Unknown Beautiful guitar

[Dnomsed]

Hey guys my Uncle gifted me this guitar after about 10 years me pleading him to let me buy it. 
 

I’m unsure about the year of it and would love to know. It’s a beauty of a guitar, I researched a little and found it might be a 1986 chapparal?
 

thank you for any help, 

Des

[cmatthes]

Correct!

[Jimbilly]

Nice!  The only thing you're allowed to change is the strap buttons to locking (like Dunlops), if you keep the original buttons in the case, but seriously, avoid the temptation to change pickups or anything, there's not enough un-modded Hamer 'Super strats' around. If you don't already love them, give the stock pickups some time, and they will probably grow on you a whole lot.

 And tell you uncle that you need some amps and effects!, what else does he have lying around??

[Dnomsed]

35 minutes ago, Jimbilly said:

Nice!  The only thing you're allowed to change is the strap buttons to locking (like Dunlops), if you keep the original buttons in the case, but seriously, avoid the temptation to change pickups or anything, there's not enough un-modded Hamer 'Super strats' around. If you don't already love them, give the stock pickups some time, and they will probably grow on you a whole lot.

 And tell you uncle that you need some amps and effects!, what else does he have lying around??

I’m definitely not touching anything on this guitar other than having changed the old ass strings, haha. 
 

Hamer “super strat”? I knew this guitar was special! 
 

My uncle is a blues man and he has this thing lying around and probably gave it to me because it’s not that blues looking. It sounds GREAT even unplugged. I need to solder a wire and other than that this thing is perfect

[Steve Haynie]

You are officially offered $350 if you want to sell it. 

[Jakeboy]

Damnit! @Steve Hayniebeat me to it….

[Dnomsed]

1 hour ago, Steve Haynie said:

You are officially offered $350 if you want to sell it. 

I’ll take the $350 

 

As compensation for this ridiculous offer. This thing is an absolute beast, I’ll never sell it and even if I did I wouldn’t accept anything lower than 10x that amount 

[Dnomsed]

34 minutes ago, Jakeboy said:

Damnit! @Steve Hayniebeat me to it….

This guitar hasn’t really been used since the 90’s and stored away ever since. This picture was taken last year, I’ll post a more recent picture with the bridge set, newer strings and it been cleaned up. 
 

like I told the other guy, I’m not really looking to sell. Just some deeper insight on it

[JGale]

Okay. I’ll go $351.

[Jakeboy]

@Dnomsed, an offer of $350 is a tradition here, dating back to when one could actually snag a used Hamer for that amount.  It is a nod to many, many great deals here (we treat each other very well) as well as a running joke and an acknowledgement of how expensive gear has gotten.  Freaking @JGale upped the ante, so let’s just end this with a cool $355 offer from me that awaits your approval at any point in the future. 😎

[Jimbilly]

Offers of $350 are a hazing ritual now it seems. - but it never hurts to ask...

[Dnomsed]

50 minutes ago, Jimbilly said:

Offers of $350 are a hazing ritual now it seems. - but it never hurts to ask...

Ahh shoot, I wasn’t sure, my apologies! 

[Dnomsed]

1 hour ago, Jakeboy said:

@Dnomsed, an offer of $350 is a tradition here, dating back to when one could actually snag a used Hamer for that amount.  It is a nod to many, many great deals here (we treat each other very well) as well as a running joke and an acknowledgement of how expensive gear has gotten.  Freaking @JGale upped the ante, so let’s just end this with a cool $355 offer from me that awaits your approval at any point in the future. 😎

I feel like I’ve insulted many good people with being upset at the $350 offer…  I’m sorry community! Haha I didn’t know;p

[kizanski]

10 minutes ago, Dnomsed said:

I feel like I’ve insulted many good people with being upset at the $350 offer…  I’m sorry community! Haha I didn’t know;p

You don't know what insulted is. 

Stick around a while.  

[Jakeboy]

1 hour ago, kizanski said:

You don't know what insulted is. 

Stick around a while.  

Truth right here lol

[Hbom]

@Dnomsed Congratulations and welcome to the group. That's a great guitar! You were lucky to have a really nice uncle.

 

 

 

 

 

[Ham Rex]

On 7/23/2024 at 1:36 PM, Jimbilly said:

Nice!  The only thing you're allowed to change is the strap buttons to locking (like Dunlops), if you keep the original buttons in the case, but seriously, avoid the temptation to change pickups or anything, there's not enough un-modded Hamer 'Super strats' around. If you don't already love them, give the stock pickups some time, and they will probably grow on you a whole lot.

 And tell you uncle that you need some amps and effects!, what else does he have lying around??

If you keep the original pickups and and swap the pickups up back or offer them with the sale is that a bad thing?

I like Vintage OBL pickups. Is it wrong to change them and put the originals back in?

I doubt people would know it did sell off the shelf with OBLs.

What happens when you have a pot go bad? Take a part the Hamer Marked case and put it on the CTS replacement?

I'm just curious as I'm getting ready to thin the herd.

Thanks,

Ham