Ladies and Gentlemen, I Give You HFC's Own CMatthes!

[Nathan of Brainfertilizer Fame]

I ran across this while searching for hockey stick headstocks for my other thread.

Beautiful Hamer Standard, Chris! Still have it?

 

[cmatthes]

That's Elduave's old Rocketeria "Zandard" at a gig we played 8 years ago.

 

[diablo175]

Needs boomers. /emoticons/default_wink.png

 

[woodpile]

you know, at a glance, kinda looks like Joe Bonamassa with better hair

 

[Bennyboy-UK]

Joe Bonamassa, yesterday...

 

[bubs_42]

I ran across this while searching for hockey stick headstocks for my other thread.

Beautiful Hamer Standard, Chris! Still have it?

Cool and calm, just seconds before he dropped it! /emoticons/default_laugh.png/emoticons/default_ohmy.png/emoticons/default_wink.png

 

[cmatthes]

Actually, I dropped it a while before that!

Photo shoot on a windy day...not always a good idea.

I don't know whether I threw up or crapped myself or both when that happened.

 

[HAMERMAN]

My dad's a TV repairman, we can fix this!

 

[bubs_42]

TommyP ownes that Zandard now. El had to move it, I snagged it and made sure it stayed in the family.

 

[Ting Ho Dung]

Why is it called a Zandard? I'm assuming Zander + Standard. But why? I don't get it. Great lookin' guitar though. Slung low. If I played that low it would have smegma all over the back. No buckle rash though.

 

[bubs_42]

Because its a Zandard Dangnabit!!

Long story short. Standard Ordered for Robin, which Rick used for touring (Budakon). Fast forward, it appears in Guitars of the Stars Book, looks kind of Orangey in the picture from age, fast forward Elduave calls up Hamers and does a run of 3 guitars based on the picture in the book. So Zander and Standard = Zandard.

 

[sirDaniel]

......Zandard......ooooooooooooooooo.....

 

[Jakeboy]

Chris, did it sustain damage when you dropped it?

 

[serial]

I'm not sure that the Robin angle on Rick's natural Standard is remotely factual, but it's interesting nonetheless!

 

[cmatthes]

Chris, did it sustain damage when you dropped it?

It got the "relic" treatment Elduave did not request.

Somehow, he still speaks to me...

 

[Feynman]

 

[elduave]

Jol said #0004 was built for Robin, so i'd say it's remotely factual at worst. I may have seen an early Cheap Trick promo pic in which Robin is wearing the guitar.

 

[BTMN]

I'm not sure that the Robin angle on Rick's natural Standard is remotely factual, but it's interesting nonetheless!

There was a promo picture of CT about 1975ish at Rick's Pick's exhibit of Robin holding that guitar. I might even have taken a photo of that but I would have to look on Sunday for that. Doesn't mean it was Robin's they may have just grabbed it for the shot.

 

[elduave]

Chris, did it sustain damage when you dropped it?

To be remotely factual, Chris didn't drop it. It was on a stand and the wind blew it face down on the asphalt. Remarkably, it only sustained a ding on the front near the edge by the bridge side strap button and a broken switch tip.