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serial Veteran HFCer

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Pretty simple really.

Kip is a fucking idiot.

cmatthes Veteran HFCer

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What a total douchenozzle.

mc2 Veteran HFCer

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Not so fast grasshoppers.......

GTX WAS a Kaman Music brand, circa late 80s-early 90s. Plus, the dates also put it in line for when Hamer was owned by Kaman and also around the period when Jol had left and was a "consultant" and doing some design work.

So....in a "Mythbusters" format...GTX affiliated with Kaman would be a "confirmed" myth and the model having been designed in Chicago at the Hamer shop alongside it's US models may be "Plausible." Where were all of the other Korean-made Hamers by Kaman designed? Plus it has KMD branded pickups in it, which was a Kaman Music amplifier/electronics brand of that period.

The headstock and slanted tuners looks more like a Tune-brand bass of the period than a US Hamer. So, the bit about the headstock being a tell-tale sign that it is a Hamer is BS. But maybe that's the same factory where they were actually manufactured, since Tune is a fairly high quality bass and I've seen other OEM brands from there.

See below:

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews...uct/GTX/36/10/1

Product: GTX 36

Price Paid: traded some pedals for it used

Submitted 06/14/2005 at 10:15am by Jason

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Not alot of info on these, BUT, I emailed the parent company Kaman and this is what I got: (Kaman makes/distributes Genz Benz, Takamine, Hamer, Ovation, etc. )

The GTX model GR36 dates back to 1990 when the retail price was $499.00 USD. Specs included a single cutaway body style, carved from a block of wood - mahogany on the back glued to spruce on the top, 2 classic-style humbucking pickups, suspended pickguard, adjustable bridge with "set neck stop" tailpiece and vintage knobs, 3-way selector p/u switch, Indian rosewood fingerboard with trapezoid pearl inlays, chrome hardware and 24 ?" scale length. The GTX line was made in Korea. That's all we could dig up in the archives!

Customer Support : 10

Well, Kaman emailed me back, so....

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http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews...sic/GTX+33/10/1

Product: Kaman Music GTX 33

Price Paid: UNKNOWN

Submitted 12/15/2008 at 08:42pm by hayle mcfadyen

Email: hamc<at>ymail dot com

http://www.answers.com/topic/kaman-music-corporation

Guitars

* Ovation — composite body acoustic guitars.

* Adamas — separately branded, high-end line of Ovation guitars distinguished by their carbon fiber tops.

* Takamine — high-end traditional acoustic guitars.

* Hamer (since 1988) — high-end electric and semi-acoustic guitars and basses.

* GTX — Strat copy (Discontinued).

http://www.jedistar.com/jedistar_vintage_g...r_dating_g3.htm

GTX

GTX guitar headstock

Korean made by Kaman Music

Kaman at wikipedia

Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/GTX

cmatthes Veteran HFCer

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I am aware of the Kaman origination of those instruments, but they were more closely tied to Ovation import offshoots and had absolutely ZERO to do with Hamer in any way, shape or form. Jol was not involved in those, and unless one happened to get lost in shipping or somebody in Chicago actually/accidentally bought one, I doubt they ever got close to the city limits. ;)

The GTX Series of instruments was a short-lived (mostly failure) of Kaman to launch into the metal-based guitars and basses of the mid/late 80s. They also put out KMD amps (Solid State, if I recall) at the time, which I believe were also equal flops.

Misinformation out there like in this bozo's ad doesn't help.

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