Help me find Impact pleeaaase!!!

[bubinga5]

Hey people. I need a little help identifying a bass. Trouble is i have no pics. The bass is the Impact model. It is a three piece through neck, natural, 5 string. I have a feeling its an 80's model, im not sure, as the body shape while keeping that angular shape, looks slightly different from the nineties models. I spotted one in a book called 'What Bass'. Its an absolute beauty!!!

Vauge i know but maybe you guys/girls can help?

Andy.

[Steve Haynie]

A thread with a picture of marcnorth's Impact

A thread with a picture of serial's Impact

[quimby]

Unfortunately they are hard to come by. Those that don't have one (e.g. me) want one and those that do want more.

They have a great reputation as being great sounding basses that almost play themself.

They do come up for sale from time-to-time, but they don't last long at all.

[marcnorth]

I now own the yellow one too.

This sounds more like the one bubinga5 is talking about.

http://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/index.p...9&hl=impact

[cmatthes]

The pics above that Steve H. posted are the "production" models from the late '80s - early '90s. They didn't make that model for a very long time. Those are the set-neck version - there wasn't a "through neck" production model, although they did make a handful of them that were. Multi-lam necks with body wings (not sure, but think they were bubinga, actually), inlaid pearl small logo, gold hardware, boomerang inlays and slightly rounded bodies. These are even more rare than the other Impacts, so if you have found one, GRAB IT!

Here are some more Impact pics - Serial owns/has owned both of the prototype Impacts below:

Kip W. with the two Impact prototypes

[bubinga5]

I now own the yellow one too.

This sounds more like the one bubinga5 is talking about.

http://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/index.p...9&hl=impact

Yeah thats the one Marcnorth!! WOW what a bass. Body reminds me of a Zon Sonus(or should that be the other way round). Slightly more rounded. Looks like these are rare beasts, how much would one go for?

[cmatthes]

I now own the yellow one too.

This sounds more like the one bubinga5 is talking about.

http://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/index.p...9&hl=impact

Yeah thats the one Marcnorth!! WOW what a bass. Body reminds me of a Zon Sonus(or should that be the other way round). Slightly more rounded. Looks like these are rare beasts, how much would one go for?

So few have ever been for sale, it is tough to put a market value on it. Suffice it to say A LOT.

[Andrew]

I offer the page from the 1992 Catalogue:

http://uk.geocities.com/largeat/92imp.html

Andrew.

PS- you might also want to look for rocking horse manure for your garden!

[MCChris]

I now own the yellow one too.

This sounds more like the one bubinga5 is talking about.

http://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/index.p...9&hl=impact

Yeah thats the one Marcnorth!! WOW what a bass. Body reminds me of a Zon Sonus(or should that be the other way round). Slightly more rounded. Looks like these are rare beasts, how much would one go for?

That's the one I was thinking of when I saw your post.

Depending on how much (or little) Rob paid for his, that ranks right up there with the best scores we've ever seen on this board.

[Hamer Bass Head]

http://cgi.ebay.com/HAMER-IMPACT-BASS-META...1QQcmdZViewItem

go get 'em kid!!!!

jeez, I didn't think I'd see one of these on the block until April 1st!

[Scarabaeus]

I got a sweet black 4 string impact for $173 off eBay, and it wasn't a BIN! Yes, you read that right. Much less than the currently recognized bottom feeder rate of $350. Can you say "SCORE" !?!

Some of you who have never had one in hand may not realize that the back of the body is not flat.

[serial]

That's correct-they're kind of Spector-ish. I love 'em.

[Hardrockracer]

That's correct-they're kind of Spector-ish. I love 'em.

Well, Kip played Spectors before he turned to Hamer. Wasn't he involved in the design of the Impact? That might be where the curved body shape comes from.

HRR