Short/long scale chapparals

[fenderiarhs]

I was wondering which was the reason that made hamer change around 87 the 24 3/4 neck scale of the chapparal model in the 25 1/2 version......Did the same thing happened to Californians??? If something was wrong with the design of the short scale chapparals of that era then why do they seem to be more sought after in the used market???

 

[silentman]

Cali's were always 25 1/2, I believe.

 

[Travis]

I believe the reason why the Chaps were switched from 24.75" to 25.5" scale is because evil, brain washing, lesbian, Nazi, super-smart, mutated monkeys infiltrated the inside of Hamer's project development team and put the idea in their heads to fuck everyone who loves short scale shredders. But, that's all just speculation.

 

[edgar_allan_poe]

I believe the reason why the Chaps were switched from 24.75" to 25.5" scale is because evil, brain washing, lesbian, Nazi, super-smart, mutated monkeys infiltrated the inside of Hamer's project development team and put the idea in their heads to fuck everyone who loves short scale shredders. But, that's all just speculation.

No NO NO Thats dead wrong. I specifically heard Jol say that the switch was made because they wanted to fuck with Jack (aka blackmagic).

 

[Travis]

Oops, my bad. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[earachemyeye]

oops! I'll try again.

Joe

 

[earachemyeye]

I like mine. It plays like butta. Thanks Jack. :angry:

Joe

 

[Nuclear Wessel]

Isn't it wierd to think how in '87 most guitarists thought a 25 1/2" scale bolt on Str@t body guitar with a Floyd, preferably with a graphic finish, was the cool thing to play? Kramer, Jackson, B C Rich, ESP, Ibanez, even Gibson was making them! Hamer had to go with the flow, at least to some extent, to compete.

 

[Jack C]

I believe the reason why the Chaps were switched from 24.75" to 25.5" scale is because evil, brain washing, lesbian, Nazi, super-smart, mutated monkeys infiltrated the inside of Hamer's project development team and put the idea in their heads to fuck everyone who loves short scale shredders. But, that's all just speculation.

No NO NO Thats dead wrong. I specifically heard Jol say that the switch was made because they wanted to fuck with Jack (aka blackmagic).

Well sure, that's the cover story. Of course everyone knows they have been secretly making them all along for everyone outside of Pittsburgh.

 

[Jem]

Isn't it wierd to think how in '87 most guitarists thought a 25 1/2" scale bolt on Str@t body guitar with a Floyd, preferably with a graphic finish, was the cool thing to play? Kramer, Jackson, B C Rich, ESP, Ibanez, even Gibson was making them! Hamer had to go with the flow, at least to some extent, to compete.

Why is it wierd ?

"Kramer, Jackson, B C Rich, ESP, Ibanez, even Gibson was making them!" and all but Gobson are STILL making them - who's wierd now and how many potential sales have Hamer lost over the years ?

Oh, and just as a reference point in 1983 i couldn't give my '76 LP Custom away yet nowadays i'd get well over a grand for it !

Jem

 

[Nuclear Wessel]

Why is it wierd ?

Not because pointy headstock guitars with Floyds and Str@t bodies are lame - I wasn't saying that. It was wierd that at that time, that was the only kind of guitar most players were interested in. 99% of the guitars you'd see hanging in shops were shredders.

Your '76 LP Custom is a case in point.

 

[cmatthes]

Exactly!

I bought a 78 LP Deluxe (truly one of the best LPs I've owned, somehow!) for $200 in '86, and that same year, ALMOST traded my 81 LP Custom for a LPB '82 Hamer Special...converted w/a Kahler! Still glad I reconsidered that one and still have that LP. I got a beautiful, 3 month old '56 RI in '89 for $550. It was purchased new by a guy who traded it in to the shop 3 weeks later for a Jackson Superstrat thing. I was in the shop when he brought it in, and watched him walk out with an orange crackle finish shredder.

Those were the days, eh?