kizanski Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 Where did u get that info from?Decades of research.
cynic Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 Where did u get that info from?Decades of research.The similarity between the first link in your OP and Andrew's profile pic is not a coincidence.
Andrew Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 It actually is 1 3228... The pic may look like a 6 but I can assure u it is an 8, not that it makes that much of a difference anyways.. Thanks for the info tho on the amount made.. Where did u get that info from?Yep, my mistake on the number. I actually own 1 3238, which is why I though ot couldn't end in "8"!Peter Wolf of Prosound (at Knaggs now?) and also the Dantzig that is Jol. I had a look at the pages they were on in the logs (back in 07) and only spotted two or three bound ones. There is later one with a floyd owned by an HFCer - perhaps he could fill in the history on that one.Peter Wolf sold more Hamers than anyone else so could ask for whatever he wanted - he once had the first Sunburst Archtop, circa '81. The European market was important to Hamer with the UK, Germany and the Netherlands getting a lot of the early Hamers.
HamStd Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 It actually is 1 3228... The pic may look like a 6 but I can assure u it is an 8, not that it makes that much of a difference anyways.. Thanks for the info tho on the amount made.. Where did u get that info from? Yep, my mistake on the number. I actually own 1 3238, which is why I though ot couldn't end in "8"! Peter Wolf of Prosound (at Knaggs now?) and also the Dantzig that is Jol. I had a look at the pages they were on in the logs (back in 07) and only spotted two or three bound ones. There is later one with a floyd owned by an HFCer - perhaps he could fill in the history on that one. Peter Wolf sold more Hamers than anyone else so could ask for whatever he wanted - he once had the first Sunburst Archtop, circa '81. The European market was important to Hamer with the UK, Germany and the Netherlands getting a lot of the early Hamers. Dr. Large, you are correct once again!! To join in on the party here-I'll bring a pair to the table (actually got another sunburst one from a fellow EU HFC'er but it didn't make the shoot). I spoke with Peter Wolf about it and he actually remembered the one that was ordered with the floyd. Sadly, it had a second tone knob added, but these are GREAT guitars. To Guitarwill, drop me a line at [email protected], maybe we can work something out. Enjoy Peter
anotherfreak Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 ...where's that jaw dropping smiley again?
Jem Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 It actually is 1 3228... The pic may look like a 6 but I can assure u it is an 8, not that it makes that much of a difference anyways.. Thanks for the info tho on the amount made.. Where did u get that info from?Yep, my mistake on the number. I actually own 1 3238, which is why I though ot couldn't end in "8"!Peter Wolf of Prosound (at Knaggs now?) and also the Dantzig that is Jol. I had a look at the pages they were on in the logs (back in 07) and only spotted two or three bound ones. There is later one with a floyd owned by an HFCer - perhaps he could fill in the history on that one.Peter Wolf sold more Hamers than anyone else so could ask for whatever he wanted - he once had the first Sunburst Archtop, circa '81. The European market was important to Hamer with the UK, Germany and the Netherlands getting a lot of the early Hamers.Andy, you're such a smartiepants LoLBut if I may digress for just one moment, for some reason I've just reminisced that Andrew and I met 25 years ago through a tiny classified in Guitarist magazine that mentioned the word Hamer. He was the aficionado and I was the guy who kicked the crap out of 'em on a Saturday night but it was quite obvious we both 'got it'. It sometimes freaked me out, in the days before t'internet, that we both knew a guitar was for sale, we both must have read every single classified listings in every guitar and music mag, spooky !Anyway, just made me think, that's all.
mc2 Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 I had one of these "Two Coils" from Germany around 2000 but sold it because it had an added route under the pickguard for a humbucker. i've seen a couple like that.i DO have a 4-digit "Three Coil Bass," which I think Hamer did three of, also on a Prototype body from around the same period. Guessing maybe someone was floating the idea of a bass version of these "Two Coil" guitars, since the names are similar and both use the same body style?On the left in this group shot:http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/mc2NYNO/media/Ten-Hamer-BassesWeb_C2_zps1e0d8e6f.jpg.html?sort=3&o=520
stratacus Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 SoldGoin' back to Cali...Cali...?It's headed to the Midwest
Bennyboy-UK Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 Sold Goin' back to Cali...Cali...? It's headed to the MidwestHow do you know?Oh... yeah... Right.
JochenP Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Hi,I have owned one of them a couple of years ago. (Sold 2006 to HFC member in San Francisco)SNo 1 3236http://www.guitarmaniacs.de/html/users/jochenp/jochenp-gitarre-hamer8.shtmlI have had contact Frank Untermeyr to ask about the history of the modell and that what he answered (Must be in 2005):„The guitar is a two coil Sunburst completed on May 20, 1981. It never was a real model. We built about 20 of them for a music store in Bielefeld I think. Then we were never paid so we sold them to a few different stores, including a few in the United States.“Jochen
Andrew Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 I'm sure Prosound would have paid Hamer for their stock! Maybe they were the secondary recipients.I've not seen it but Peter Wolf said the model was shown in their catalogue in 1981. Most I have seen have come from Germany but I guess a couple might never have made the journey.
JochenP Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 Hi Andrew, "Prosound" was about 40km from my home at Koblenz (So if Frank Unterm. remember Bielefeld I don´t think it was the "Prosound" :-). "Prosound" was a great store in the 80´s and the first who offer Hamer (and later PRS) in Germany. (I think they are distributor for Germany in this days) When Peter Wolf leave unfortunatley they lost the "quality". The shop did not exist any longer (Only some drums in a "Backroom" ) No matter: its a rare guitar! The middle position of the PU selector was my favourit Jochen
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