This is pretty cool

That one has been on eBay a few times. I think this time its a different seller (and I think the price went up). There was another T51 built for Bill Kaman that was also covered in leather- but I think the other was typical T51 pickup configuration.

I'm sure a few HFCr's have some guitars that were once owned by Bill Kaman. I own two- T51 and Daytona prototypes.

It would be even cooler if you were a size 12 and could wear those shitkickin' boots onstage along with the guitar.

 
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An HFC'er owned that before. Why it is being called a "Broadcaster", I'm not sure - "Esquire", I get.

I think the price is a bit high, but I'm not in the market for that one anyway. Not too many people will jump at that one.

It's a shame that the boots actually WOULD fit me! /emoticons/default_biggrin.png

 
I can't recall. I just tried to search completed listings and came up empty. Does this belong to someone here?

 
I have an absolutely mint T-62 (pictured in my signature), that if I recall correctly the HFC'er that sold it too many said was also built for Bill Kaman (or at least owned by him).

I guess what I dont know is if his ownership adds value?

I would see some value in a custom leather finish on any guitar and the boots would be a bonus.

Maybe I should just look for really nice t-51.

 
I think there are a lot of Bill's guitars floating around. Trouble is some of them have changed hands so many times the provenance can't be determined with certainty. Sometimes the serial numbers for his stuff would get notated in the serial number log. Sometimes stuff would get built for other reasons (marketing samples, etc) and eventually end up in Bill's hands. In those cases there probably isn't a record of it in the serial number log.

Bill wrote me a funny letter to accompany my guitars. I don't know if it adds any monetary value to my guitars....but, to me, this letter is priceless.

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teleman said:
That guitar and boots was in Blue Note Music in North Hampton, MA for a long, long time.
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then sold to Ron's Guitars in Groton, CT who ebayed it to an HFC'er...

then it went to UpstateGuitars...

then it went to Margateltd.

Each time I see it, the price has gone up $1K or doubled. Those must be really nice boots /emoticons/default_biggrin.png

 
stonge said:
teleman said:
That guitar and boots was in Blue Note Music in North Hampton, MA for a long, long time.
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then sold to Ron's Guitars in Groton, CT who ebayed it to an HFC'er...

then it went to UpstateGuitars...

then it went to Margateltd.

Each time I see it, the price has gone up $1K or doubled. Those must be really nice boots /emoticons/default_biggrin.png
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I think Jon M. (MC2) owned it before selling it Margateltd.

Peter

 
It's just one of this overvalued guitars.

Beware, you've got to wear the boots when playing it. Otherwise the guitar may sound smelly.

 
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HamStd said:
stonge said:
teleman said:
That guitar and boots was in Blue Note Music in North Hampton, MA for a long, long time.
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then sold to Ron's Guitars in Groton, CT who ebayed it to an HFC'er...

then it went to UpstateGuitars...

then it went to Margateltd.

Each time I see it, the price has gone up $1K or doubled. Those must be really nice boots /emoticons/default_wink.png
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I think Jon M. (MC2) owned it before selling it Margateltd.

Peter
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Yeah, that was mine before it went to Margateltd (a private collector with 1500+ pieces.) A really unique piece IMO.

Don't you have the similar one covered in red/black leather, Peter?

Regarding Margate listing it as both "Esquire" and "Broadcaster"....I called it an Esquire but the case it came in had a hangtag on the handle that read "Hamer Broadcaster."

The quoted info from Bill Kaman in the Margate listing is from what Bill emailed me directly about the guitar.

IMO...to a collector, the guitar should be well worth what he's asking...mainly because it is a piece that no regular Joe could even order from Hamer at any price. You'd pretty much have to OWN the company to have the pull to get something like this made. So, $5k is a lot cheaper than buying Hamer...just ask Fender /emoticons/default_biggrin.png

While it was a really cool piece to have, it wasn't something I was actually playing. The boots WERE my size but I don't own a horse to go with them. Plus, suede feels REALLY strange to play against and your arm drags on it. While I seem to have settled on Teles (TLEs and T51s) and Virts as my favorite Hamer six-strings to play, this was not a player for me. It DID play and sound great but I was afraid of getting sweat or spooge on it.

So....Margateltd. actually had a rare bass that I had been searching for that had a firm opening bid of $4995. So, we swapped and I've been playing it regularly.

Oh...and I almost got in a jam getting rid of this one because it turned out my GF had been stashing her cash and stuff in one of the cowboy boots for the last year, without my knowing. After I had them all packed up, she walked in and said "not another guitar?" I said "No, I sold the suede one with the cowboy boots" and she freaked out, fessed up and I had to unwrap them, so she could look inside.

Ironically....after Margetltd got the guitar, he emailed to say "thanks for the wad of cash in the boots." I think he was joking but have been wondering if maybe she missed something.

BTW...I'd offered that guitar, along with Andy Summers' Phantom and some other cool stuff here first for a great deal but got no takers, before they got listed elsewhere.

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