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Well, the only "pro" type guitars I have left are my PRS and 2 Hamers. When things got bad I sold the G&Ls, the Fender, the Reverend...because I brought EVERY instrument to at least one gig when I knew I was going under. Months and months later, the final 3 were what simply played & sounded the best, and of the best quality. I spend most of my playing time going back & forth between the Studio & the McCarty. very different in a number of ways, but dead even for build & just feeling like "my guitar". Hamer needed a high profile player list, and a marketing push. No one knew about the brand...other than the people who knew about the brand. :/

Late to the wake, it seems. I didn't wanna believe it would happen. Frankly, this is just icing on the cake for a lousy couple of years: I went through a horrendous divorce, got laid off, and had to sell off most of my guitars to support my kids (I had both for a year. I have custody of my daughter at present). I kept 3 out of nearly a dozen electrics: my PRS McCarty Standard, and my 2 Hamers. Recording, gigging etc for 2 years taught me which of my guitars were "the ones". In fact, the only used instrument I have purchased in nearly 2 decades is my '96 Studio, aka The Wife. It's used for 90% of what I do. In fact, the band got back to work this week. We were working up classic rock covers to get better gigs. I played The Wife all day. Battered, worn, chipped & scratched, it was everything I never looked at twice but has become "that guitar" for me. Did an album last year. All Hamer through Dr. Z amps. I dunno what I'm trying to get at. Great guitars, I spoke to Mr. Keller on the phone years ago about my 25th Anniversary. He and the rest of the Hamer folks are just the salt of the earth. I am SOOOOOOO depressed. Sorry guys. Life has been in the way. I'm behind the grieving curve.

I bought her album out of curiousity. It isn't bad, and it certainly isn't all teenie bopper stuff. Some AOR type stuff on there, as well. Her playing is great throughout, and I love that she sneals some great leadwork into that first single.

Sad. I only own the one Hamer, but I've played a bunch & loved them all. I hope FMIC knows what it's doing...

My 25th Anniversary Edition. I was playing her a little while ago through my Dr. Z MAZ 18 NR, which has to be the greatest amp known to man.

Me and one of my Reverends (that I don't have anymore):

Happy birthday, folks!

Were there similar concens when Kaman bought Hamer?

The wife got me a Bad Monkey for my birthday. VERY cool pedal. Hamer 25th Anniversary+Bad Monkey+Fender DRRI= RAWK!

I love Hamers: the build quality, the feel, the tone, and the vibe. I've fallen in love with PRS for the same reason. Both companies are the only I've encountered where every instrument I've taken off the store wall and played was a winner! I recently went shopping for something that could stand toe to with my 25th Anniversary Edition. I bought a PRS McCarty Standard. It just had a vibe!

Last year, I bought a N.O.S. 25th Anniversary from the store my buddy manages. I had been going in to play it for close to 5 years. I even went in and POLISHED it one day. This guitar owned me. I've always been more of a "Fender-type" player, but from the day it came home, the 25th has snuck into the rotation more & more. When I found I could get a somewhat usable funk rhythm sound out of her, the G&Ls started to gather dust.