Zandard $7500

[bry4321]

Provenance: @elduave to @bubs_42 to @tommy p. “Zandard” explanation and links in replies. 9.4 lbs according to kitchen scale. Additional $100 for shipping. Added some pics today including a couple to show ding on lower horn. I have not pulled the pickups but have been advised these 3 Standards came with Duncan 59 neck and DiMarzio PAF Pro.  

Or buy this: 

 

Edited Tuesday at 01:54 PM by bry4321
New pics to show ding. Added shipping option.

[bry4321]

 

 

 

 

 

[bubs_42]

It is a great guitar, that guitar looks amazing and sounds amazing. 

[tommy p]

If I could still play, I'd buy it back.  It was a Holy Grail of a guitar for me and spent 16 years in my guitarsenal.  When I had my Cheap Trick tribute band, I rotated through all of my 25 guitars and usually took 3-5 to my gigs.  That was the ONLY guitar that went to every gig.  I miss playing it terribly (double meaning intended 😂).

Edited September 30 by tommy p

[cmatthes]

The 3 Zandards were all spectacular instruments and each one had a different top selected so they wouldn’t look identical.  I remember taking pics of them for Elduave’s shop when they came in and was kinda kicking myself that I had just ordered a Greenburst Standard at the time and couldn’t swing both!  
 

The way Standards are getting up there, this one is right on the money and less than what a new Gibson copy of one sells for!

 

[Ham Rex]

On 9/29/2026 at 9:55 AM, bry4321 said:

Sure, you can buy the original for a few hundred thousand, or you can own this one for $7500. Provenance: @elduave to @bubs_42 to @tommy p. I will post links to earlier Zandard threads when I have a chance. Initially selling in-person in DC metro area to HFC’er or to your trusted helper to buy and ship it. If no one local bites I will reconsider shipping. It is only 9.4 lbs according to kitchen scale but weight is a problem for my shoulder. Thanks for looking! 

 

Or buy this: 

 

May I ask why it is called a Zandard?

Dot neck instead of Crowned and Bound?

Does it apply just to 4 digits?

[Dave Scepter]

6 minutes ago, Ham Rex said:

May I ask why it is called a Zandard?

Robin Zander + Standard 

[bry4321]

7 hours ago, Ham Rex said:

May I ask why it is called a Zandard?

Dot neck instead of Crowned and Bound?

Does it apply just to 4 digits?

Good question! From @Hamerica:

 

I believe that the guitar in question is #0004 and originally was a gift from Rick Nielsen to Robin Zander. Hencefore, the nickname Zandard. 

If you have purchased the recently released 30th Anniversary at Budokan, you can get a couple of shots of the Zandard in action with Rick. 

It is also on page 125 of the Guitars of the Stars book that Bill Rich put out a few years ago. 

The Elduave run of three is one of the coolest limited Standard runs in a long time. 
 

From @elduave

Jol and I where talking. The conversation steered to the run of 3 Standards I wanted built that where to color match the Guitars Of The Stars #0004. He referred to them as the Zander Standards. I asked why, he said that #0004 was made for Robin, but Rick absorbed it into his stash. Later I just put the 2 words together, ZANDer stanARD.
 

 

 

[bry4321]

Here is a slightly different history of the original #0004 from the current auction. 

 

A Hamer Standard electric guitar, serial #0004, built in 1975 for Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, who played it on stages all over the world from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s. Rick can be seen playing this guitar at many concerts including on Don Kirchner’s Rock Concert on November 10th, 1977.

Rick’s association with luthier Paul Hamer began in 1973 when Rick sold him a sunburst Les Paul Standard, which Paul later sold to fund Hamer Guitars. In 1975, Rick wanted a real, original Gibson Explorer of of his own, but with so few made they were hard to come by; Rick asked Paul to make him one with a flame maple top, the very instrument in this lot. This guitar took quite a long time to produce, so Paul sent Rick his personal guitar, serial #0000, as a loaner until the natural model was finished. Rick liked it so much that he bought them both.  


Those two initial Hamer Standards are easily some of his most recognizable guitars –– checkerboard patterns and five-neck behemoths notwithstanding –– thanks to their feature set as well as the unique figuring of their flame maple tops. Natural model #0004 appears in innumerable photos and concert footage spanning the 1970s and 1980s and is easily one of the most important guitars of his career. Hamer even ran an ad which featured Rick with this guitar.