I just bought this Hamer guitar out of curiosity. Price was pretty close to treefiddy so the decision was easy. There was not much information provided by the seller but I know the experts here can help.
So here is what the pictures tell me:
Brand: Hamer
Model: Chaparral Custom, setneck
Serial number: 514710
Fretboard: ebony with boomerang inlays (yeah), 22 frets
Color: pink?
Obviously, the white pickups are not original and also the original Kahler tremolo was removed and replaced with a Floyd copy. Not sure about the knobs but they could be original. I plan to put back on a period correct Kahler and locking nut if I can find one.
Here are my questions to the experts in this forum:
didn't Hamer start to built Chaparrals in 1986? so how can this one be dated to 1985?
fretboard has 22 frets, not 24 like other Chaps - was this a custom option?
I noticed some more oddities compared to other Chaps:
the 1986 version had a strat-style front mounted jack plate, this one doesn't
the first Chaps had mini-switches, this one has a blade switch
control cavity backplate is not triangular
I am curious if this was an early prototype or custom order.
Appreciate your help to here. Will share more images once I have picked up the guitar.
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I just bought this Hamer guitar out of curiosity. Price was pretty close to treefiddy so the decision was easy. There was not much information provided by the seller but I know the experts here can help.
So here is what the pictures tell me:
Brand: Hamer
Model: Chaparral Custom, setneck
Serial number: 514710
Fretboard: ebony with boomerang inlays (yeah), 22 frets
Color: pink?
Obviously, the white pickups are not original and also the original Kahler tremolo was removed and replaced with a Floyd copy. Not sure about the knobs but they could be original. I plan to put back on a period correct Kahler and locking nut if I can find one.
Here are my questions to the experts in this forum:
I noticed some more oddities compared to other Chaps:
I am curious if this was an early prototype or custom order.
Appreciate your help to here. Will share more images once I have picked up the guitar.
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