moozak Posted August 5, 2007 Posted August 5, 2007 hi everyone... i've been a "lurker" around here for quite some time and finally registered a little while back... so i guess i'm a "newbie" here. but... last year, i wound up buying a Hamer Special K that i am just nuts about. i actually bought a brand new (bound and crowned) Sunburst model back around 78 or 79 and loved it, but went thru a divorce and had to sell it off. over the years, i sort of forgot about Hamers until i bought the Special K. since then, i've been going nuts over these guitars. i mean, they were excellent back then... but i love what i'm seeing now! anyway, long story short... i think i'm going to get this one: looks like a gorgeous piece of work doesn't it? should look good along side this one:
Jeff R Posted August 5, 2007 Posted August 5, 2007 Welcome aboard! So we have two Jeff R.s now ... Many here will tell you just one was plenty 'nuff hahaha.Stay a while, make yourself at home and enjoy the place.
moozak Posted August 5, 2007 Author Posted August 5, 2007 Get the Redwood. Those are fantastic.good to here! i'm really looking forward to it... i should have it hopefully sometime this coming week.i've done some recording with my Special K and i love it http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.c...;songID=4962712i'm hoping the tone and build quality of the Redwood LTD will be every bit as good as my Special K. if so, i'll be a very happy man indeed!
Steve Haynie Posted August 5, 2007 Posted August 5, 2007 Those redwoods are the only ones that will be made. Hang on to it! A lot of us here want those Special K's.
moozak Posted August 5, 2007 Author Posted August 5, 2007 Those redwoods are the only ones that will be made. Hang on to it! A lot of us here want those Special K's. the Special K's are the only one's that will be made as well. in fact, i've already asked about getting something custom built that was "similar" and was pretty much shot in the a$$. so, i think i'll hang onto it too!
Guest pirateflynn Posted August 5, 2007 Posted August 5, 2007 PLEASE READ !After I listened to your music download a pop up window appeared (drive cleaner). It said that it had detected porno history in my computer history and automatically began a download! I shut down my machine immediately.I don't know much about these things so please look into it yourselves.Here is the pop up redirect:http://www.drivecleaner.com (don't click)Here is a forum posting I found about it:http://forums.techguy.org:80/malware-remov...r-com-pest.html(you can click on this one)Ken
Steve Haynie Posted August 5, 2007 Posted August 5, 2007 I liked the track, the playing, and the guitar tone.No pop up problem here. My firewall may have stopped it, though.
moozak Posted August 5, 2007 Author Posted August 5, 2007 hey pirate...i went back and double checked everything... i did NOT get a pop up window or any sort of a porn redirect. everything worked fine for me. could it have been something left over from another site you had been on?i have never had a single problem with the Soundclick site.so, just so everyone knows... i went back and double checked everything... and had NO PROBLEMS with the link that played that song.I liked the track, the playing, and the guitar tone.thanks! i had a lot of fun doing that one.
Guest pirateflynn Posted August 5, 2007 Posted August 5, 2007 I tried it a 2nd time with no probelm. Weird.Once again, nice playing and great guitars!
MCChris Posted August 5, 2007 Posted August 5, 2007 I tried it a 2nd time with no probelm. Weird. Yeah, like you don't have a porno history on your computer (to go with the one you have in real life ).
Guest pirateflynn Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 I tried it a 2nd time with no probelm. Weird. Yeah, like you don't have a porno history on your computer (to go with the one you have in real life ). guilty
BCR Greg Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 CLASSIC!!!!!! Pirate, that's like yelling "Anyone else smell my fart?" in church! Back on subject.... We had the Prototype of that guitar, and it is awesome.
moozak Posted August 6, 2007 Author Posted August 6, 2007 thank for the pics BCRgreg... pretty cool to see the prototype!so... did i read somewhere that these also had a pretty meaty neck? i thought i heard that these have the "vintage carve". if so... how meaty is it? ...similar to the newer VOS gibson series necks?
stonge Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 We had the Prototype of that guitar, and it is awesome. I got to roadtest one of the other prototypes (there were at least two with 'Prototype' stamped into the back of the headstock - Hamer tends to go through a couple revisions as they tweak the designs) as well as a final version through a friends' 59 Bassman - awesome is a bit of an understatement. Great guitars!
belgian Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 So the prototypes were made in early 2004 and the 30 pieces in 2006.Why such a delay ?What was the difference between the prototypes and the final version ?
moozak Posted August 6, 2007 Author Posted August 6, 2007 So the prototypes were made in early 2004 and the 30 pieces in 2006.Why such a delay ?What was the difference between the prototypes and the final version ?belgian... don't you have one of these too? i thought i remember seeing that during my info search.
belgian Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 Yes, I have #19 and it's an extraordinary guitar. Another one that will never go away. I don't know if it's the pickups (SLU SD's) or the overall design that makes it so good. (altough it didn't got much playing since I got the Talladega).
moozak Posted August 6, 2007 Author Posted August 6, 2007 wow... very nice! so... can you tell me about the Duncan "SLU" pickups? i never did find out what "SLU" means.also... can you confirm the "beefy neck" ? ...i'm hoping this is true, as i love the larger neck profiles.
belgian Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 The neck is simular like the necks on the recent vintage carve necks on the Newport or the Studio's. Try to find another recent one with a vintage neck (I don't know what profile your Jr. has) and it should be simular. I have a Jr. with a modern neck carve and I don't like it as much as the vintage carve.The SLU stands for Slightly Less Ultimate, Ultimates are used in the Artist Ultimate.http://www.hamerguitars.com/?fa=detail&...377&sid=177 Those were signed by SD. I guess they are NOS pickups from the original order from SD, but they wanted to keep the Ultimates exclusive for the Artist Ultimate (I don't know how many are made from that one - but for sure it's not Hamer's most popular model)
moozak Posted August 6, 2007 Author Posted August 6, 2007 The neck is simular like the necks on the recent vintage carve necks on the Newport or the Studio's. Try to find another recent one with a vintage neck (I don't know what profile your Jr. has) and it should be simular. I have a Jr. with a modern neck carve and I don't like it as much as the vintage carve.The SLU stands for Slightly Less Ultimate, Ultimates are used in the Artist Ultimate.http://www.hamerguitars.com/?fa=detail&...377&sid=177 Those were signed by SD. I guess they are NOS pickups from the original order from SD, but they wanted to keep the Ultimates exclusive for the Artist Ultimate (I don't know how many are made from that one - but for sure it's not Hamer's most popular model)Slightly Less Ultimate! lol... thanks... that was really bugging me!i think by "jr" you're talking about my Special K? if so... i would describe the carve on that one as slightly larger than a good 60's les paul shape... with just a touch of flatness... which is also like the 60's shape. it's not thin... more of a MEDIUM shape. it's really nice because the thing is... i PREFER the big necks... HOWEVER... the neck on the Special K is very very comfortable and very easy to play. i don't have a problem with it at all. in fact, i wish i could've bought more than one at the time i bought mine! but, you know how that goes!
moozak Posted August 7, 2007 Author Posted August 7, 2007 the update so far... looks like i might possibly have this guitar in my hands by this friday!
MCChris Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 the update so far... looks like i might possibly have this guitar in my hands by this friday!You lucky devil!
moozak Posted August 9, 2007 Author Posted August 9, 2007 well... crap! my "trade in" guitar was supposed to arrive by wednesday... so they could get the Hamer Redwood back to me by this friday...but, instead... my package got lost... DHL finally found it and it should arrive on friday (tomorrow). bottom line is... i won't get the redwood till sometime next week!day-am... DHL!so... no Hamer Redwood this weekend guys... looks like next week!
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