These guys are making Hamer Special Tributes.

[Saul Goodman]

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]

"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]

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

Edited August 4, 2025 by Jimbilly

[RobB]

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]

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]

6 minutes ago, stratacus said:

https://ebay.us/m/rBVvSt

Maybe you should forward that to the Texas Toast dudes?

[cmatthes]

Lame.  Those guys know dick about Hamers.

Zero interest here.

 

 

[burningyen]

Obviously not a Hamer, but for $1200 it could be a decent value.

[Steve Haynie]

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]

Watching from 12:00 to 12:20 was pretty spot on, otherwise I think they missed the mark.

[Saul Goodman]

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]

I like it. If it had a bigger neck than a “modem C” I’d probably grab it at that price. 

[Tortious]

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]

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]

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.

Edited August 8, 2025 by duncans

[kizanski]

3 hours ago, duncans said:

c

 

 

[cmatthes]

7 hours ago, duncans said:

 

Ew.

[Jakeboy]

 

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]

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]

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]

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]

4 hours ago, crunchee said:

....I immediately thought of Kammerer 'spud' guitars. 

Yep. And our little buddy Nate. Where is Nate, anyways??