What model is this

[andrew m]

Any info on what Hamer model Steve Stevens is playing in this clip? It looks Phantom-ish, except for the extended horn on the bottom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vms2lt2O3bE...ch=billy%20idol

[HamStd]

That is the original prototype to the Steve Stevens model. This was the first design that Jol came up with Steve Stevens. He hand delivered it to Stevens at SNL for the performance.

Peter

[DavidE]

Dang.... Steve DOES play that riff (the off beat one heard throughout the song) at the fifth position. My band just added this and I was playing it in the second position on the 2nd and 3rd strings.....

[andrew m]

That is the original prototype to the Steve Stevens model. This was the first design that Jol came up with Steve Stevens. He hand delivered it to Stevens at SNL for the performance.

Peter

SO that is a total one off then? Very cool looking. The kahler looks like it plays more smoother than a Floyd.

[HamStd]

I believe there was a write up about this in an Old Guitar World article that Stevens said he liked the prototype but wanted it flipped over to be more unique in design. So Jol offered up this guitar. The SS I signature model to some extent had the top cutaway on the prototype trimmed down to be symmetrical to the bottom cutaway.

Definitely giving the kahler a workout on that one. Last time I talked with him, he said that the guitar was floating around NYC still.

Peter.

[andrew m]

Last time I talked with him, he said that the guitar was floating around NYC still.

Gee thanks,,,Now I have another Holy grail quest.

Thanks for all the info.

[MCChris]

File that alongside Ty Tabor's reverse-body Cali. Both very cool guitars!

[andrew m]

Amen. The reverse looking guitars are pretty cool looking.

[andrew m]

Dang.... Steve DOES play that riff (the off beat one heard throughout the song) at the fifth position. My band just added this and I was playing it in the second position on the 2nd and 3rd strings.....

Try this link. It is the Steve stevens guitar lesson for I believe Guitar world mag.

http://www.stevestevens.net/new/video%20lesson.htm

[Jack C]

File that alongside Ty Tabor's reverse-body Cali. Both very cool guitars!

I believe that one is owned by "Ego" the mod of one of the KX boards - and a friend of the band. He swears he'll never get rid of it.

[cmatthes]

Steve DOES play that riff (the off beat one heard throughout the song) at the fifth position.

Yep - I've been playing it that way since the band I was in in High School!

[DavidE]

Dang.... Steve DOES play that riff (the off beat one heard throughout the song) at the fifth position.  My band just added this and I was playing it in the second position on the 2nd and 3rd strings.....

Try this link. It is the Steve stevens guitar lesson for I believe Guitar world mag.

http://www.stevestevens.net/new/video%20lesson.htm

Thanks for the video lesson! Wish they had a better angle on the guitar though.

I'm gonna learn the right way...

[DavidE]

Steve DOES play that riff (the off beat one heard throughout the song) at the fifth position.

Yep - I've been playing it that way since the band I was in in High School!

Well, aren't you SPECIAL???? ;-)

[cmatthes]

Naw...just OLD!!! (I was in High School when that song came out!)

[DavidE]

Naw...just OLD!!! (I was in High School when that song came out!)

What year did it come out? I graduated high school in 1981.

[Scottcrud]

I like that a lot.

[JohnnyB]

SO that is a total one off then?  Very cool looking.  The kahler looks like it plays more smoother than a Floyd.

I have one that's almost exactly like it, except the body's flipped over like it's s'posed to be, has a black headstock, gorgeous orange flame maple top, tortoise pickguard, and tun-o-matic/stoptail instead of the Kahler.

[Mike_C]

I wonder...IF you realyle wanted a Hamer like that if they would make a lefty version of the 98 phantom custom with right hand controls ask for a kahler since they are being made again and paint it white with matching headstock and there you go.