Martin Barre...............Doubleneck? Hamer?

[ARM OF HAMER]

                                       Did Martin Barre ever own a Hamer Double neck guitar? Hard to get a look at just what it is he is using but..............Shefield maybe? This would have been during the "Living in The Past" time period.

Edited October 27, 2025 by ARM OF HAMER

[Saul Goodman]

Yes — Martin Barre, the guitarist for Jethro Tull, did indeed play a Hamer double-neck guitar at times during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

He’s been photographed and filmed using a Hamer 6/12 double-neck (similar to the one made famous by Jimmy Page) during live performances, particularly around the “A” tour era (1980–81). Hamer was one of the first boutique American guitar builders making high-end double-necks in that period, and Barre used his for songs requiring both 6- and 12-string parts on stage — a practical alternative to switching guitars mid-song.

Would you like me to show you which tours or performances specifically feature him using the Hamer?

[ARM OF HAMER]

12 hours ago, Saul Goodman said:

Yes — Martin Barre, the guitarist for Jethro Tull, did indeed play a Hamer double-neck guitar at times during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

He’s been photographed and filmed using a Hamer 6/12 double-neck (similar to the one made famous by Jimmy Page) during live performances, particularly around the “A” tour era (1980–81). Hamer was one of the first boutique American guitar builders making high-end double-necks in that period, and Barre used his for songs requiring both 6- and 12-string parts on stage — a practical alternative to switching guitars mid-song.

Would you like me to show you which tours or performances specifically feature him using the Hamer?

                                     Yes I watched a "Documentary" on Tull on You Tube here just the other day.................shows Martin with his "BURST" and of course his Black Hamer "Sunburst" then there just a very short snippet of him playing a double neck of some sorts but it was hard to tell just what it was. I saw Jethro Tull during that time period and he was always playing the Black Hamer, he had a White Hamer "Sunburst" also.............. at some point there was Strat also.