PSA: Hamer USA 91 Studio Green Quilt @ Sam Ash

[stratacus]

Hamer USA 91 Studio Green Quilt @ Sam Ash  - $1200.    They also have a Mirage I without case for $750.

 

 

[Ua D]

Looks like it’s sold already. 

[stratacus]

23 minutes ago, Ua D said:

Looks like it’s sold already. 

Yep, it has sold 

[jim777]

Gorgeous!

[crunchee]

I didn't see the original ad, was that Studio being sold as a 1991 model?  IIRC, that truss rod cover design looks to me to be a later (like, 2001) style.  Also, I'm pretty sure that the size/style of the 'USA' at the end of the Hamer logo is of the type that they started using around/after 1996.

[Ua D]

So who got it?

[stratacus]

It was listed as a 91.  The listing text from google cache is included below.

 

Hamer - Studio GATC

In Stock at Sam Ash San Diego
View All Items At This Location

$1,199.99

 

This is a gorgeous made in the U.S.A 1991 Hamer Studio GATC in very good condition. Heavily quilted carved maple top on a mahogany body and a pair of Seymour Duncan JB and 59 pickups, give you a big thick sound with plenty of sustain. Some light surface marks on the back of the guitar and only a very small dent on the front of the guitar. No other dings or scratches on the front. The origi

 

[Studio Custom]

My dream SC.  

[GASguy]

Even though I am downsizing , I would have hit that;

Beautiful !

[jim777]

That $750 Mirage 1 is about 10 miles from me, can check it out if anyone wants to know about it.

 

[crunchee]

1 hour ago, stratacus said:

It was listed as a 91.  The listing text from a google search is included below.

 

2 days ago · This is a gorgeous made in the U.S.A 1991 Hamer Studio GATC in very good condition. Heavily quilted carved maple top on a mahogany body ...

 

I think a '91 model would have been made back when they were still being called 'Sunburst Archtops', and before they were being called 'Studios'.  I had a '91 Sunburst Archtop long ago, it had a great top in ''59 Burst', but a thin neck too.  If it wasn't for the neck being too scrawny for my taste, I would have kept it and never let it go.  If the Studio at Sam Ash was a '01, then I'd think it would have a noticeably thicker neck than a '91.

[DaveL]

Damn looks like a 2001 to me.

[kizanski]

2 hours ago, jim777 said:

That $750 Mirage 1 is about 10 miles from me, can check it out if anyone wants to know about it.

...and it's about $300 undervalued.  That's a steal.

[DaveL]

11 hours ago, kizanski said:

...and it's about $300 undervalued.  That's a steal.

Agree, decided to hit it,  not super flamey but a cooler top than the ones on reverb asking at double. The case I’ll figure out.     Thanks stratacus.

[Jakeboy]

Wow...a gorgeous Studio.... about this Mirage1....if you throw Start single coils in there, does it sound like a Strat or does it have its own, original thing going on?

[tomteriffic]

I see the Wilky has been replaced.  Not a bad thing, IMO.

My recollection is that it's strat-ish but with balls and can get much tougher.  The Pickups are Hot Rails/Cool Rails/Cool Rails.  It really has its own thing going and you'd lose more than you'd gain by putting in "regular" Strat pickups.  I miss mine, sold in a moment of weakness.

 

[kizanski]

 

3 hours ago, DaveL said:

Agree, decided to hit it...

Well bought.  

25 minutes ago, tomteriffic said:

I see the Wilky has been replaced.  Not a bad thing, IMO.

Added value.  

[DaveX]

On 9/22/2018 at 10:07 PM, stratacus said:

Hamer USA 91 Studio Green Quilt @ Sam Ash  - $1200.    They also have a Mirage I without case for $750.

 

 

Normally, green wouldn't be my colour and I prefer subtle flames to quilt but that is one beautiful lookiing guitar!!!

Good price too...

[DaveL]

edit...  didn't realize it would have this... bad chip

on side of next...   pending rma,   Sam Ash has

been very cool.  otherwise a nice axe. could use

a set-up.    the top is very interesting,  strong

figure in the grain around the pickups.  That

said.  between it needing a set-up etc,  proceeding

 with return.

   

[jim777]

Sorry to hear that Dave  that's why I offered to check it out if anyone was interested in it

[DaveL]

4 minutes ago, jim777 said:

Sorry to hear that Dave  that's why I offered to check it out if anyone was interested in it

Thanks Jim.       Yeah should have.done that.

 

[guitarmonk]

The Mirage I is a very interesting guitar. Once you get it set up right it never goes out of tune. The Bridge pickup is hot as hell. The Bridge and Middle pickup together add a bit of treble. The rest of the typical strat settings apply once you go middle, Middle neck and neck....I never use the blow switch, when I do in a live setting I keep forgetting it and wonder mid song what in the hell did I do to my guitar. 

The hum cancelling cool rails are really a nice touch. The guitar is a gem across the board but my only *small* complaint is that the volume knob doesn't really do much in terms of dialing back the heat on the pickups. I play mine all the time. These things cut through the mix like maniacs and I can easily cover most any style of music. I love the neck. Kinda middle of the road chunky. The 25 1/2 inch scale also makes it really punchy. 

One of the better hot strats out there in my opinion. Pairs great with a Monaco III in terms of EQ sharing for one amp during a gig. 

 

 

[stratacus]

This is now listed on eBay at a significantly higher price - $2750.    Listed as a '91 and as an... Investment-Grade Hamer 

 

[kizanski]

2 minutes ago, stratacus said:

This is now listed on eBay at a significantly higher price - $2750.    Listed as a '91 and as an... Investment-Grade Hamer 

LOL - so much crack. So little time.

[currypowder]

Hey, at least he received it and took his own pics.