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From our model listings:

"Maestro (1990) - Seven string guitar with offsetdouble-cutaway body and custom built seven-string trem. with graphtech saddles. Bolt on maple neck. Three custom wound Seymour Duncan rail pickups. "

Anyone got a pic? More details? I've never seen one...

Gracias.

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From our model listings:

"Maestro (1990) - Seven string guitar with offsetdouble-cutaway body and custom built seven-string trem. with graphtech saddles. Bolt on maple neck. Three custom wound Seymour Duncan rail pickups. "

Anyone got a pic? More details? I've never seen one...

Gracias.

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I cannot believe something that ugly came out of a USA Hamer factory.

Agreed.

-Austin

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Initially made for 'Maestro' Alex Gregory - Ed Roman's got the twin neck 7 and Mandolinything which i've actually played...obviously Mr Roman was out at the time B)Gregory twin neck

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Hmmm - I think it looks good. I've never been known for good taste, though. If anything, I guess it looks like every other plain but nice SuperStrat out there, but I bet it's a really fine guitar.

The model listings state it was made for just one year - does that artist build mean that it was made only in limited numbers (like 1)?

Edited to add - OK , that doubleneck thingy is ugly.

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Hmmm - I think it looks good. I've never been known for good taste, though. If anything, I guess it looks like every other plain but nice SuperStrat out there, but I bet it's a really fine guitar.

The model listings state it was made for just one year - does that artist build mean that it was made only in limited numbers (like 1)?

Edited to add - OK , that doubleneck thingy is ugly.

Basically they were made for Alex, i think 3 or 4, and i don't know of any others that were made but as usual with Hamer that doesn't mean they didn't !

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Oouch, yes - that was u.g.l.y! And I hate 7 string guitars too. B)

Guest JackButler
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I dig it. I'd play it.

Toshi Iseda has one in his collection of seven string guitars as well. Was debuted the same time/year as Ibanez's Universe seven string model. Original differences between the two were that Ibby had a low B and Hamer's proto had a high A. Alex also had/has a cello tuned four string.

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Rosewood board just looks wrong on both those guitars. IMO.

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Is there another guitarist on the planet any more pompous than Maestro AG?

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Is there another guitarist on the planet any more pompous than Maestro AG?

More than likely mate, more than likely B)

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This guy? Man, I learn so much here.

Man. No offense to any fans, but there's no way i could sit through a full concert of that. It was cool for about a minute-twenty, then mostly annoying after that.

And Sunshine of Your Love needs vocals when performed live.

And Ice Cream Man Rules.

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This guy? Man, I learn so much here.

Man. No offense to any fans, but there's no way i could sit through a full concert of that. It was cool for about a minute-twenty, then mostly annoying after that.

And Sunshine of Your Love needs vocals when performed live.

And Ice Cream Man Rules.

I thought I was the only one who plays in a bathrobe.

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I dig it. I'd play it.

Toshi Iseda has one in his collection of seven string guitars as well. Was debuted the same time/year as Ibanez's Universe seven string model. Original differences between the two were that Ibby had a low B and Hamer's proto had a high A. Alex also had/has a cello tuned four string.

I think I know that guitar. B)B)

virtandmaestrofull3-1.jpg

Here are enough frets and notes to take care of the "cookie Monster singers" and all the dogs in the neighborhood!!!

It might not be the prettiest Hamer out there, but it blows EVERY Ibanez 7 string that I have played away. Tom Anderson pickups, high A as Kevin noted, graphite saddles, no hang-ups so the trem is great to play, brazilian rosewood fingerboard, solid flamed maple body and it is a Hamer!!!

This guitar was made for "The Maestro". He told me he had 4 guitars made for him and the doubleneck. He still has one, this one and Toshi has the other two (I believe one was made with two humbuckers) and of course Big Ed has the doubleneck (interesting story around that one that some of the old school HFC'ers might remember). Might not have been a big seller at the time, but it definitely has Hamer quality!!!

Enjoy.

Peter.

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Thanks for sharing, Peter! That is one bad-assed Virt, btw...

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Heh, he calls himself "Maestro"! I believe he was what the term "wanker" was created for. There is shredding, and then there is mindless wanking. That 7 foot tall doofus was playing a billion notes and saying...........absolutely nothing as far as I could tell. Wanker. Z

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