DarkHammer Posted June 27, 2025 Posted June 27, 2025 tasteful, player-driven upgrades. Originally equipped with three P-90 pickups and a Bigsby tremolo, this example now features a dual-pickup layout with upgraded Filter'Tron-style humbuckers and a stopbar tailpiece https://reverb.com/item/91154917-hamer-monaco-iii-2007-used-w-hardshell-case Quote
Steve Haynie Posted June 27, 2025 Posted June 27, 2025 The cost of that modification has me wondering why the person who owned it could not simply trade for another Monaco. 3 Quote
DaveH Posted June 27, 2025 Posted June 27, 2025 6 hours ago, Steve Haynie said: The cost of that modification has me wondering why the person who owned it could not simply trade for another Monaco. Yeah, it doesn't make much sense. Kind of like a buddy that had a hot rodded 1959 panhead... He then went super crazy on the motor, 103" (which is HUGE on a pan), and started talking frame mods. I tried to get him to sell me the frame and buy an aftermarket, but he was bent on using the original frame. One mod led to another, and a year later the only thing left of the original was the seat post tube with the rear motor mount. All I could do was to shake my head. Tsk tsk. 1 Quote
ARM OF HAMER Posted June 27, 2025 Posted June 27, 2025 7 hours ago, Montelovesco said: Why…? Exactly! Quote
hamerhead Posted June 27, 2025 Posted June 27, 2025 12 hours ago, DarkHammer said: ....and a stopbar tailpiece. Looks a lot like a Bigsby. What am I missing? 1 1 Quote
burningyen Posted June 27, 2025 Posted June 27, 2025 15 minutes ago, hamerhead said: Looks a lot like a Bigsby. What am I missing? It's an uncanny resemblance for sure, lol. 1 Quote
DaveL Posted June 28, 2025 Posted June 28, 2025 (edited) “Tasteful and player driven upgrades”. That’s classy!! Edited June 28, 2025 by DaveL 5 Quote
kizanski Posted June 28, 2025 Posted June 28, 2025 1 hour ago, DaveL said: “Tasteful and player driven upgrades”. That’s classy!! "Butchered" doesn't send buyers reaching for their credit cards. 1 4 Quote
The Shark Posted June 28, 2025 Posted June 28, 2025 That's F'd up. Why not just load two Mother-Buckers in it and put a Wunderbar on? Geez... And a FatHead too. 3 Quote
Carl.B Posted June 28, 2025 Posted June 28, 2025 Where is Quick Draw McGraw when we really need him. 4 Quote
shankyboy Posted June 30, 2025 Posted June 30, 2025 It hurts so much just looking at that picture. 1 Quote
Tortious Posted June 30, 2025 Posted June 30, 2025 On 6/28/2025 at 11:19 AM, The Shark said: That's F'd up. Why not just load two Mother-Buckers in it and put a Wunderbar on? Geez... And a FatHead too. I would totally Kahler that. 🙃 2 Quote
The Shark Posted June 30, 2025 Posted June 30, 2025 52 minutes ago, Tortious said: I would totally Kahler that. 🙃 I get it... Quote
crunchee Posted June 30, 2025 Posted June 30, 2025 (edited) On 6/28/2025 at 10:19 AM, The Shark said: That's F'd up. Why not just load two Mother-Buckers in it and put a Wunderbar on? Geez... And a FatHead too. It probably says something when Peavey 'recycled' the idea for the FatHead and started calling it the 'PowerPlate'. What's ancient history is now new again: What's the deal with the back of this headstock? | TalkBass.com Edited June 30, 2025 by crunchee 1 Quote
The Shark Posted June 30, 2025 Posted June 30, 2025 11 hours ago, crunchee said: It probably says something when Peavey 'recycled' the idea for the FatHead and started calling it the 'PowerPlate'. What's ancient history is now new again: What's the deal with the back of this headstock? | TalkBass.com The highly elusive device that increases sustain 31% on average or some shit... I only need sustain up to the point of changing chords or playing the next note. Stupid... 2 Quote
kizanski Posted June 30, 2025 Posted June 30, 2025 2 hours ago, The Shark said: I only need sustain up to the point of changing chords or playing the next note. Stupid... We've had a lot of nonsense sold to us over the years; brass nuts "for sustain", Buzz Feiten "for intonation", ... Not to mention all of the vintage P-90 guitars that have been routed for humbuckers because "you can't have all of that hum." ...and the Kahlers and Floyds... Meanwhile Leslie West played a wrap tail with P-90s cranked up to 11 and never gave a flying shit. Jimi (and later Eddie - before the Floyd days) dive-bombed their narrow asses off and somehow found a way to get back in tune and keep playing. 4 1 Quote
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