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Definitely some Hamers on the wall in this photo (unfortunately no direct facing photos of that wall). Depending on the age of that photo, there could be a more than a few Hamers there, maybe even a Standard.

Veneer over chambering? The veneer on my old Special appeared too delicate to cover chambers. I'd envisioned the chambering would require a thicker top.

The interwebs say ARP went belly up in 1981. Korg is bringing back the Odyssey. The ARP founder is now CEO of Carbonite. Go figure... Synthmuseum (a cool site!) says Multivox folded in the "early 80's."

Talking about the Multivox ads? Yep, that's a little less than PC right there...

Redundant, That was.

Shishkov USA

I'm still trying to figure out what color, but in keeping with the original proposal, have limited my choices to those offered. I'm torn between a dark sunburst (aka Bubsburst) and vintage natural. I posted pics of some beautiful specimens found in the Standard Appreciation Thread... oh, here they are: Forgive me for the re-post, but I just love to look at these guitars!

Beautiful! Almost a shame to chamber such a beautiful chunk of wood! The logos are fantastic. Just the right amount of what I'd call "heritage reference," but plenty different to avoid being derivative. Can't wait for a T-shirt!

There are some who call him... Tim!

He turned me into a newt!

Fixed.

[/speculation] [burst discussion!] A possibility occurred to me that hadn't prior. With appropriate permissions, what about BCR Burst?

Weren't the Peavey Vandenbergs short-scale? ETA: no hard-tail that I'm aware of, however. I'm with AnalogSystem: I'd go with an SG - incredible upper fret access, hard tail, lots of different neck shape choices over the years.

Ooooooo! Ladies and gentlemen, a contender! Love that 'burst!

Yep, having never placed a custom order with Hamer or anyone else, I have a thousand questions about a thousand different things. At this point I'm thinking it more expedient to allow him the space to get tooling / materials in order in peace rather than have to stop those processes and answer my questions. The other side of it is, if he were to stop and answer those questions prior establishment of the provisional groundwork, any answers would be pure speculation ("I hope to offer"). I'm trusting he will contact me when it is time to start my build and then we can wrangle out neck carves, color, pickups, etc. among a group of choices he can (having established process) concretely offer. +1 on being an apprentice. I prefer working on them to playing them (incidentally, that is the preference for me of those around me, as well).

Out of the Standard Appreciation Thread, these really stood out for me: This is the one that has me considering vintage natural - I love the orangey warmth! This is like a burst that isn't a burst. The color is fairly uniform until you get to the very edges. I really like the warmth and depth of color with just a bit of a frame around the binding. The Zandards have an incredible warmth to them. The only four-digit I've ever held, I like how this one is likewise framed around the edges. Beautiful guitar! But here's the one that pushing me back to the Bubsburst / 0017-burst choice. That's just an incredibly choice choice! Perusing the SAT was incredibly exciting! Really looking forward to getting into this build! ETA: I don't think my Les Paul fixation will be fulfilled any time soon - it shouldn't bear at all on this decision (but wasn't revisiting the SAT and posting all these pics fun?).

Been revisiting my color choice. I really like the Bubsburst / 0017-burst idea, but if were to ever get a Les Paul, I'd want it to be darkburst and that would be redundant. I suppose there's still some time to ponder... checking out the Standard Appreciation thread (again).

Is there much better song than "Love and Happiness" with Al Green on vocals and Teenie Hodges stomping in the intro? RIP

Was the switch placement on this one and the natural Standard in the site banner to allow for the Shoes logo on the treble horn?

The 4D style headstock is supposed to look LONG! Sorry, I should have used the word "narrow" rather than small - I like how narrow they look without the binding. Yes, and long, too. ETA: am I understanding the headstock binding choice (or lack thereof) correctly?

As did I. And I. Yes, sir. Help a slow-witted brother out - does this mean you all went with bound/crowned with no headstock binding? Now that I'm at home and viewing The BookTM, I'm thinking I'm going to drop the headstock binding. The only 4-D's I see with a bound headstock are #0055 (with the L-5 fretboard and rectangular position markers, p.37 if anyone's interested) and #0020 (white with black binding, p.38). I'm really liking how small the headstocks look without the binding, especially #0017 (cover, pp.42-43, et alibi) and #0055 (Jaws, p.47).

The Suhr web site lists all of the Aldrich humbuckers as being 4 conductor.

I really like this one (found online). Is this the Bubs Burst? If not, it looks a lot like it.

Do you mean you went with bound and crowned, but with no headstock binding? The more photos I look at, the more I'm considering foregoing the headstock binding. I mailed my deposit in today, taken from the total including a bound headstock, but I'm sure Mr. Shishkov wouldn't mind less binding. The cover Standard is definitely on my mind. The Bubs Standard has always been my favorite, but the Standard on The Book is equally impressive. Maybe a melding of the two...

I put in for a bound headstock - still wavering on that one. Bound (neck) and crowned was never a question (if offered, and it graciously and extremely reasonably was). I'll have to look through The BookTM and see which appeals. I'm kind of thinking now an un-bound headstock might be more 4-D looking...