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Thank you all! 😂 it looks close to this……..https://www.bidsquare.com/online-auctions/austin/large-african-carved-figural-karyenda-drum-7154806

I found this at a local second hand shop. Heavy. Heavily carved. Animal skin drum skin. Any idea what this is? Cheap souvenir? It was listed as a “Native Drum”. Seems well made. Any idea where it was made and when?

Thanks for all the suggestions. I’ll give GarageBand a try. I wasn’t looking to duplicate the 424 sound - I just want a simple multi tracker that I can take out of my pocket.

Thank you. Might be time for a phone upgrade.

The title says it all. What’s the easiest app to do simple multitracks? I want it to be easy and do NOT need a lot of bells and whistles. I don’t need effects, simulators etc. I would like to be able to output an MP3 or .wav (preferably).

Forgive the shitty digital photo of the original. This was built at Hamer for employee Jim O’Keefe. I would guess 1994? I can’t remember the headstock but 99% sure it DOES NOT have a Hamer logo. As soon as you picked it up, you could tell it was 100% Hamer USA. No I don’t know why the body is reversed.

Correct. We used to send all the case plugs to Canada.

One of a kind but part of the original limited run. Factory Lubritrack nut and ONE piece body. You can count the number of 1 pc body Korina Standards in Hamer’s entire existence on one hand! Best $700 ever spent.

Well made guitars If you are a vintage Fender guy the fretboard radius is going to feel weird.

Whenever an employee had a birthday Annette had a very special way she would announce it over the intercom system. She was a great person. It's a sad day.

That could be the cover of the catalog.

That rasp was also used to carve the necks for the dual truss rod B12 bass necks and the asymmetric carve of the 1990s 5 string cruise basses. Hamer always bought them without the handle. I am not sure why. I have used mine with and without the handle and I prefer it without. That rasp and a cabinet scraper are two of my favorite hand tools.

That is a Shinto Saw Rasp (minus the handle). They can remove material efficiently and allow a high degree of control. The spaces allow the chips to clear. You can buy them here http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/151297/9-Shinto-Saw-Rasp.aspx

Perhaps Newman could chime in on this...... The truss rod covers shown above were standard issue on the "modern vintage" P90 Special initially. Then the truss rod cover had to be changed along with the shape of the headstock tip. The scroll of the headstock was cut with a custom made shaper knife. It was rather expensive to have a new cutter made and the new shape didn't look very different. I would guess a side by side comparison would be necessary to see the difference. I think it had something to do with a settlement between Gibson and Heritage. My impression was that Hamer was voluntarily making the changes. I smoked a lot of weed back then so I could be completely f'd up on this.

Would these truss rod covers used on the early 90's Specials be considered the "bell" style normally associated with Gibson?

I think it had something to do with an agreement or settlement with Gibson. Hamer was still using the familiar bell shape TRC when I started there in the early 90's. The scroll on the headstock changed slightly at the same time as the TRC change. That last Standard that Jackass assembled on "black tuesday" used a Gibson shaped rod cover that was supplied by the customer. I would ask Mike if that is an option.

They are brothers.

The torch has been passed. Congratulations. I wish Mike great success. The introductory price is astounding and reminiscent of the 1990's "Modern Vintage" era of Hamer.

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You are probably right. I do think Larry Thomas wanted to give Ovation a shot with that LT60 prototype. Now that he is out of the picture maybe things have changed and they might actively sell Ovation and Hamer. Or maybe they want to slap a different headstock on a Jackson and call it a Hamer California Custom reissue. I don't know. I don't know if they know. What I do know is that all of the builders who moved from Arlington Heights are out of jobs. I also know that there is more to building a Hamer USA than copying some dimensions off a blueprint. If they don't get the process right (for example letting the necks rest for weeks prior to putting the radius on the fingerboard) you end up with a guitar that only resembles the look of a Hamer. There is a short list of people out there that know the process. There is an even shorter list of people that know that process and have the $$$ to make it happen. That is why I mentioned Frank's name. Martin tried to market electric guitars in the past and it didn't work. Maybe they would be willing to give it another try with another established brand name. However, I don't know if the name or equipment is for sale. The name is so tarnished now I don't know if anyone is willing to buy it. If I had to guess, I would bet that someone would be willing to purchase the name, equipment and inventory if they could get it for $250,000.

I wish that Frank U could get Chris Martin to buy the rights to Hamer (not even sure FMIC is selling). I bet Frank could get enough of the old crew back together to make it work.

I believe the new owner's president is the son of former FMIC CEO Larry Thomas.

BTMN, Thanks for the offer. I will be staying in Connecticut. Bob