Help on a hamer model?!

Hi there,

I would be grateful if someone could help me out, and tell which guitar this is.. (I have tried looking at various pages on the net, but to no avail..) I would like to know if this is the standard or deluxe model (I think it's the standard). Also which wood is used for the neck, the kind of pickups etc..

According to the serial number it's from 1991 if that helps..

http://hamermusuem.com/phpBB2/download.php?id=57

Thank you

-Winfield

(Also posted on hamermuseum)

Shredder experts, feel free to correct me but...

It's hard to tell the knob configuration from the photo, but that appears to be a 2 HB Centaura in the Stone finish. 2 HB Centauras are a bit of a rare breed, most are S-S-H configured. Maple fingerboards are also less common. Pickups varied through the life of the model, from DiMarzio to Duncan, the '91's I've seen have had Duncans. It looks like the bridge pickup on this one has been changed, who knows what to.

There's a couple of NOS Centauras down the street from me, both have alder bodies and maple necks. As far as I know, there was never a 'standard' and 'deluxe' model, just varying finishes and fingerboard woods.

Sweet guit, Win! I love my 2HB, and I want to get one with a maple board REAL BAD!

The finish is called "Black & White Granite", and was standard on Centauras of that era (ah, the Metal Yearz...!!).

The maple boards are pretty cool in my opinion.

Hey Winfield,

Way cool, rare 2 humbucker Hamer USA Centaura shredder guitar w/ the stone finish. Looks like the bridge pickup was replaced with a Dimarzio. It has a volume tone control with a five way switch. Congratulations on your score, bro!!!

Guitar George

Hi there,

thanks for all the info!! really appriciate it! I have another qouestion you perhaps also could answer. I´m contemplating selling my guitar, and i wondered how much i should set as a minimum price?.. (I live in scandinavia, so it's probably not like any of you will be buying it. )

Thank you

-Winfield

Hi Winfield,

Unfortunatley Centaura's rarely make the money they deserve and they often struggle to breach the $300 Usd mark. Saying that your's is a slightly unusual model in that it has a maple fingerboard but even so they don't reach the price that they deserve. There's been one advertised on UK Ebay for £599 Gbp...suffice to say it's been there for well over two years without the slightest nibble. In the UK they tend to go between £275-350 Gbp and Germany they tend to top out around €375-450 ! If it didn't have a maple board i'd be interested as shipping from Sweden to England isn't to expensive.

Jem.

Man I miss the 80's and everytime I see a guitar with that type of finish or similar I'm taken back to those days when I actually looked "good" in spandex and had the "big hair"...And I'm sure I had alot more good times but...can't seem to remember alot of them???? I think I had a "chemical" imbalance for most of those years.....lol!! /emoticons/default_tongue.png