Well, it was fun....... but it's over.

BCR Greg

BCR Greg

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No more new Hamer guitars. No more custom orders. Everything in progress gets built, but no more new orders.

It was a blast, wasn't it?

Shit.

 
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Yowza. The news we all knew was coming seems to have arrived.

Maybe Paul will buy back the brand and hire yours truly to be the marketing director. A guy can dream, can't he?

 
Not that I was in the market for a CO, but damn, that is just shitty news.

 
I now await the arrival of another in-the-know HFCer to report that this is all preliminary.

 
/emoticons/default_sad.png A very sad day /emoticons/default_sad.png/emoticons/default_sad.png

 
Most unfortunate.

Any word on whether FMIC will keep their import line? I suppose that would have an impact upon whether they were even open to selling the brand...Then the other question is whether the existing (part-time now) Hamer builders would be open to a new owner or prefer the "security" of continuing to work for a larger (arguably faceless?) entity that is financially overextended.

 
I have been asked to not reveal the source, since business is business. The brand is not for sale. They are sitting on it, perhaps it will come back as a "specialty" brand like Gresch and Guild are handled.

I was the top Hamer dealer for many years, and I enjoyed a lot of great times with a lot of great people. I made some life long friends as a result of Hamer guitars, and there are no words to describe this.

None.

 
Sad but why keep anything secret at this point? I think we all knew this was coming one way or another.

 
any word if the Hamer factory restoration service they were offering has had the plug pulled as well? Double bummer if that got shelved as well. /emoticons/default_sad.png

 
I am very sorry to hear this . Maybe in a few years an opportunity will present itself for the Hamer USA brand . FMIC must figure out a path 1st . It would be nice to separate the two . A very sad day indeed .

 
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