specialk

Here are pics of the Standard Custom. Wow! Again, WOW! sk

Email sent for Standard Custom pics! Thanks....

Great pics, Greg! Wow on the way Hamer paid attention to the details on the paint job. Those squares line up perfectly! And I love the neck inlays. Were they ever offered to the general public?

Thanks, Gus! My eye for details must be getting better, cuz that was the only difference I saw in them. Oh yeah, and some Sunbursts have an archtop. I'm guessing no Special or Special FM did. ON EDIT: Never mind about the archtop question. It appears that Specials were made with them. As for the binding, I guess the Sunbursts have body binding and Sunburst Customs have body and neck binding. See here: http://www.hamerfanclub.com/sunburst.html Under "Description From The 1990 Catalogue". Unfortunately the sentence is not completed: "The Sunburst is also available in either Standard or Custom configuration. The Custom features a bound rosewood ".

The Specials and the Sunbursts look pretty much identical to me. Anyone know of any differences between the models? ON EDIT: To the OP, go to this page: http://www.hamerfanclub.com/andrewlarge/specials.htm and scroll about 2/3 of the way down. They show the difference in tops in a picture. sk

Congrats! It was a heck of a buy! Make sure pics are posted when ya get it!

+1! You nailed it!

I think I'd be afraid to play it, let alone take it out of the house. I like clean guitars, but not quite as ostentatious as that, I guess. sk

Their first album, Crime Of The Century, was their only good album, but dude it is an incredible album. Not a bad tune on it!

I was thinking of their song, Crime Of The Century, with the price on that guitar. I mean it's a nice one, but $4,700 nice? Jeez....

Now those are some cool basses! What Hamer model are they? Don't think I've ever seen that style. sk

Congrats on the sale, veatch! I didn't think it was gonna go that high, but it sure did. A nice one by any standard! sk

Congrats, Siaip! As with Hamerhead, I really had my eyes on that one on the FS board. Looks like a great one! sk

Jeez, talk about comparing apples to oranges! I'm glad old Ed hasn't gotten a dime from me.

Congrats! A thing of beauty, it is....

"But, it must be worth a Brazillion dollars!" sk

Wound up going for $237.50. Yeah, I'd say someone probably got a very good deal! specialk

Oh, jeez, thanks for spelling it out so easy that even I can figure it out, Mike! PRS is a factory. Hamer is a luthier shop. Sorry for taking everyone's time up to get this idea through my dense skull. specialk

Trust me, here in the Midwest I am no stranger to factory work, but even Henry Ford figured out that employees would do a better job if they could afford the product they were making. I guess sanders are entry-level after all. I sure do hope the higer up positions are better compensated. And I hope at Hamer, even the sanders are doing better than that. Come to think of it, I've never seen Hamer have to put want ads on their web site for workers.... specialk

Okay, PRS charges a pretty fair amount for a very good guitar. But I see they are hiring sanders for $10/hour. http://www.prsguitars.com/inside/index.html I'm guessing/hoping these are not entry-level jobs, so I was pretty shocked to see such low wages. I was wondering if this was the industry prevailing wage (I sure hope not!) or if PRS was unusually stingy. I sure like to think those guys up in New Hartford are earning a living wage at least. specialk

Gotta be honest here, the Standard/Explorer shape. I thought it was the goofiest idea since maybe the Vox Teardrop. Then I strapped one on and couldn't get over how well it balanced. Now it's the last guitar I'm looking to buy, and this one is as close as I've seen to exactly what I want: http://willcuttguitars.com/shop/catalog/pr...products_id=415 I know I'll chicken out when I find out how much it's going for, but I might call them about it anyway. specialk

For trades, does this Carvin do anything for you? Been babied in a non-smoking house: http://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=27908 specialk

Safe ride, bro. Enjoy, and thanks for the pix! Gettin a bad case of roadlust just looking at 'em. specialk