Sparky

No affiliation. A beauty, and appears to be in really good shape for its age. https://reverb.com/item/80034838-hamer-standard-1980-early-4-digit-serial-natural

That's a stunner!

The benefits of communism meant the Russians got to stay stuck in the 1950's longer than the west. That's sarcasm, BTW. It took them a while to catch up technologically. Tube manufacture requires a staggering amount of hand work. At least with those old production methods. I doubt anyone's about to spend 100 million developing a robotic production facility for vacuum tubes. Maybe we can start a rumor that the field produced by tubes causes weight loss.

Second time I've mentioned the Peavey HP Special here, so it looks like I'm schilling, but the Wolfgang became the HP special, and the HP specials usually cost a few hundred less than the Wolfgang. Last I looked there was a guy on the gear page selling a nice looking carve top HP special with upgraded pickups for about $900.

Pretty cool, what with the way the top of the headstock is angled. Huh? You lost me there! I don't like the older vector or blitz models with Hamer's traditional 3 on a side headstock. It just does not look right to me. On all the other models where the traditional "paddle" headstock is common, I like it just fine. I think this other design with the curved top, let's call it the "scimitar" headstock, is probably angular enough to work on the pointy standard and vector models.

I wonder what that headstock would look like on a standard? If someone wanted a vibrato on a standard, but did not want a locking nut, this headstock would give a straighter string pull, like the paddle headstock, but would probably look a lot better. I like the paddle headstock fine on almost every hamer except the pointy ones. It just does not work on those.

Love the martial arts stance at the very beginning. "Kiai!!"