Studio Custom

You can buy a complete Schaller on eBay for $144 shipped.

I hate Nirvana but they are deserving for the cosmic shift they created.

I took lessons for five years. I also use to buy all the guitar magazines and books I could find and devour them.

I prefer this guy, as his playing is smoother and tone fits the genre better IMO.

Think about value. They claimed to produce three guitars a week, with an average MSRP of $4,500. We all know dealer cost was half that. So their weekly gross was $6,750. Now lets assume they worked 50 weeks a year. The annual gross was $337k. They had to buy the wood, the other parts and pay six full-time employees, how large was the annual net loss? The good name might be worth $200k to the right buyer. Such a purchase would only make sense if one could then ramp up production to 50 guitars a week. Such sales would require a sales force, advertising and a full factory. You'd have to have deep pockets to give that a go. When GC fails to pay Fender and they bankrupct as a result, you'll be able to pickup the name for $20k.

Stop beating around the bush and tell how you really feel.

Based on this I'd avoid him. Every deal I've entered with so much back story has turned into a problem, whether it being shipping delays, overstated condition to flat out never shipping the item. His life is in turmoil and you are low on his list of issues to get to.

That guitar was neon pink hence the price it got.

He's steadfast at $1100 which is too much IMO for a rosewood 22 fretter.

The irony is Dumble used many cheap, Radio Shack quality, parts because he wanted their inefficiency to assist in his tonal goal. As time marches on, those parts degrade more quickly and become more variable, making the amps lose their original mojo. I've played the four Dumbles Ultrasound had, including Santana's before he purchased. Two were awesome and two nothing special. No one wants to admit their 1959 Les Paul is a dog, same with Dumbles. They all get the mystic when half of them deserve it.

The high water mark was about $60,000 when Carlos Santana was doing that song with Rob Thomas. Gene at Ultrasound sold Carlos his Dumble and Tony Bruno cloned it prior. A Super 100 is $5500.

I believe the Yngwie strat was the first signature model and continues to be the best selling one to this day.

What if Jol was part of the ownership or management? The other luthiers have come and gone over the years.

If any of my local dealers carried their products or had turned me onto them, I wouldn't have had to google Myka and Schroeder to figure out who/what they were. Both sound like one man operations, so not comparable to Hamer. Hamer was producing a guitar a month, they are doing at least doubt that.

Not going to say what I thought when I saw this. Not going to say it. But I will say that your understanding of this brand is not complete. You are a dealer so of course you are always going to side on the concept dealers are necessary. When you go to lawyer for his opinion, invariably his suggestion is to sue. When you speak to a surgeon, he recommends surgery. You have no idea what I do and don't know, so do't assume you are more knowledgeable on the subject. With all due respect, I don't care what you do. I have sold more full custom spec Hamers than you will ever see, and each one was labor intensive. Hamers do not sell themselves. Custom guitars require a lot of back and forth to get specced. Unless you ARE a Hamer dealer, your opinion is not based on fact. Murkat....how's that? Your not going to have to worry about that anymore are you? Might as well remove that Hamer Authoized Dealer from your avatar. Myka or Schroeder seem to be able to do it without dealers.

What sells on the used market? Californians, Watsons, Steve Stevens and Standards. Would there be a market for these in the $3,000 price range you'd have to get at such low volume?

Not going to say what I thought when I saw this. Not going to say it. But I will say that your understanding of this brand is not complete. You are a dealer so of course you are always going to side on the concept dealers are necessary. When you go to lawyer for his opinion, invariably his suggestion is to sue. When you speak to a surgeon, he recommends surgery. You have no idea what I do and don't know, so do't assume you are more knowledgeable on the subject.

At the present volume a direct to market concept is the only way, similar to make boutique builders or Fractal Audio. The expense of running salesmen around to put product on shelves, advertise and attend NAMM doesn't work at a guitar a day. Not to mention recapturing the 20% dealer cut. Also get rid of inflated MSRP, don't charge more for boomerangs over crowns, red more than black and you might be able to recoup the brand.

Fender fired Jol, now Hamer is defunct. It is reasonable for him to believe he was irreplaceable.

When Fender goes bankrupt thanks to Guitar Center, the name will be available again as a liquated asset. I guess Jol's feeling good about himself today.

Dare I say Axe Fx II?

Back on topic, has anyone ever seen a Hamer embossed Schaller that also has the threaded inserts? I haven't.

Incorrect. Schaller started using the hardened inserts at some point in the 90's (I'm sure someone here knows the exact point). So there are plenty of Hamer-stamped baseplates out there. - Austin Considering how few Floyded Hamers were built after the mid 1990s, I find "plenty" to be an exaggeration. Let's start with any.

Current Schallers have hardened inserts, the originals stripped out the base often. Anything labeled Hamer would not have the inserts.

Is the top flat or curved like more modern Hamers?