Look for 1981-2 special in tv yellow

[Guest gearwhore]

obviously not this guiatr,but more this color BUT a bit darker yellow more creamy...and same type painted matching headstock....with checkerboard

OR THIS BUT AGAIN LITTLE DARKER

[rugby1970]

Not meaning to rub it in but I bought this a few weeks ago. I personally don't care for the finish and bought it with the intent of having it refinished in another color. Not buckers but I see what you mean by calling it a great guitar. Not the best pics, used a smart phone, bad lighting, operator incompetence, etc. but you can get the gist of it.

[Guest gearwhore]

here this is real close..especially the neck if the face of the headstock was same color .... I think you get the idea..so lets hear what everyone would call this color...we all know I been calling it tv yellow...but would a white turn this bad?

[G Man]

Looks TV Yellow to me.

[cmatthes]

TV Yellow is not an opaque finish. You can see the woodgrain through the color.

[mc2]

Here is an '83 Jazz Bass shot in lacquer where you can see the color shift....original,white under the removed pickguard and almost a TV yellow everywhere else. The shot w/o pickguard color is a little off....other shot shows actual yellow better.

This was actually a solid Olympic White when new. TV yellow is translucent and the wood grain shows through.

Also a shot of a mid-90s Hamer 3 pickup Eclipse I had in TV yellow....and a fretless '83 Hamer Cruisebass that IS originally factory Yellow.

BTW...I recently also,picked up an '82 Hamer Cruisebass that the former owner had since 1985 and he swore it was "yellow." When it got here, I pulled it apart to see it was actually a yellowed out original solid white nitro. So, it had yellowed out so much in its first three years that the second owner had it for nearly 30 years convinced it was originally yellow.

So....yes, very easy to confuse white and yellow on 30 year old nitro finishes sometimes.

[Guest gearwhore]

yeah mine would have been 8-9 yrs old when I got it...and I never pulled the pups to see if it was lighter in the holes.....so ok I might be looking for white then.. ....but I think the matching color headstock face is the basic trait..wheather we call it white or cream or yellow..I see most headstocks are black...so was the white face make it a special "special"...like as in ordered special not short bus special.

[Jim Browne]

That Olympic White Jazz Bass is gorgeous.

So is the Les Paul Custom, shown earlier. That one was definitely white, originally. The nitro clear coat on those yellows very easily (witness Randy Rhoads' LPC, or Alex Lifeson's ES-355 (before he had it refinished - and ruined, in my opinion!)).

I've mentioned it before, but my first, in-person Hamer experience was when my guitar teacher's store took delivery of three factory-fresh Specials, in the very early eighties. One was a tobacco sunburst, the next was an almost burgundy mist-type opaque metallic finish, and the third was yellow. I don't recall it being a flametop, but rather a lighter opaque yellow, possibly also a slightly metallic finish. Certainly, two of those were colors that I never saw again. These had the checkerboard headstock logo.

I was there for the unboxing, and can still distinctly recall the smell. Magic!

If anyone has access to the ledgers from that era, they were shipped to the (long, long defunct) "Musician's World" in Butler, NJ.

[Guest gearwhore]

yeah I am not sure I look at that fretless bass^^^^ and it could have been that yellow...I do know the shop had it a long time and the owner said he took it in on trade becuase the guy didn't like the color...I for the most part dont care about color but it seems the harder I look for another or even the one..its a ghost..makes me want it more,,,,

[jginsj]

Got a 2005 custom ordered TV yellow Special Junior for sale if interested. It ain't an '81 but thought I would throw it out there

If it was custom ordered with a sustainblock then YES!

[jginsj]

Gearwhore,

This special is vintage yellow, not opaque yellow and it is an '80. But it is for sale and a lot less than the one on ebay right now. Let me know if you are have any interest.

Thanks

Peter

Hamstd@gmail.com

Peter I emailed you but haven't heard back. Perhaps I went to your Spam box?

[Guest gearwhore]

Gearwhore,

This special is vintage yellow, not opaque yellow and it is an '80. But it is for sale and a lot less than the one on ebay right now. Let me know if you are have any interest.

Thanks

Peter

Hamstd@gmail.com

Peter I emailed you but haven't heard back. Perhaps I went to your Spam box?

he doesnt check email much he says...I do know he wants $1200 shipped and paypalled...hope that helps

[Guest gearwhore]

Got a 2005 custom ordered TV yellow Special Junior for sale if interested. It ain't an '81 but thought I would throw it out there

If it was custom ordered with a sustainblock then YES!

no its a wrap around bridge...like all juniors

[Montelovesco]

Did not follow all of the thread, but what about this? Gilles may help out:

https://www.zikinf.com/annonces/dispannonce.php?annonce=1028009

[Guest gearwhore]

how do I delete the thread...I have 4 81 specials heading my way I am good for now.

[matchful]

Looks like vintage yellow

[Guest gearwhore]

yep 2 of them...the one with kahler you are grabbing for me will be having a make over.

[cmatthes]

You don't get to delete the thread until you make it a cool dozen.

[Guest gearwhore]

You don't get to delete the thread until you make it a cool dozen.

dozen specials...well if I must

[BTMN]

[Guest gearwhore]

Ok first I want to shout out a big THANKS to...g-man,polara,matchful...for either hooking me up with a 1981 special or helping me get one bought off craigslist half way across the country.

after that I want say....

I am in love with it all over again..I now know why I been holding on to this flame for so many years...this is my neck.

I even wondered if I made too big a deal of it all these years and I was going be let down by my memory(wouldnt be the first time) that the guitar was as great as I remembered...I was right to hold on,because its better than I remember and I wish I had hunted one of these down 10 yrs ago..thanks again to all who have helped put a pleasure to play back in my hands

so I know I said I was done but my wheels of creation have been churning...So if any one has a 1981-2 special that is a basket case or just plain beat let me know...I have an idea or two from talking to bcr greg that I would like work up..

I would also be interested in any other hamer project guitars that have the same neck profile as specials.

[G Man]

Glad to hear you like it, its a great guitar which I am sure I will miss as the years go by, but you can't keep them all.

[Guest gearwhore]

Glad to hear you like it, its a great guitar which I am sure I will miss as the years go by, but you can't keep them all.

she's in good hands..I am going to get an original pup in the bridge and wear the frets out.

[matchful]

You are welcome! No trouble at all and all I can say is you got a smoking good deal on this one in Dallas!