currypowder Posted November 8, 2006 Posted November 8, 2006 I bought this a couple of months ago in a desire to get a "Keef" like guitar. It's a great guitar in very good condition, plays and sounds great. But I have another guitar that is my go to tele and maybe it's the maple board, the flat radius, whatever, I'm just not bonding with it.Anyway, it's a '96 T-51 with a rare factory Humbucker at the neck. The HB can be split via the push/pull tone knob. The bridge pickup has been upgrade to a Lollar Special T (the original Duncan Broadcaster pu is included). It's in very good condition with only 2 issues that I can find, the pickguard has a crack at the neck pickup (it can be seen in the picture below) and there is a small finish crack (1/8 - 1/4 in.) in the cutaway right by the neck pocket (I could not get a photo of this).OHSC included. SOLD
peedenmark7 Posted November 8, 2006 Posted November 8, 2006 way cool, is that a solid or tans finish ? odd they wouldve used a pickup ring over the pickgaurd?
currypowder Posted November 8, 2006 Author Posted November 8, 2006 It's a trans finish. My picture taking skills suck. You can see the grain pretty well from this picture of the back.
bobbymack Posted November 8, 2006 Posted November 8, 2006 This is a nice one kids, and curry is great to deal with. I'd be back on it in a heartbeat if things were a tad more liquid at the moment...
currypowder Posted November 9, 2006 Author Posted November 9, 2006 Please tell me it weighs 10+ lbs.Nope, more like 8 - 8.5 lbs. I can get you a more accurate weight if you need it.
currypowder Posted November 10, 2006 Author Posted November 10, 2006 I've had a question about the validity of my claim that the neck humbucker is factory. This is how the guitar was represented to me, and I didn't question it at the time and have no way to completely verify that the guitar came from the factory this way. However, I did pull the pickguard, neck pickup, bridge pickup and controle plate. What I found is that all of the routing (neck pickup cavity, bridge pickup cavity, control cavity and the valley that the neck pickup wire goes through are all finished with the same dark grey paint. I do not know enough about how Hamer was finishing their T-51's in 1996, but it all looks very clean to me. There is no bare wood anywhere, nor is there any spots in the neck cavity that would indicate a re-routing and repainting. I'm no expert, but this looks to me like a factory job. If anyone else out there knows anything about this particular guitar, please feel free to chime in.
bobbymack Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 I've had a question about the validity of my claim that the neck humbucker is factory. This is how the guitar was represented to me, and I didn't question it at the time and have no way to completely verify that the guitar came from the factory this way. However, I did pull the pickguard, neck pickup, bridge pickup and controle plate. What I found is that all of the routing (neck pickup cavity, bridge pickup cavity, control cavity and the valley that the neck pickup wire goes through are all finished with the same dark grey paint. I do not know enough about how Hamer was finishing their T-51's in 1996, but it all looks very clean to me. There is no bare wood anywhere, nor is there any spots in the neck cavity that would indicate a re-routing and repainting. I'm no expert, but this looks to me like a factory job. If anyone else out there knows anything about this particular guitar, please feel free to chime in.It was represented that way to me as well, by a dealer in CT. I too was suspicious because I did not believe Hamer made any T51s w/ neck buckers, but the routing is super clean, the entire cavity is neatly done in shielding paint, definitely looks Hamer factory quality to me, plus the bucker is a Duncan '59 which would make sense, with a very neatly installed pull pot to split it as well. I personally believe it is a factory job. If it is not, it is an extremely high quality mod...
cmatthes Posted November 10, 2006 Posted November 10, 2006 To be honest, this is a T-51. If the mod is done nicely and expertly, it simply will not harm the value one bit in my opinion. The only reason I'd even think it could be a mod is because of the color of the shielding paint - I'm not sure if Hamer was using the grayish stuff then or if it was the more "pinkish" stuff - somebody with a T-51 could chime in on that. Regardless, it sounds like a great guitar.That's a very cool mod if it wasn't factory original...
peedenmark7 Posted November 11, 2006 Posted November 11, 2006 pinkish at that time, but who knows what the cutoff is...would really need to see it...I found the pickup mounting ring odd on a pickgaurd.cool guitar either way !!!
doody Posted November 11, 2006 Posted November 11, 2006 I want one with a bucker in the bridge too ala jeff beck. I've actually cosidered having my T-51 transformed into a JB tele
currypowder Posted November 11, 2006 Author Posted November 11, 2006 Let's go to $725 shipped, paypal OK.
currypowder Posted November 11, 2006 Author Posted November 11, 2006 I'd also entertain trades on the T-51. I'm not looking for anything in particular, just something different. You can see what I have now in my sig.
cmatthes Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 This is a '95 I think - looks like factory gray shielding paint to me! My '94 and '96 are pinkish. Hmmmm...
currypowder Posted November 13, 2006 Author Posted November 13, 2006 Thanks C. That's exactly the color of the sheilding paint in my T-51. And it's consistent throughout all of the routing.
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