I mentioned this bass in my introductory thread. I bought in 2002 at a pawn shop for $600 cause I trusted the owner and he swore it was a great bass. Boy am I glad I did. This bass has always been a great sounding and playing instrument. It was my first Hamer. It is the only guitar I have not modded. It is the guitar I know absolutely nothing about. Here is hoping that you can all enlighten me.
First of all, when was it made? Is this a particularly good period for Hamer? As I said; it is an amazing bass.
Obviously it is a J-Bass and not a P-Bass. Was one more common than the other? What is with the crazy Jetson's pick guard? hat does Hamer call this color? What are the stock pickups in this model? They really sound fantastic so I have never considered changing them; but I would like to know what they are.
So this bass has the Tek2 bridge. I know it is the Tek2 bridge because I have two separate propagandi in my case that tells me all about it. Is this why I have such great tone? Is this why there is sustain for days? I wonder if they made Tek2 bridges for guitars? Did Hamer make any guitars with Tek2 bridges? Will I ever run out of questions??
Finally, does this look like the stock wiring? Look how the ground is ran through the tabs and not soldered to the pot base - never seen that before. I noticed that if the two volumes are at the same point on the sweep they start to cancel out. Kinda cool, but what would I need to do to change that? Would I want to change that? The pots seem like an odd value, not your standard 250K single coil or 500K humbucker value, maybe that is contributing to the tone? Are these normal values for bass guitars? I know what I would put in a guitar but have no clue what bass values are. Notice the little cap! I have all PIO caps in my guitars, various values for the different guitars, but what is the standard value in this bass? Would a cap change or possible treble bleed add any noticeable difference? Again, I have no idea what is normal for basses, nor have I heard of many people modding them.
Finally Finally; does anything look out of order on this?
Thanks for looking. I look forward to your comments.
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I mentioned this bass in my introductory thread. I bought in 2002 at a pawn shop for $600 cause I trusted the owner and he swore it was a great bass. Boy am I glad I did. This bass has always been a great sounding and playing instrument. It was my first Hamer. It is the only guitar I have not modded. It is the guitar I know absolutely nothing about. Here is hoping that you can all enlighten me.
First of all, when was it made? Is this a particularly good period for Hamer? As I said; it is an amazing bass.
Obviously it is a J-Bass and not a P-Bass. Was one more common than the other? What is with the crazy Jetson's pick guard? hat does Hamer call this color? What are the stock pickups in this model? They really sound fantastic so I have never considered changing them; but I would like to know what they are.
So this bass has the Tek2 bridge. I know it is the Tek2 bridge because I have two separate propagandi in my case that tells me all about it. Is this why I have such great tone? Is this why there is sustain for days? I wonder if they made Tek2 bridges for guitars? Did Hamer make any guitars with Tek2 bridges? Will I ever run out of questions??
Finally, does this look like the stock wiring? Look how the ground is ran through the tabs and not soldered to the pot base - never seen that before. I noticed that if the two volumes are at the same point on the sweep they start to cancel out. Kinda cool, but what would I need to do to change that? Would I want to change that? The pots seem like an odd value, not your standard 250K single coil or 500K humbucker value, maybe that is contributing to the tone? Are these normal values for bass guitars? I know what I would put in a guitar but have no clue what bass values are. Notice the little cap! I have all PIO caps in my guitars, various values for the different guitars, but what is the standard value in this bass? Would a cap change or possible treble bleed add any noticeable difference? Again, I have no idea what is normal for basses, nor have I heard of many people modding them.
Finally Finally; does anything look out of order on this?
Thanks for looking. I look forward to your comments.
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