louis cypher Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 Hi,I'm after a Hamer Virtuoso with trem.I know it's a long shot, but hey.....Thanx.
atquinn Posted September 12, 2007 Posted September 12, 2007 I know it's a long shot Understatement. Best of luck to you! - Austin
DavidE Posted September 13, 2007 Posted September 13, 2007 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Steve Haynie Posted September 13, 2007 Posted September 13, 2007 Does anyone want to take a stab at what a fair price would be?
paults Posted September 13, 2007 Posted September 13, 2007 Whatever the seller wants for it. Did Joe ever sell his?I can suggest a viable alternative guitar. Washburn made some 36 fret Stephens Extended Cutaway guitars. You could get one of those for a lot less money...
edgar_allan_poe Posted September 13, 2007 Posted September 13, 2007 Wanted!! Supermodel to have crazy, wild, insane sex.
serial Posted September 13, 2007 Posted September 13, 2007 Wanted!! Supermodel to have crazy, wild, insane sex. That might be easier to find than a Virtuoso! actually.
silentman Posted September 13, 2007 Posted September 13, 2007 Those Washburns are a tough find too. But will top out at 1/4 of what a Virt will cost you.
Guest Meshuggah Posted September 13, 2007 Posted September 13, 2007 Wanted!! Supermodel to have crazy, wild, insane sex.uh..you have this?
esquared Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 Wanted!! Supermodel to have crazy, wild, insane sex.uh..you have this?And she cooks also!
Hamerica Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 Hi,I'm after a Hamer Virtuoso with trem.Thanx.I'm not as picky as our college Mr. Cypher. If any lost soul has one of those less than desirable sustain block versions, let me know. I would swim through the river Styx for one. Hamerica
serial Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 Talking to the two (or three) designers and builders of the original Virtuoso, their thought is that the trem killed those guitars-the ultimate form of that guitar was with the sustain block.
cmatthes Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 Having played a particular Ferrari Red one that lives in Texas, I can say that I agree with the Sustainblock as ultimate 100%. That guitar was practically alive!
Guest Meshuggah Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 So if it so damned desireable and one offish, like the Improv, why not re-issue?
serial Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 So if it so damned desireable and one offish, like the Improv, why not re-issue?I don't think that the Virtuoso! was really part of the vision/direction that Jol wanted for Hamer. The Virtuoso! was Paul Hamer's baby. Looking at what Hamer is doing today, that's about a complete 180 from present direction. I also don't know that there is that much of a demand for production of that model. Sure, there are a bunch of people who want one, but the stock of these guitars would drop quite a bit if Hamer started producing them again. If they WERE to make them again, they'd have to have a healthy price point-that's a lot of tooling up for what would most likely be a total run of fewer than the originals!
cmatthes Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 Hamer really doesn't need to go back down that road either. The identity they're forging now and the current demand will keep them plenty busy for the foreseeable future. Looking at the rave reviews of the new models they've released over the last 5-10 years and their current backlog would certainly seem to demonstrate that they're on the right track as it is. Taking the energy out to revisit something like the Virtuoso! would be counterproductive at this point.
Luke Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 Several people have been quoted $10,000 for Hamer to build one today. So figure @60% of retail one will cost you $6000 street price. Since they seem to hover around 3~4000 range now, no one has stepped to the plate to place an order. Money talks, remember when they would never build a Watson?
gatorbyte007 Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 I Say Save up $5,000.00 and you will find one, Do not rush. It will come to you.
cmatthes Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 Several people were quoted $10,000 a few years ago. The price would be a good bit higher now. There have been a lot of significant price increases in that time and the cost for them to stop backlogged production to pull one of those together would be astronomical. It ain't happenin', Joe!!
Guest JackButler Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 hhhmmm..I'm thinking Ferrari Red.. neck thru body.. 36 fret Virt thingamabob with maybe a fixed bridge of some sorts..
Guest Meshuggah Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 ..maybe a fixed bridge of some sorts..Aye! Forged in the fires of Mordor and quenched with the sweat of virgins in their first throes.Sustain for dayz, whot?
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