1980 Hamer Vee #2

[paulcozby]

I picked this one up off of GC site 2 days ago, does anyone here know anything about it?

[Ralph]

More pics please. Also, I'm a fellow Tampa area resident. What's up.

[Steve Haynie]

I do not know anything about that V, but I will take a chance and offer $350 for it.  Dibs!  Whatever... 

[kizanski]

Some idiot scribbled on the back of it.

[Victor (Fret Friend)]

From one picture? C'mon fella: post some pics...

[WorstBandName]

Was that the one that was listed at $9,999?  It was up there for about 2 weeks.  A lot of guitars, that formerly/allegedly belonged to PEter Fung (a well-known Hamer Collector and member here) once owned it.

[cmatthes]

That was a clone built to resemble Nielsen’s checkerboard 1979 Vee.  There are a lot of different stories behind it, so I guess maybe reaching out to Paul, Jol or Curt M. would be the best way to get the straight story. 
 

What is the serial # on this one?

[cornjulio]

9 hours ago, paulcozby said:

I picked this one up off of GC site 2 days ago, does anyone here know anything about it?

The hell... wanna know all about it... how do you "pick" these things up? mind-blowing!

[paulcozby]

20 hours ago, Ralph said:

More pics please. Also, I'm a fellow Tampa area resident. What's up.

[paulcozby]

12 hours ago, WorstBandName said:

Was that the one that was listed at $9,999?  It was up there for about 2 weeks.  A lot of guitars, that formerly/allegedly belonged to PEter Fung (a well-known Hamer Collector and member here) once owned it.

yes

[Ham Rex]

You got the golden ticket.

Just amazing a Rick Nielsen Checkered V.

[cynic]

Is the serial an ink stamp or stamped and filled in with paint?  Interesting location.

[DarkHammer]

Here's #1.

Notice there's no SN like on #2

 

[cmatthes]

6 hours ago, Ham Rex said:

You got the golden ticket.

Just amazing a Rick Nielsen Checkered V.

Well…

[cmatthes]

3 hours ago, DarkHammer said:

Here's #1.

Notice there's no SN like on #2

 

There IS a serial number on Rick’s real one.

[DarkHammer]

58 minutes ago, cmatthes said:

There IS a serial number on Rick’s real one.

I meant there's no SN on a dark rectangle like on #2. I am sure it's somewhere on #1, just done in a different way. 

[cmatthes]

3 hours ago, DarkHammer said:

I meant there's no SN on a dark rectangle like on #2. I am sure it's somewhere on #1, just done in a different way. 

Gotcha.  Serial #0154 is an 8 string bass in the Hamer logs, if that helps.

[Ham Rex]

Great guitar

[Ham Rex]

7 hours ago, cmatthes said:

Well…

It does have awesome artwork. If not mistaken from O'Connor and it has the inscription plate for providence. 

I just think it was a great purchase.

[kizanski]

10 hours ago, Ham Rex said:

It does have awesome artwork. If not mistaken from O'Connor and it has the inscription plate for providence.

An inscription plate from O'Connor is only proof that O'Connor painted it, not that it's a Hamer.

[burningyen]

12 hours ago, Ham Rex said:

If not mistaken from O'Connor and it has the inscription plate for providence. 

Provenance

[kizanski]

2 minutes ago, burningyen said:

Provenance

Maybe he wrote it in Rhode Island.

[cmatthes]

12 hours ago, Ham Rex said:

It does have awesome artwork. If not mistaken from O'Connor and it has the inscription plate for providence. 

I just think it was a great purchase.

Where did you see that?  I don’t think that this was Jim O’Connor’s work.

[cynic]

Inscription plate?

[Bluesking]

Edit - just realized the "Rick pic" is serial #1.

Disregard.

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Is that the same guitar as shown in the photo with Rick?