Sunburst appreciation thread

RichRS6 said:
It's very nice regardless and a great story to go with it, though I'm not too sure I would have been too delighted about Les carving up the top.
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Yeah, I confess I did...clench...when he attacked it with Excaliber. I'm not that fussed though since I never had any intention of selling it anyway and it adds a nice story to the axe.

Disturber--thanks for all the pickup values and info. Fortunately, I hope, it looks like another HFCer has some originals for sale, so I'm looking to go that way rather than order new pickups. I'll report back.

 
The friend who got my Les Paul signed for me (with a marker) said he saw Les signing guitars with "an engraving tool" the night he went to Fat Tuesday's for me.

 
You had to love him. Lester the Jester.

LesPaul_TongueOut.jpg


 
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It's been on ebay for years, nothing wrong with it as far as I know (no affiliations etc etc) but ........

Gold hardware doesn't seem too popular and its got dots on the fingerboard and for the price being asked it should be bound and crowned.

So my abridged answer is it's too much dosh for the spec.

It might be worth chucking a reasonable offer in as it's been around so long they may drop the price to move it.

 
Thanks Rich. That was pretty much what I figured. I know it's been relisted at least twice since I've been watching it, which I'm going to stop doing now.

 
That is one of at least 3 Hamers that have popped up in local (Portland area) music stores that I can recall. None will sell for the asking price locally. (Hardly anyone hereabouts even knows what a Hamer is, let alone that they are worth pursuing. Most that DO come up are imports).

I think they will be lucky to get anywhere in the ballpark of their asking prices even if they link to stores nationwide.This one a case in point.

 
Had this one for a while now but only just managed to get my photobucket account sorted out so heres some pics.

79 Sunburst.



One of the "Martin-UK collection" I liberated, many thanks to Martin for holding on to it for me.



Serial Number 9 0940



 
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Bought a Hamer Sunburst in 1982. Didn't really know how to play yet. Didn't know anything about guitars. Kept bringing it back because it was out of tune all the time. Drove the guitar guy crazy at Caruso's Music in New London, CT. Ended up selling it. Years later I figured out that I didn't know how to apply even pressure with my fingers when fingering a chord. I was actually bending the chords out of tune by pushing too hard with a finger or two. Dumbass.

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Figured it was time to actually take some pix and make a contribution

This '80 has a history with me that goes back to 1982, when I saw her in the now long gone Guitar Center on Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago.

Went in with a couple of friends and saw this. Never owned a humbucking pickup in my life, but wanted a Hamer due to Rick Nielsen, and an interview with him back in late '79 or early '80 (Guitar Player?). Ya gotta love black, and if you grew up in the Chicago area, the graphic would put it over the top. The original winner was a drummer, who had no use for it, and after a couple of years traded it for some drum equipment.

Some of you may be familiar with her, as I sold her along with Standard #0166, back in 2006, to Flynn guitars in Evanston, when Mike Flynn made me a deal I couldn't refuse. HFC member "Racer X" got custody of this one, and I happened upon his 2009 (?) sell off, not knowing he still had it. When I filled in a few details on the story he told about it, he realized it was me, and contacted me saying it belonged back with me.

All original, save for a couple of paint touch-up done by the factory. Sometime after I bought it (1986?), I ran by the shop with a buddy of mine, and when we walked in the door, Jol asks if he can help us. I told him I picked up a used Hamer that had a couple of chips on it, and wanted them repaired. Well, Jol told me that they didn't do that kind of work, but I told him that if he saw the guitar, he may change his mind.

Jol smiles and tells me to go get it, and when I got back in the door and opened the case, he saw it and said, "Yeah, we'll do it, I built this guitar!"

I asked him about the brass nut, and he told me that he put it on just because he had one. Jol wrote me out a receipt on a Hamer logoed pad (which I can't find, but know that I have - ditto #0166, which I also brought in for some paint chips), with a big "N/C" on it - nice guy!

http://s1366.photobucket.com/user/rj2858/slideshow/Hamer%20Sunburst

 
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^^^

Thanks for the pix Chris!

Locals will recognize the Loop logo that's been around since the late 70's, when WLUP was FM98 (now 97.9)

I'm sure some of you will also notice that the boys at Hamer misspelled "Gary" (of Steve Dahl and Garry Meier fame), on the back of the neck. I can remember some of the other DJ's ('Mitch' Michaels and 'Sky' Daniels), but don't recall the others - anyone know?

It's a great guitar with absolutely no checking, it's rarely been out of the house, but did spend a night back in 1983, in the hands of Gil Pini, formerly of the "Boyzz from Illinoizz", when he was playing at a club I was managing at the time - The Charlie Club in Mount Prospect, with the band Deluxury. Gil was a buddy of mine, and liked it so much he wanted to trade his new Candy Apple Red "The Strat" for it

 
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