Is Hamer still honoring the agreement with Rick and not doing checkerboard for anyone other than him?
I have mixed feelings about this.
On the one hand, this is a work of art and it looks incredible. It's hard to believe that this wasn't done sooner.
Then there's that other hand.
First of all, he already had a spare - Fung sold it to him last year. But I guess if you're the great Rick Neilsen, you can never have enough spares (even if you've made it all these years without any).
So, from what I understand (correct me if I'm wrong) Hamers are only being made one afternoon a week. The rest of the week they're making Guilds and Ovations.
A friend just submitted a quote for a custom order and was told a year. People being told six months are actually waiting a year, so a year estimate doesn't sound realistic.
I don't think anyone out there believes that Rick "waited his turn" or even waited what would be considered reasonable for something as custom made as this guitar. No, he went to the front of the line, and I'll wager got his guitar in record time.
Either way, guitars like this one are the reason there is a year - year and a half waiting time on custom orders now, and I would venture to guess that most of the Hamer/Cheap Trick disciples don't have a problem with this.
Well I do, even though I have no plans of ordering anything.
It just bothers me out of the principle of fairness.
