Hamer Monaco Elite I've been watching not sell since about 2018

[kizanski]

8 hours ago, Feynman said:

No. 

No Elites.  SuperPro == awesome.  Elites, smash with rock.  I feel like this has been covered already.

Monaco Monaco is also awesome.  I'll allow one of those.  Monaco III, great.  You get the idea.

Accurate.  

[currypowder]

9 hours ago, Feynman said:

No. 

No Elites.  SuperPro == awesome.  Elites, smash with rock.  I feel like this has been covered already.

Monaco Monaco is also awesome.  I'll allow one of those.  Monaco III, great.  You get the idea.

[ArnieZ]

I have owned a Superpro and MIII, both really nice guitars but ultimately not for me. When the Elite came out I was very excited to play/own one. What could be better than a Hamer LP. It wasn’t the shelf but no real improvement on playability over the LP. Immediately lost interest. OTOH A PRS McCarty 594 did resonate strongly with me. Under 8.5 “ un chambered blah blah

[Jim85IROC]

6 hours ago, ArnieZ said:

I have owned a Superpro and MIII, both really nice guitars but ultimately not for me. When the Elite came out I was very excited to play/own one. What could be better than a Hamer LP. It wasn’t the shelf but no real improvement on playability over the LP. Immediately lost interest. OTOH A PRS McCarty 594 did resonate strongly with me. Under 8.5 “ un chambered blah blah

I have a 594 SE doublecut and it's pretty impressive. Lightweight, fantastic upper fret access, great ergonomics and I love how the pickups sound.  I especially like the fat neck and the 10" fretboard radius.  It's a fantastic combo.  So... why do I always pick up my Les Pauls instead?  I need to spend more time with the PRS.

[currypowder]

While I do like the way my Monaco Elite plays and sounds, I would agree with @ArnieZ that there's no real improvement in playability over a good LP.

I recently acquired a boutique Japan single cut from Bizen Works. While it has the bones of a good LP including Honduras mahogany, hard maple and Brazilian RW, it also has some great features that really improve playability including a fantastic chunky soft V neck, a heel-less neck joint and a bevel on the top back. There's just something about it that has quickly catapulted it to my fave LP to play.

[golem]

From my perspective, it just seems odd that a shop is willing to hold onto guitars so long just in order to get a little more money. I don't fully recall all the guitars they had from that same estate sale, but it was a lot of nice stuff. There were a few I'm pretty confident stuck around for years, but this was the tone that struck me both as the most interesting and overpriced. I was clearly right about overpriced.