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Hahahaha, um, maybe not. I could always leave it by my bedside as a self defense weapon. With the weight of the body, I could probably knock an intruder to Cuba.

That’s a pretty good idea, it’s worth a try at least. Thanks!

I won’t go into the long story about how this guitar, custom made for me, came about, but I always wanted a Junior made to my specs (TLE neck carve, sustain block bridge, Bill Lawrence pickup). Well, here it is. I’ve had it for a few years. The luthier(??!) who made it did several thing things wrong with it, but for the most part I’ve been able to get it to work well, and it does play very nicely. It’s pretty much exactly what I wanted if I overlook some of the silly flaws. What I truly can’t stand though, is that the builder managed to find the heaviest piece of mahogany on the face of the planet. Either that or he filled it with lead. It weighs in just at 10 pounds, which probably isn’t the heaviest guitar ever made, but the problem is that it is extremely unbalanced. It’s very annoying to play sitting down, the neck is just dying to pop up and hit me in the face. If I let go of the neck it would literally do just that, and probably with some force at that. It is perfectly balanced standing up, but it’s heavy and I pretty much never play standing up anymore and I don’t gig. Anyone know of a luthier that could chamber this thing without ruining the finish, if that’s even possible?

I have too many teles, but a shout out for that Gravelin neck pickup, be sure to add that to your purchase because Josh’s tele neck pickups are the only neck pickup I put in my teles, three of them so far. They have amazing tone and vibe.

I’m looking for a Dr Z MAZ 18 Junior, I’d be happy with the head or a combo. I have cash or a Hamer TLE to trade. TLE’s are the greatest guitar ever made (IMHO of course), which is why I have three of them. At my age there’s no use in coveting guitars anymore, so I’d be willing to give one up for one of these amps. Close proximity to Southwest Florida would be a bonus.

That's cool Peter. I wish I knew how to use a whammy.....

That's freakin' blasphemy right there! TLE's are beautiful, that thing is just fugly. Sincerely, Your Friendly TLE Collector

Got mine too Chris, thanks! I swear I can now play faster, strum harder, and leap tall buildings in a single bound.....

Well now yer just rubbing it in!! Very cool score!...

Hey, whaddya know, I have one of those sitting in my music room. It's tobacco burst and the wood that I can see looks like, ummm, "door" wood...

Is Sen another name for basswood? Because I'm pretty sure all the Destroyers, V's, etc were basswood bodies...at least they were advertised that way....

I've been through everything and that includes all the different Hamers. I've settled on short scale, skinny necks, and sustain blocks. So please all you PRS converts, if you're not gonna play your skinny neck sustain blocked 24.75" Hamers don't let them go to waste, PM me cuz I got GAS!

I'll probably raise flames for saying this, but... Yes without Trevor Rabin. Only liked them when Trevor was with them...but at least there are a lot of good movie soundtracks now!

I agree. I missed it by a half day at most. I've never sold a Hamer for more than I bought it for, at least not before offering it within this forum for the price I paid...

What should an '81 Vector with normal wear (typical dings and scratches) go for?