serial Posted April 21, 2006 Posted April 21, 2006 Considering that there were only two or three made, I'd be surprised. You can contact your favorite dealer here to order one though!
marcnorth Posted April 21, 2006 Posted April 21, 2006 Order one up. Here's mine, one of the best I've ever had.
cmatthes Posted April 22, 2006 Posted April 22, 2006 Here's mine below - Hamer far exceeded my expectations on this one. I'd wanted one like this since I saw pics of Pete Farndon of the Pretenders with his B4-S. Thanks to Hamer/Elduave!
Disturber Posted April 22, 2006 Posted April 22, 2006 Considering that there were only two or three made, I'd be surprised. You can contact your favorite dealer here to order one though! Just out of curiousity, as these are the coolestbasses ever made. About how much wouldone cost new?
marcnorth Posted April 22, 2006 Posted April 22, 2006 I would say it's according to the options you want.I would say between 2.5 and 4K and worth every penny of it.
cmatthes Posted April 22, 2006 Posted April 22, 2006 Those ranges are right. Mine was much closer to the bottom of the range than the top though! Gratituitous back shot - as nice as the front! A Pete Farndon pic (his was pink, actually): That would be a cool looking bass in trans black, eh?
Kip Page Posted April 22, 2006 Author Posted April 22, 2006 Those ranges are right. Mine was much closer to the bottom of the range than the top though!Gratituitous back shot - as nice as the front! A Pete Farndon pic (his was pink, actually): That would be a cool looking bass in trans black, eh? looks awesome Chris, hey how does this bass perform in lower tunings like c#??? does anyone know or have tried the lower tunings with bass.
cmatthes Posted April 22, 2006 Posted April 22, 2006 Kip:I haven't taken it down that low, but if you place an order, your dealer will discuss options like that with Hamer. They are amazingly creative and would be the best to answer questions like that. I've taken it down to a "D" before, and it wasn't as floppy as I'd expected. A little bridge tweaking would have gotten it a lot cleaner, but since I wasn't keeping it there for any stretch of time, I didn't mess with it too much. My B-4 is typically tuned down 1/2 step, but I've changed it to 440 between sets and it locked right in.
Kip Page Posted April 22, 2006 Author Posted April 22, 2006 Chris:Thats cool, I play in Drop d flat, so you answered my question. So that top E (now D) plays good....??????? Looks like I need to place an order....is 3 months or sooner possible for a build time??????
Kip Page Posted April 22, 2006 Author Posted April 22, 2006 Kip:I haven't taken it down that low, but if you place an order, your dealer will discuss options like that with Hamer. They are amazingly creative and would be the best to answer questions like that. I've taken it down to a "D" before, and it wasn't as floppy as I'd expected. A little bridge tweaking would have gotten it a lot cleaner, but since I wasn't keeping it there for any stretch of time, I didn't mess with it too much. My B-4 is typically tuned down 1/2 step, but I've changed it to 440 between sets and it locked right in. Chris, by the way do you know the name of the Hamer bass that was similar to the Gibson Thunderbird, thanks Kip
marcnorth Posted April 22, 2006 Posted April 22, 2006 It was a FBIV. Look on the top of the page and there's a link that says "The Guitars" It gives a description of all the models.
blackfbiv Posted April 24, 2006 Posted April 24, 2006 ...do you know the name of the Hamer bass that was similar to the Gibson Thunderbird... Kip: Lemme know if you have any more luck than me in getting an FBIV made... I haven't checked into that for a couple of years now. Curious as to why you wouldn't go with BEAD tuning on a 4-string...or simply a 5-string? (i'm not a drop tuning expert...so not sure if you're de-tuning 1 string or the bass over-all) I recently re-strung my FBIV to BEAD and haven't put it down since. My Ibanez 5-string sits in it's case. Dion
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