Rare Bird Thread

[DaveH]

Here's a few....

2004 Korina Special:

1996 Korina Eclipse, 1 of 10 (or 12?):

1997 Korina Vector, #13 of 72:

[G Man]

Yikes, beware all ye who enter here, GAS will be overwhelming once one has viewed this thread in its entirety, and I can't say there is a proper cure that is anywhere near what one would call affordable.

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Please avoid political references in posts.

Sorry about that, hadn't thought of the political aspect of it.

[tobereeno]

this one's definitely a rare one. Is it a Californian? Yet only 24 frets, but Virtuoso headstock. And the neck profiles are very unique - I suspect the person who ordered this specified Ibanez-like necks. I've never played another Hamer that had the same slim necks (my Virtuoso has a typical Californian neck carve)

This one was a one-off too. I sold this one off; kept it for years but never really played it. I don't believe in hoarding so I let it go:

[Feynman]

This is a dangerous thread!

[Roli]

Maple board SS 1, reversed Headstock, Eavens PUs. Rare? I think so....

[mc2]

OK then...I'll see you a Steve Stevens...and raise you a Doubleneck and a QuadBass!!

sustain block

one of the four Hamer 7 strings made

well...it's a 12 knob Quad

...and throw in a few weird non-Hamers.

a pair of Kubicki minis (20.5 scale, if I recall)...matched pair dated the same month/year from '82 and signed by Phil on the backs.

and a couple of really, really strange thingies...a wacky roots bass and handcarved jailhouse guitar. The bass actually has some turnbuckle setup for tuning.

[silentman]

All of my hamers were custom ordered:

Standard Custom: Korina body/neck, ebony board, custom neck carve, BCR Burst

Daytona: Ash body, ebony fretboard, sick birds eye maple neck, hot rails bridge, vintage rails middle/neck pups.

Diablo: rare Maple neck, Blues Sareceno Trembucker/ 59 neck.

Both bone stock.

Studio Custom: Chambered body (when it wasn't an option, thanks greg), ebony board, custom neck carve, Rio Grande pups, BCR Blue Sparkle.

Watson: Angled neck pickup, Sustain Block Bridge, Parallel Axis trembucker pups, no inlays, Cajun Burst (tweaked Tobacco burst).

[dboy66]

SWEET! These are great pics guys! Please keep them coming - but lets stick to Hamers before we end up way out in left field. By the way, where are the NAMM guitars? Especially the '08's which we very dear to my heart.

Any way, heres mine:

(thanks for the pic PF)

and lastly, a teaser. This should be in my grubby mits tomorrow:

[Ted]

Hmm, that would be almost all my Hamers

2006 Custom Order:

Most recent ("last" sounds too final) Hamer Open House giveaway guitar

1994 Studio Custom. Only one I've seen with full binding and an ebony fretboard.

1991 Centaura. Only one I've seen with a solid flame maple body.

Others have come and gone. As will these I'm sure!

-Austin

Austin,

I always love seeing your Amber Burst 06' Custom Studio-Incredible guitar all around!

Dunno if it's rare, but it is one of a kind...

Ah, Simply Delicious Veatch!

[atquinn]

...and lastly, a teaser. This should be in my grubby mits tomorrow:

...

No fair!

-Austin

[BadgerDave]

1980 Sunburst in trans green:

And an FB:

[Rodan]

All of my hamers were custom ordered:

Standard Custom: Korina body/neck, ebony board, custom neck carve, BCR Burst

Daytona: Ash body, ebony fretboard, sick birds eye maple neck, hot rails bridge, vintage rails middle/neck pups.

Diablo: rare Maple neck, Blues Sareceno Trembucker/ 59 neck.

Both bone stock.

Studio Custom: Chambered body (when it wasn't an option, thanks greg), ebony board, custom neck carve, Rio Grande pups, BCR Blue Sparkle.

Watson: Angled neck pickup, Sustain Block Bridge, Parallel Axis trembucker pups, no inlays, Cajun Burst (tweaked Tobacco burst).

Man, I covet the Daytona and Diablo!! Awful nice!!

Maple board SS 1, reversed Headstock, Eavens PUs. Rare? I think so....

Holy cow!! That's a nice black-and-gold scheme, going there!

[stobro]

There aren't many 12-string Specials:

This SuperPro has an ebony board and a spruce top:

[bubs_42]

I wondered if you still had the Superpro. That was a damn nice guitar I hated to see it go.

[Bloozguy]

From what I'm told, there aren't very many painted headstock Daytonas out and about...this one's a 1995

[gorch]

I can clog this thread like a monster....LOL

He's done it, that monster!

He might even do it again!

[Jazzerman]

See if I can post some pics of my rare bird. Here's the unserialled 1977 Hamer Sunburst with the April 77 potcodes.

Regards,

Dick

[dboy66]

and lastly, a teaser. This should be in my grubby mits tomorrow:

As promised:

Thats straight from the factory with Bare Knuckle Mules. Lighter than my other studios and a beautifully flamey neck

[juanferdiaz]

Not so Rare but Custom GoldTop anyway

[atquinn]

and lastly, a teaser. This should be in my grubby mits tomorrow:

As promised:

Thats straight from the factory with Bare Knuckle Mules. Lighter than my other studios and a beautifully flamey neck

Awesome.

-Austin

[specialk]

Thats straight from the factory with Bare Knuckle Mules. Lighter than my other studios and a beautifully flamey neck

Awesome.

-Austin

+1 on the Awesome and +1000 on the BK Mules! Congrats.

[Mr Fuzzy]

Custom order with a Humbucker & P-90 Combo

[Thundersteel]

I don't know if this qualifies for "rare" or not, but it's the only Artist Custom I've seen in Jazz Burst:

[bubs_42]

Custom order with a Humbucker & P-90 Combo

That one gets me every time. LOVE IT!

[moozak]

Custom order with a Humbucker & P-90 Combo

damn... this is just sweet! nice fiddle!