ID this Hamer

[Michael_B]

I was just wasting time at work by reading old blog posts about Hamers, and stumbled across this.

Really stunning. What is it?

I'm sure you guys all know the guy who posted it, BCR Greg; at least on that old post, he was showing an amazing collection of Hamers.

[Hamerica]

One of the few reissued Jeff Watson Models. That is one of my all time favorite Hamers.

Hamerica

[Michael_B]

I can see why. It's a stunner.

[Armitage]

Yeah, lovely!

[Boomerang~Junkie]

YOWSER! That guitar is so stunning it almost looks photo shopped (although I know its not).

I wonder how deep the "dibs" line is on that one?

[Tres Aardvarks]

Really stunning. What is it?

Totally drool-worthy is what it is!!!

[Studio Custom]

I went to Livermore, CA in 1992 and spoke to a dealer there that told me he had forever begged Jol to reissue the Watsons. He was told they couldn't because the endorement had ended. He pleaded with them to change the name to Studio Californian, no dice. I remember he took photos of all of his Hamers using two cameras and then had a view finder that made the pictures 3D.

[Feynman]

There will never be a dibs list on that one.

[gorch]

Who's got it right now?

[Jeff R]

That's Silentman Lou's custom order, correct?

[Toadroller]

Weird, I thought that was a Shishkov What's On model.

[Hamerica]

That's Silentman Lou's custom order, correct?

I believe so. I think one of the Cajuns have another lust worthy Watson as well.

Hamerica

[cmatthes]

I was just wasting time at work by reading old blog posts about Hamers, and stumbled across this.

Really stunning. What is it?

I'm sure you guys all know the guy who posted it, BCR Greg; at least on that old post, he was showing an amazing collection of Hamers.

That's Lou's guitar. Greg was the dealer Lou ordered that guitar from, and he takes pictures of the guitars he sells or that were ordered by customers - that's not from a collection.

[cmatthes]

I went to Livermore, CA in 1992 and spoke to a dealer there that told me he had forever begged Jol to reissue the Watsons. He was told they couldn't because the endorement had ended. He pleaded with them to change the name to Studio Californian, no dice. I remember he took photos of all of his Hamers using two cameras and then had a view finder that made the pictures 3D.

I spoke with Dave (the dealer) before he passed away a few years ago at some length about some of the cool Hamers he had ordered. I think most of our heads would have exploded by some of the orders he placed and limited runs he did back then! We chatted on and off for a number of years, and he sent me a bunch of stuff from his shop - ads, sales flyers and pictures as well as some old Hamer catalogs and strings he had lying around.

Wow...

[bcsride]

I miss Hamer. A Watson (black) popped up in the for sale section sometime within the last 2 years or so. I think I was first in line. I pulled out as I was short cash. But, I probably could have found a way. I should have done it.

So many Hamers. So little time.