Beergoblin Posted May 7, 2006 Posted May 7, 2006 Ya its gonna be a bit beefy, but that doesn't bother me at all. I cant wait to get it!
cmatthes Posted May 7, 2006 Posted May 7, 2006 That Vee is one of the finest Hamers on the planet, PERIOD. I wonder if that gave Dean Z the inspiration or vice-versa...it's a SCARY early one!!
kizanski Posted May 7, 2006 Posted May 7, 2006 That Vee is one of the finest Hamers on the planet, PERIOD. I wonder if that gave Dean Z the inspiration or vice-versa...it's a SCARY early one!! I'm waiting for the photo of that V and #0055 in the same shot.Actually on second thought, that might be too much for me to take....
Disturber Posted May 7, 2006 Posted May 7, 2006 That Vee is one of the finest Hamers on the planet, PERIOD. I wonder if that gave Dean Z the inspiration or vice-versa...it's a SCARY early one!! I'm waiting for the photo of that V and #0055 in the same shot. Actually on second thought, that might be too much for me to take.... I'd need to pop a couple of beta blockers before looking at a picture like that, to stop my heart from racing. Heart attack risk!
Sentinel Posted May 7, 2006 Author Posted May 7, 2006 Ya its gonna be a bit beefy, but that doesn't bother me at all. I cant wait to get it! Ok, good! I really hope you'll like that black beauty! Remember to post some closeup pics when you get it!
BCR Greg Posted May 7, 2006 Posted May 7, 2006 The second one I own is one of six that BCR Greg had done. Scooter had owned it and put it up on the bay only to be washed down stream to Tejas. I stupidly almost sold that guitar. Some Dumbass came into a local guitar store I was helping out and made the comment that it wasn't as good as Brand X. Some other guy I didn't know said "Bullshit, plugged her into a Zinky and wailed. My mouth dropped. I hadn't made her scream like that and me likey!!! The shop owner was all smiles. His wife had already forbade him to play that guitar in store as it resulted in crys "can I have it". Hamerica BCR Burst was an attempt at getting an antiqued, mellowed cherryburst. At the time, I was told that I could have a specific color as long as I ordered a high number of guitars on a regular basis. That not being a problem, we came up with a few ideas for the color recipe. I gave them a list of color combinations, based on guitars that I had sprayed in the shop. This body had a defect, so it was saved from the bandsaw and striped with my various attempts at the color I saw in my head. As you can see, it has 59 Burst in stripes between the samples, so direct comparison is not affected by different woods or any given day's variances. The top bit was just Yellow trans over 59 burst, and it was not different enough. The middle bit was Antique Natural over 59 Burst. Still not what I wanted. The bottom is what I wanted. This body was returned to Hamer, and a whole slew of BCR Burst guitars started popping out of the capable hands of the Hamer shop maniacs. On a few visits, I saw the sample body hanging in the paint shop, ready to be consulted when needed. It's current whereabouts are unknown. The color is currently available as "59 Darkburst", politics ended all dealer exclusives and that was that. Some BCR Burst guitars are more "bursted" than others, some day we'll do a photo gallery of all of the genuine guitars. Nowadays, Hamer has been very accomodating in making one of a kind colors, and has instituted a policy of spraying a small wood sample of the color before the actual guitar is sprayed. I have a neat book of color samples of various combinations sprayed on different wood samples (Flame maple over mahogany, Spruce over mahogany, etc) that Hamer sent me a few years ago to help us show customers the actual colors, instead of relying on computer screen images. Great idea, and much easier than masking and spraying whole bodies! I am going to take this opportunity to say that Gary Pirro is Hamer's paint slinger. He is without a doubt one of the FINEST paint guys on the planet. Soon after he took the job at Hamer, we were leaning against a wall at the factory, shooting the breeze. He asked me about the BCR Burst color, where it came from. I asked him if he had ever seen a real 50's Les Paul that had aged and darkened from years of bars and smoke, but had not been exposed to sunlight and fading. "Never seen one", he replied. " I don't know shit about guitars, but I can paint ANYTHING!" True Dat. Every guitar that Gary has done for us has been EXQUISITE. Thank you, Gary.
Sentinel Posted May 8, 2006 Author Posted May 8, 2006 Great - thanks, Greg! Very interesting to know... The BCR burst is fantastic.
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