80's Checkerboard Specials with brazialian fingerboards?

[Vintage Hamer-Lover]

Is that true?

https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/hamer-special-e-gitarre-1981-usa-checkerboard-logo-/2828077804-74-5665

 

Can't believe this expertise of Nr. 1 Guitar Center, a very well renowned Vintage shop in Hamburg (Picture 8), on German eBay Kleinanzeigen.

But price seems cool.

[gorch]

It’s true. Guy is a friend of mine. I declined, so it got on to the boards. Very trustful seller. 

[Vintage Hamer-Lover]

Amazing ✨! Thank You Gorch 👍.

So every Checkerboard Special from this period has a brazilian board? In which period? Even late 70s Sunbursts?

[velorush]

7 hours ago, Vintage Hamer-Lover said:

Amazing ✨! Thank You Gorch 👍.

So every Checkerboard Special from this period has a brazilian board? In which period? Even late 70s Sunbursts?

I was told many years ago by Kim Keller there that no Hamers shipped with Brazilian Rosewood. I was concerned at the time because I was shipping a Hamer to Germany after the Brazilian export prohibition. Please, someone, feel free to correct me, but that is my recollection. 

[specialk]

Unsure about Specials, but some models did have BRW. Willcutts Special K and Ecstacy did. I expect there are others. 

Edited November 9, 2024 by specialk

[kizanski]

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1 hour ago, velorush said:

I was told many years ago by Kim Keller there that no Hamers shipped with Brazilian Rosewood.

I had several Vectors with Brazilian boards.  

[velorush]

50 minutes ago, kizanski said:

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I had several Vectors with Brazilian boards.  

I stand corrected.  Maybe he was addressing that particular model/era (it was a '96 Special FM). 

Or maybe I hallucinated the entire conversation. 

Or maybe it's just another symptom of breaching 60 years old.

I retract my earlier statement.  As you were.

 

ETA: went searching for the conversation in Messages and then in the entire forum (used: "brazilian rosewood" site:hamerfanclub.com).  Didn't come up with the conversation, but I did come up with a dozen or so real examples of Hamers with Brazilian rosewood boards. 

Sorry.  🤡

Edited November 9, 2024 by velorush

[cmatthes]

I’m pretty sure that the older Hamers (including the ‘90s Specials) used INDIAN Rosewood, not Brazilian.

[gorch]

On 11/9/2024 at 1:52 PM, Vintage Hamer-Lover said:

Amazing ✨! Thank You Gorch 👍.

So every Checkerboard Special from this period has a brazilian board? In which period? Even late 70s Sunbursts?

Sorry, misunderstandin from my side. I just new the guitar and seller and misinterpreted the question though. Never mind, alternative facts are facts too.

Edited November 10, 2024 by gorch

[cynic]

From what I've gleaned from comments here and there from Germany Hamer fans there seems to be a widespread belief in that area that all the boards, even on early production guitars, were Brazilian rosewood.  There was allegedly a music store somewhere in Germany that was creating these certificates stating as such and also to confirm that it was all sourced pre-cites so it was a-okay for international shipment

Edited November 11, 2024 by cynic