Saul Goodman Posted August 4, 2025 Posted August 4, 2025 I've never heard of these guys. Don't know them. Not affiliated in any way. Never seen the show before. Bounce up to about 15 minutes to see the guitar.
Disturber Posted August 4, 2025 Posted August 4, 2025 "The Hamer headstock was bland and boring", well f*ck you too. And then they decide to put a their own headstock design on it, which looks like Woodstock, from Snoopy, taking a wank.
Jimbilly Posted August 4, 2025 Posted August 4, 2025 20 minutes ago, Disturber said: "The Hamer headstock was bland and boring", well f*ck you too. And then they decide to put a their own headstock design on it, which looks like Woodstock, from Snoopy, taking a wank. it looks like there's enough extra wood on their headstock that it could be trimmed back to a nearly proper Hamer shape, and possibly remove their logo at the same time
RobB Posted August 4, 2025 Posted August 4, 2025 Very good price for a slab, korina special. I looked on MannMadeUSA and they indeed are not offering sustainblocks anymore. That Hipshot bridge is not doing it for me.
stratacus Posted August 5, 2025 Posted August 5, 2025 24 minutes ago, RobB said: Very good price for a slab, korina special. I looked on MannMadeUSA and they indeed are not offering sustainblocks anymore. That Hipshot bridge is not doing it for me. https://ebay.us/m/rBVvSt
RobB Posted August 5, 2025 Posted August 5, 2025 6 minutes ago, stratacus said: https://ebay.us/m/rBVvSt Maybe you should forward that to the Texas Toast dudes?
cmatthes Posted August 5, 2025 Posted August 5, 2025 Lame. Those guys know dick about Hamers. Zero interest here.
burningyen Posted August 5, 2025 Posted August 5, 2025 Obviously not a Hamer, but for $1200 it could be a decent value.
Steve Haynie Posted August 5, 2025 Posted August 5, 2025 It would be nice to at least try the guitar before knocking it, but the Hamer connection is really not there for me... or any of us.
Hbom Posted August 5, 2025 Posted August 5, 2025 Watching from 12:00 to 12:20 was pretty spot on, otherwise I think they missed the mark.
Saul Goodman Posted August 5, 2025 Author Posted August 5, 2025 7 hours ago, Hbom said: Watching from 12:00 to 12:20 was pretty spot on, otherwise I think they missed the mark. I started around 15 when I saw them pick up the guitar. I'll go back for this. Thanks.
Travis Posted August 6, 2025 Posted August 6, 2025 I like it. If it had a bigger neck than a “modem C” I’d probably grab it at that price.
Tortious Posted August 7, 2025 Posted August 7, 2025 The knobs are very far apart. And one is missing. It seemed like they were consciously avoiding showing the headstock. Might be a decent guitar, but the presentation has me underwhelmed.
beezerboy Posted August 7, 2025 Posted August 7, 2025 On 8/4/2025 at 2:34 PM, Jimbilly said: looks like there's enough extra wood on their headstock that .... you could prolly grill with it..... maybe smoke some fish
duncans Posted August 8, 2025 Posted August 8, 2025 I really considered attending one of their workshops. Building from scratch and still may at some point. It's odd that their normal layout is like this Challenger but the Tribute isn't. I like the body shape of the Tribute better than this one.
Jakeboy Posted August 9, 2025 Posted August 9, 2025 On 8/6/2025 at 8:44 PM, Tortious said: The knobs are very far apart. And one is missing. It seemed like they were consciously avoiding showing the headstock. Might be a decent guitar, but the presentation has me underwhelmed. The knob aesthetic bothers me too much. Way too far apart. Dealbreaker. I would hate looking at the guitar each time I reached for the volume or tone knob. Headstock doesn’t bother me and I dig Korina. The bridge doesn’t bother me either. But I don’t get the supposed Hamer Tribute thing. Something just seems off.
kizanski Posted August 9, 2025 Posted August 9, 2025 5 minutes ago, Jakeboy said: The knob aesthetic bothers me too much. Way too far apart. Dealbreaker. This always bothered me, too. Way too close together. They had the CNC layout for three knobs on the Special, so they removed the 3rd knob and left what was the middle knob where it was. I'm sorry but that's lazy.
Jakeboy Posted August 9, 2025 Posted August 9, 2025 Too close knob placement was the ONLY thing that kept my Korina Special Junior from being perfect. But it wasn’t a dealbreaker for me, just annoying because it was unnecessary.
crunchee Posted August 9, 2025 Posted August 9, 2025 On 8/8/2025 at 9:03 AM, duncans said: I really considered attending one of their workshops. Building from scratch and still may at some point. It's odd that their normal layout is like this Challenger but the Tribute isn't. I like the body shape of the Tribute better than this one. The second I saw this guitar's body shape, I immediately thought of Kammerer 'spud' guitars. Three knobs in a row definitely won't make it look enough like a Hamer.
hamerhead Posted August 9, 2025 Posted August 9, 2025 4 hours ago, crunchee said: ....I immediately thought of Kammerer 'spud' guitars. Yep. And our little buddy Nate. Where is Nate, anyways??
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