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Hiram was killin' on guitar there, too. Good stuff.

No dUg?

No, I got the question! Seriously even if I were in The Biggest Band Ever, I'd play the PRS and have an identical backup. It sort of annoys me when the guitarist is switching instruments all the time, and none of the drunks in the audience can hear the difference between a White Falcon and a Tele anyway.

I completely honestly prefer to play one guitar. Even if could have a roadie handing them off song to song. I own six electrics but for gigging it's the PRS, period. That way I focus on playing and doing stupid poses instead of adjusting knobs or even subliminally adjusting to neck or balance or whatever.

Been playing the Alvarez Yairi nylon-string. It's like learning a totally different instrument. Thumb pivoting on the back of the neck. Fingers like...so. No, it rests on THAT knee. Stop making so much sound with the fingerpicking. I love learning.

Nathan, I think you won't regret this. I don't own a lotta electric guitars. But I can pick up... MotorAve no. 0004 A Giffin A Hamer Studio Custom my cheap but nice Fernandes Tele ...and I always pick up my PRS to actually gig.

I'd want to play one but the look is great.

If only it had a Khaler.

My Shishkov Ultimate will be my most expensive ever by a large margin. Hence my recent selling spree to finance it. But I couldn't resist the chance to be in on a little piece of guitar history and help keep the Hamer DNA alive. I will say my MotorAve might be WORTH a good bit, as it's Number 0004 of Mark's builds and I got it for a steal. If i were practical and still making student/working musician money I'd just have a couple $350 Japanese Teles and not even think about value and collections and stuff. Man, age and a little discretionary income can warp our values, eh?

For most of history music was a tribal or family or very local thing for spiritual and communal sharing. It's also long been a form of storytelling, oral history, a way of keeping a culture vital. Folk music, field hollers, blues, reels and jigs, drum circles. No rock stars. Beethoven was a rock star but usually professional legit composers were dependent on wealthy sponsors and their music was for a rarified few. Recording technology allowed the rise of the music star, letting more people hear a Caruso, a Sinatra, an Elvis, a Hendrix, a Miley Cyrus than was possible when music was tribal, communal, of the heart for loved ones. Recording technology allowed the long-playing record. Before that it was songs, sheet music, singles, radio. I'm just saying that thinking a really weird period in history when guys with lots of hair made lots of money making recordings onto big vinyl discs is somehow the NORM is wrong. Might be personally important because the peak of your high school studliness coincided with LPs and rock stars, but music is dynamic is about the heart, the guts the balls. It'll live on as long as we still breathe.

I feel all tingly. And the tuner buttons and the gold old-school knobs are perfect... I'm very excited about my order!

Y'know, that font works better caps and lower case than HAMER ALL CAPS... but still looks kind of comforting. An auspicious start! Thanks for sharing photos.

We GET there when we GET THERE! (future company motto)

I heard that Shishkovs reverse thinning hair. And that a Shishkov rescued a baby from a house fire. One time, this Shishkov saw a guy trying to steal a lady's purse and was like BOOM, dude. And that was IT! And they smell nice and if you're like stuck on a desert island you can eat them and they taste like candied cherries. ( Just trying to keep the speculation interesting )

Better price. Same quality.

And from the logo on the website and banner ad, looks like it will be Bookman Bold Italic (with swashes) for the logo. An off-the-shelf font with a nice historic tie to Hamer. I think going with any hockey-stick headstock, no matter the exact proportions, is not too legally risky. Loads of builders had used this general shape and continue to do so.

Yeah, it's just the most I have ever spent on a guitar, especially when not knowing anything about it except the builder is talented I'm not worried, but it'd be a bummer if I didn't enjoy playing it, despite it being beautifully made.

Aaaaaand my deposit is in for the initial run of 12. Honestly my preference if I'd ever had the scratch for a Hamer c/o Standard would have been old-school headstock, natural finish and dots... a Zandard in other words...so this wasn't a real tough call for me. Now to sell a few others to finance this.

Well, we have THREE vintage natural orders: you, Bubs n me. But all got our emails bumped back. Hey Mike! Sending a check yer way... don't bump me!

Building to a Higher Standard™ EDITED TO ADD: Woohoo! I'm sending my deposit in for the initial run.

I'm fine with the iRig and iPad into Garageband. I'm traveling currently, and in my room now in Vegas I have a guitar cable, USB cable, and Scarlett USB interface that I tun into my work Mac. Hard to go 5 nights without working on some song ideas!

I just think this is fun. I THINK I may have been number 14 in line. It's like waiting for a prize drawing. I can still buy a regular one later (if I sell more to finance it) but it's kinda cool to get in on the beginning. Hope it's a very auspicious beginning!

WOW! To the repair job and the setlist.

Man, I actually don't check this site for 12 hours and looks like I'm too late to get in line. Bummer.

^^^This, as I'm more a fan of DiMarzios than Duncans for the big-name pickup co's. The older Virtual PAF's that the 36th Anniversary's replaced were also very nice. DiMarzios have the double cream bobbins which look so effin' nice in a Standard also. Lots of boutique/custom winders out there that do great work too. I've had great luck with JS Moore pu's and he does double cream open-bobbin HB's also at very nice prices (<$100/pu, in most cases). No affiliation with JS Moore, btw... One more +1 for the "lowly" Dimarzio 36th. I also do the crunch-clean or sometimes fuzz thing in my band. These pickups are really good. gearwhore is a fan too, I believe.