Devin

Yep, great guy and extremely reasonable prices for custom winds. I have a pair of his custom blade single coils in my Starfield Cabriolet

Thanks bud! I'm actually thinking about moving back to passive pickups in the Cali lol. I love the EMG's for rhythm tones but for leads they are starting to get on my nerves a bit....they just don't "feel" right. I'm thinking I'll drop my trusty Dimarzio Chopper back in the neck slot and order up a BG Hellabucker <3

I honestly wish Hamer would become a true "anything goes" custom shop.....i'd literally sell half of my guitars (including my USA Diablo) if it meant I could spec out a brand new custom Cali

Oh yeah, I could never forget LadyScary. She was on harmony-central a bit and I asked her to adopt me

Damn, looks pretty sweet!! What happened to the rest of your frets though?? What is the neck like on yours....thick or thin? Jol re-issuing the Californian would make me really happy

+1 even though I'm using EMG's in mine now when it was passive I had a Chopper in the neck slot and a Duncan Distortion in the bridge....badass combo!! My Cali came stock with some weird generic Dimarzio's (Dimarzio Slammer I believe).

Thanks! As far as pedals I own several but the only ones I really use are my Keeley SD-1 and Eventide Timefactor. I always bring my ISP Decimator with me to gigs as well; I rarely have to use it but I never know what I'll have to deal with at the shithole bars I play at Merci! Oh yeah man, my Cali and I have been through hell and back together. This thing fits like an old glove Here are some pics where you can see the wear a bit better (cell phone quality ) The small hole between the pickups is where I anchor my pinkie and the gray cloud on the back of the neck is an area where I've completely worn through the clear coat I just love how dark the raw mahogany is in the parts where the finish is missing - almost makes me wanna sand the sucker down lol

Haha The Deliverance is just BADASS! One channel of freakin amazing tone Thanks for the welcome guys, I look forward to checking out all the sexy Hamers on this board. Question to the Cali owners: do the neck sizes vary quite a bit? It seems like I remember reading about someone's Cali that had a really thin shredder neck, but mine has a big fat D neck similar to a Strat and I LOVE it (seems like its almost twice as thick as the Diablo neck ). I definitely want to pick up another Cali at some point and I'd want another thick neck for sure. Oh yeah, my Cali has stainless steel frets as well

Is that you Playboy?? Thanks for the compliment mang!

1989 USA Californian, VHT Deliverance Sixty, and 1997 USA Diablo Limited <3 The Cali in particular is my favorite guitar of all time, and I've played lots!