lusn Posted July 21, 2005 Posted July 21, 2005 I am looking at a 335ish Korean made Hamer on eBay that the seller insists is 25.5 scale. Did Hamer ever make one of these? I tried calling the main office, it seems they are on a summer shutdown right now.
JohnnyB Posted July 21, 2005 Posted July 21, 2005 URL to the auction? Any number of us could answer with a look at the listing.Seller is probably full of it. The most 335-ish Korean Hamer is the Echotone, whose measurements were taken directly off a vintage ES-347 (same body & scale as an ES-335). MIK Hamers are totally mass-produced factory jobs, so it's not like someone could have special-ordered a 25.5" scale.
Guest galejt Posted July 21, 2005 Posted July 21, 2005 I'll wager the seller doesn't know the difference.
lusn Posted July 21, 2005 Author Posted July 21, 2005 Here is the URL to the auctionhttp://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...gory=33042&rd=1I even asked him and he says he measured it with a StewMac fret scale. (Not like you need one to figure it out!)
markman Posted July 21, 2005 Posted July 21, 2005 I have a Korean made Echotone that measures 25.5" from the nut to the bridge. Is that how you measure the scale length?
bach Posted July 21, 2005 Posted July 21, 2005 I just measured my Korean Echotone...It's 25.5 as well. I always assumed it was 24.75. Who would've thought?
straightblues Posted July 21, 2005 Posted July 21, 2005 Mine is 25.5 as well. It never seemed long, I always assumed that it was the Gibson standard 24.75. That is strange, I played the Monaco and it felt like a really long neck compared to my Echotone.By the way, my Echotone is a nice guitar. I have fully modified it with Lollar dog ear P90's, Grover Imperial tuners, a bone nut, a Nashville bridge, Aluminum stop tail piece and new pots. It plays and sounds very good, but even with all of the mods, it still isn't as nice as my Hamer USA guitar. It is however, the best Korean made 335 by a long shot. It is much better than the Artcores, the Ephiphones and the Agiles.
markman Posted July 22, 2005 Posted July 22, 2005 Straightblues, I definitely agree about the Echotone being better than the Epi's, Artcores and the Agiles. I looked at all of the 335 copies I could find before I bought mine.
JohnnyB Posted July 22, 2005 Posted July 22, 2005 That's a Benedetto pickup at the bridge. I put one at the neck of the Howard Roberts Fusion II I used to have. They're very nice.
lusn Posted July 22, 2005 Author Posted July 22, 2005 So I can take it that they were made with 25.5 scale, huh? Excellent!
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