DBraz Posted August 17, 2018 Posted August 17, 2018 Whilst still relatively new to me I have owned this quite a while now. It is a Hamer Double Neck Californian built on 1st November 1991. It has a few rather lovely options. Firstly it is the only Double Neck Californian with full body paint by the quite superb Jim O’Connor. I liaised with Jim on Facebook and he remembered doing the artwork. He utilised a variety of special paints and techniques including real gold leaf and marbling done with feathers. The original colour was blue but the clear has faded to the current green hue which I love. The second awesome option is the LED inlays, all working. The fretboard wood grain is breathtaking. Hamer really cared. The switching, clockwise, is volume (12 string), pickup toggle (12 string), pickup toggle (6 string), LED inlay on/off, guitar selector (12 string exclusively, both guitars simultaneously, 6 string exclusively), volume (6 string). Both humbuckers are Seymour Duncan JBJ’s and the neck single coils Seymour Duncan’s. Weight, for those that care, is 11.78 lbs. It has a great acoustic voice😀
DBraz Posted August 17, 2018 Author Posted August 17, 2018 Oh, and a BIG thank you to MC2 who I met in person to buy this. Great bloke, super easy to deal with, and he even drove to meet me at my brothers apartment in NYC.
BadgerDave Posted August 17, 2018 Posted August 17, 2018 Beautiful! Have you played Stairway to Heaven on it yet?
DBraz Posted August 17, 2018 Author Posted August 17, 2018 3 hours ago, cmatthes said: You know that I love that one!!! I know; and you know I love what you have inbound too!
DBraz Posted August 17, 2018 Author Posted August 17, 2018 The LEDs are great when the light dims. It’s trickier picking the right combination of guitar, volume and pickup though...
RobB Posted August 18, 2018 Posted August 18, 2018 I was going to suggest concentric vol/tone pots, but it’s probably better to keep it stock. Look at the bright side: Now you have full reign to balance the pickup heights to get close to the sounds you want.
DBraz Posted August 18, 2018 Author Posted August 18, 2018 8 hours ago, BadgerDave said: Beautiful! Have you played Stairway to Heaven on it yet? No, but I have played Wish You Were Here. In fact that’s the first thing I played on it once it was tuned to pitch!
mrjamiam Posted August 18, 2018 Posted August 18, 2018 That is just jaw-dropping! Congrats, he said, struggling to disguise his envy.
HamStd Posted August 18, 2018 Posted August 18, 2018 Poor London Heathrow, the planes keep getting diverted to the Brazington home with all the LEDs fired up and guiding the planes in!!
DBraz Posted August 18, 2018 Author Posted August 18, 2018 2 hours ago, HamStd said: Poor London Heathrow, the planes keep getting diverted to the Brazington home with all the LEDs fired up and guiding the planes in!! BRILLIANT! I must get a group shot. There’s a crazy amount of LEDs going on.
black magic Posted August 19, 2018 Posted August 19, 2018 That is way too cool!! Set-Neck or Neck Thru? Either way= Awsome!
diablo175 Posted August 19, 2018 Posted August 19, 2018 3 hours ago, black magic said: That is way too cool!! Set-Neck or Neck Thru? Either way= Awsome! I'm reasonably sure Hamer never did neck-thru's. It's very likely a set neck.
DBraz Posted August 19, 2018 Author Posted August 19, 2018 The only Neck Thru’s Hamer ever did were Impact basses I believe. The exotic version. These necks are both set neck. Mahogany body and maple necks.
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