Chambered Hamers

[HSB0531]

No problem. I figured as much.

I also wanted to add that I hope I'm not coming across as argumentative- that is not my intent at all. Its nice to have a discussion on topics like these. It sure beats the typical Gear Page thread on the credibility of road worn guitars.

Not at all.

It's a fun topic and glad to see a lot of HFC'ers interested.

Now I want to do some testing myself

[mirrorimij]

Back in the Arlington Heights days we built a chambered Studio Custom for Jimmy Johnson (Chicago Bluesman on Alligator Records). He brought in a chambered PRS that had a huge neck (HUGE). He wanted the neck to be exactly the same as his PRS. I remember Jimmy stood next to me as I carved the neck and he kept checking it every few minutes. He said "boy if that neck ain't right I'm going to have your knees broken". Part of me knew he had to be kidding but part of me felt that he was the type of bluesman that carried a loaded pistol to gigs.

I paid extra close attention to that carve.

[cmatthes]

[HSB0531]

Back in the Arlington Heights days we built a chambered Studio Custom for Jimmy Johnson (Chicago Bluesman on Alligator Records). He brought in a chambered PRS that had a huge neck (HUGE). He wanted the neck to be exactly the same as his PRS. I remember Jimmy stood next to me as I carved the neck and he kept checking it every few minutes. He said "boy if that neck ain't right I'm going to have your knees broken". Part of me knew he had to be kidding but part of me felt that he was the type of bluesman that carried a loaded pistol to gigs.

I paid extra close attention to that carve.

You walking with a cane these days?

[gorch]

Back in the Arlington Heights days we built a chambered Studio Custom for Jimmy Johnson (Chicago Bluesman on Alligator Records). He brought in a chambered PRS that had a huge neck (HUGE). He wanted the neck to be exactly the same as his PRS. I remember Jimmy stood next to me as I carved the neck and he kept checking it every few minutes. He said "boy if that neck ain't right I'm going to have your knees broken". Part of me knew he had to be kidding but part of me felt that he was the type of bluesman that carried a loaded pistol to gigs.

I paid extra close attention to that carve.

You walking with a cane these days?

Good question. What's the end of the story? Guitar chambered or knees chambered.

[mirrorimij]

End of story was Jimmy got a cool guitar and my knees are intact.

[gorch]

What impresses me are the curios chambers on the Standard. I had thought they would chamber it similar the way they chamber other models. But this is a totally different animal. The argument, the large wing of a Standard would add a whole lot to the resonance of the guitar explains a lot to me then.

[HSB0531]

My Standard bass has always been loud acoustically.

Really resonant.

So would the bass version of a Standard need to get chambered?

Is there much of a difference in size between the Standard Bass & guitar bodies, size wise?

I never held one up against the other.

Anyone compare them?

[kriszguitar]

Back in the Arlington Heights days we built a chambered Studio Custom for Jimmy Johnson (Chicago Bluesman on Alligator Records).

Bob is correct. As per the post on The Workshop Blog the chambered guitars at Hamer go back a long way. The difference between just giving a customer what they ask for and what it is that they really need is computed with solid (no pun intended) research and prototyping. Sometimes that takes more time than just pulling a cowboy move to satisfy someone's demand. In my mind that's the cool thing about the way Jol operates. It's not just about doing what people ask regardless of the consequences. That is unless the bluesman has a gun!

[lord nelson]

Since chambering is now a standard feature, will a non chambererd Standard cost more beacause it's a "custom option"?

[HSB0531]

I hope not.

I would hope that the chamber routing is a preset on the CNC router and that there's a chamber/no chamber button on the keypad.

[gorch]

I hope not.

I would hope that the chamber routing is a preset on the CNC router and that there's a chamber/no chamber button on the keypad.

No button, they load a different program.

... from Microsoft Downloads.

I wonder you could run the CNC from an iPod today. So, Jol sitting in the basement - not Zorrows, not pieing - twittering to Dave. "Is the would in?" Then, selecting the program and starting the CNC over WLAN.

[kriszguitar]

I hope not.

I would hope that the chamber routing is a preset on the CNC router and that there's a chamber/no chamber button on the keypad.

No button, they load a different program.

... from Microsoft Downloads.

I wonder you could run the CNC from an iPod today. So, Jol sitting in the basement - not Zorrows, not pieing - twittering to Dave. "Is the would in?" Then, selecting the program and starting the CNC over WLAN.

The iPod could possibly be used as storage for CNC files, however they would still have to be loaded into a machines processor. Every machine has it's own operating system which interprets the raw files. A wifi connection to multiple machines from a master engineering computer is not uncommon.

At Hamer everything is sneakernet.

[cmatthes]

...Sneakernet

New band name!

[HSB0531]

The iPod could possibly be used as storage for CNC files, however they would still have to be loaded into a machines processor. Every machine has it's own operating system which interprets the raw files. A wifi connection to multiple machines from a master engineering computer is not uncommon.

At Hamer everything is sneakernet.

I just had to look that one up:

Sneakernet is a tongue-in-cheek term used to describe the transfer of electronic information, especially computer files, by physically carrying removable media such as magnetic tape, floppy disks, compact discs, USB flash drives, or external hard drives from one computer to another. This is usually in lieu of transferring the information over a computer network. This mode of data transport is often used as an academic example to illustrate the trade-off between latency and bandwidth.

[gorch]

I hope not.

I would hope that the chamber routing is a preset on the CNC router and that there's a chamber/no chamber button on the keypad.

No button, they load a different program.

... from Microsoft Downloads.

I wonder you could run the CNC from an iPod today. So, Jol sitting in the basement - not Zorrows, not pieing - twittering to Dave. "Is the would in?" Then, selecting the program and starting the CNC over WLAN.

The iPod could possibly be used as storage for CNC files, however they would still have to be loaded into a machines processor. Every machine has it's own operating system which interprets the raw files. A wifi connection to multiple machines from a master engineering computer is not uncommon.

At Hamer everything is sneakernet.

Wasn't meant that serious, but technically not that far away either.