Hamer Special on eBay ID help

[esquared]

Special on eBay

I sent the seller a couple of questions and asked if this was actually and FM? the seller replied that he had asked Hamer and they had told him it was a Special FM.

So now I am confused (that was not difficult)... I thought the FM stood for Flame Maple but ment a solid maple body not just a Flame Maple top? Is there a different designation for the ones that are solid maple?

Thanks

[burningyen]

A Special FM is a mahogany guitar with maple top. The seller is right.

[acb]

info re: special fm here

[cmatthes]

So now I am confused (that was not difficult)... I thought the FM stood for Flame Maple but ment a solid maple body not just a Flame Maple top? Is there a different designation for the ones that are solid maple?

I don't think I've ever seen a Special with a solid flame maple body. Not saying that they didn't make one, but I've not come across it if they did.

[crunchee]

The closest thing I've ever seen to flame maple front and back on a Hamer was on some of the short scale basses, but even that had mahogany in the middle, the maple simply 'capping' the front and back.

[specialk]

I love the mahogany grain on the back of that SpecialFM!

[cmatthes]

I've seen a few solid flame maple B-12s basses, but not a Special. I think a couple of members here have those in their stables, actually.

[esquared]

Is there a solid maple body LP style Hamer? or double cut?

[cmatthes]

Is there a solid maple body LP style Hamer?

There was a Monaco done for Steve Ambrose here ("Phoenix"), but I thought that was a hollow/semi hollowbody.

[DaveL]

in 98 or so, Hamer changed the name from FM special to Special Custom

I think I've see that piece around, those pics are way too contrasty or

something... I don't think it warrants any consideration at $1200... $700

would be a different story...

[gtone]

This one's been for sale on E-Bay for quite some time. I offered $600 a few months ago when it was listed with a best offer option. The seller told me they couldn't take less than a grand for it. Great shape, but still pricey for what it is.

[Nathan of Brainfertilizer Fame]

Is there a solid maple body LP style Hamer? or double cut?

Apparently, many of the Korean Import series guitars (circa 2000) had maple bodies and necks:

The Import Stellar 1 was clearly a nod to the success of Paul Reed Smith guitars, with slightly offset double-cutaways, the upper horn extended a bit. This featured a maple body with a set maple neck. The top was carved, highly figured "silky maple." The unbound two-octave fingerboard had pearl dot inlays. A three-way, volume, tone, finetune bridge and stop tailpiece rounded out the Stellar 1.

The Import Californian was our old 27-fret friend, again pretty much the same except for having a solid maple neck and body.

The Import Diablo, too, was similar to its forebear, with maple body and neck.

[Russ]

Oy...$1925 BIN, and no case? I'm pretty sure I paid $625 for my Green FM Special...and that was before the economy tanked.