!. Thanks for posting.

When did Gibson start using compound radius fretboards?

My 2005 AVRI Jazzmaster with Lollars. I had my guitar guy compound the fret radius above the 12th fret, and now I can't put it down.

Acoustic 160 head. After the second Marshall in a row went out on me, I decided I wanted to try a Mesa/Boogie, but didn't have the cash and let a store talk me into the acoustic. "It's just like a Boogie. Just like it." Well, it wasn't.