Smaller Hamer.........BIG price.

[hamerhead]

4 minutes ago, kizanski said:

I was wondering who would jump on that.

Not my penis... the softball I lobbed out there.

ETA: And BTW, if my penis could sing it would win a Grammy and an Oscar.

Hey - it's early and I'm tired. Plus, at my age you take whatever's easiest.  And yeah, but your Grammy and Oscar competition would be stiff.

[kizanski]

2 minutes ago, hamerhead said:

...your Grammy and Oscar competition would be stiff.

True, but the true winner usually rises above the rest.

[DaveL]

On 6/27/2025 at 11:27 AM, cmatthes said:

#0138 in action: 

 

Aerosmith had MANY classic songs during the 70’s!

  This was not one of them      

 

[BTMN]

On 6/27/2025 at 8:49 AM, The_Cali_Kid said:

 

Dibs!

I have a couple of lightly used kidneys and a promissory note for my second-born child that I’d be willing to trade for a mini Korina standard.

 

Don’t need a kidney or kids but you can look. 😆

Folks laughed when I bought Shorty but with the Duncan Distortion and Seth Lover combo on top of the Korina it sounds great and plays as great. 😎👍🏁

Edited June 29, 2025 by BTMN

[Jakeboy]

4 hours ago, DaveL said:

Aerosmith had MANY classic songs during the 70’s!

  This was not one of them      

 

I dunno. Chiquita has a cool riff backed with horns later in the song and a great “where does it stop and where does it end” groove that is classic Aerosmith. One of  the best songs on Ruts. Tyler is totally into it and he still wears the Chiquita banana stickers to this day when I see him photographed.

It’s a fave of mine.

[crunchee]

One of the main reasons I eventually got rid of my full-sized Hamer Standards over the years was that I was in constant dread of hitting something/anything with the guitar(s) and dinging it up.  Weight was never an issue, though.

[cmatthes]

On 6/29/2025 at 5:33 PM, crunchee said:

One of the main reasons I eventually got rid of my full-sized Hamer Standards over the years was that I was in constant dread of hitting something/anything with the guitar(s) and dinging it up.  Weight was never an issue, though.

I've owned a fair number of Standards - almost all have been feathers, weightwise.  
The absolute heaviest Standard I've ever played was a '95 Korina LE - I wouldn't be surprised to learn that one weighed 12 lbs!

[RobB]

6 hours ago, cmatthes said:

The absolute heaviest Standard I've ever played was a '95 Korina LE - I wouldn't be surprised to learn that one weighed 12 lbs!

I know that guitar. Purchased new at Haight/Ashbury Music Center in ‘97. I was a millstone, but not too bad both a wide, leather strap. 

That Standard/TS9 into a JCM800 2204 was pure magic. 

[cmatthes]

3 hours ago, RobB said:

I know that guitar. Purchased new at Haight/Ashbury Music Center in ‘97. I was a millstone, but not too bad both a wide, leather strap. 

That Standard/TS9 into a JCM800 2204 was pure magic. 

The one I played was in Annapolis, MD in 1996-97 at Garrett Park.  I recall that it had some streaks in the Korina, but it wasn't quite "Black Korina".  It was gone the next time I stopped by a couple months later.

[RobB]

40 minutes ago, cmatthes said:

The one I played was in Annapolis, MD in 1996-97 at Garrett Park.  I recall that it had some streaks in the Korina, but it wasn't quite "Black Korina".  It was gone the next time I stopped by a couple months later.

Huh. I don’t know why I was under the impression that you crossed paths with my old korina Standard. I eventually traded it for a newer STD Custom in BCRburst from Platzer. 

[Dave Scepter]

I think all you size sissies should take note with Pete Willis at 5'2"

 

Edited July 3, 2025 by Dave Scepter

[DaveL]

On 6/29/2025 at 5:31 PM, Jakeboy said:

I dunno. Chiquita has a cool riff backed with horns later in the song and a great “where does it stop and where does it end” groove that is classic Aerosmith. One of  the best songs on Ruts. Tyler is totally into it and he still wears the Chiquita banana stickers to this day when I see him photographed.

It’s a fave of mine.

 

  I might have been harsh... It's not a bad song, but it's clearly an album track and not a single... 

I thought No Surprise was a pretty great tune, but if that tune could barely make a dent in album rock

radio at the time, chiquita certainly wouldn't.    

[DarkHammer]

This reminds me of Gibson Explorer Pro - smaller body Explorer with figured top, binding and block inlays. They also made these in black figured finish.

What's nice about Gibson that it's only $2-3K vs $10K for Hamer's version.

Edited July 4, 2025 by DarkHammer

[JGale]

I want that one also!!

[Jakeboy]

On 7/4/2025 at 7:48 AM, DaveL said:

 

  I might have been harsh... It's not a bad song, but it's clearly an album track and not a single... 

I thought No Surprise was a pretty great tune, but if that tune could barely make a dent in album rock

radio at the time, chiquita certainly wouldn't.    

True enough. Can’t argue with anything you said   Other faves for me on Ruts are Cheesecake, Three Mile Smile (with a stone cold killer Jimmy Creapo solo), Reefer Head Woman, and Think About It (which led me back to the Page era Yardbirds original). I really like the entire album, which I feel is underrated.

In fact, me and AC keep talking about doing an ep of fave b-sides….Think About It will def be one of my choices.

[guitarzandstuff]

On 6/28/2025 at 4:56 PM, cmatthes said:

Brad's Mini Standard, #0138 ^

I owned Brad's old matching Standard, #0137:

 

Did the full size go to Greg for de-Kahlerizing?

[cmatthes]

On 7/5/2025 at 9:38 PM, guitarzandstuff said:

Did the full size go to Greg for de-Kahlerizing?

No.