grooveman1961 Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 20 minutes ago, grooveman1961 said: A p90 or variant thereof. Of course. Oh, ok, I see. Sustain blocks, got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 1 minute ago, grooveman1961 said: The specials in this thread or specials in general? At any rate, preferance is an opinion, and I prefer the soap bar size look. The Special about which you were commenting. Your "preferance" is hardly pertinent in its regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Prof Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, kizanski said: Umm, no. These guitars were "revivals" of the Hamer Sustain Block Specials and Sunbursts, which had humbuckers. When I bought mine in "TV Blonde" in '93, the old salts who really knew Hamer called the reboots "P90 Specials." I certainly recalled the early '80s bucker-equipped Specials, so the "P90" portion of the moniker stuck like glue with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grooveman1961 Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 Just now, kizanski said: The Special about which you were commenting. Your "preferance" is hardly pertinent in its regard. You are of course correct good sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 1 minute ago, Biz Prof said: When I bought mine in "TV Blonde" in '93, the old salts who really knew Hamer called the reboots "P90 Specials." Yes. That's what we call the Specials with P-90s in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grooveman1961 Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 When did p90 special production begin? Did they start with T.O.M. ? Was the sunburst based special still offered, or was there a gap in the timeline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 The P-90 Specials popped up in 1992. The big difference between them and the earlier Specials was not the pickup, but the bridge. The new version had the T.O.M. bridge and tailpiece. You could order the new Special with humbuckers, but the Duncan P-90 version is what was going to the stores most of the time. Humbuckers are far less common. Around that time the Sunburst had become a carved top guitar with a T.O.M. bridge and tailpiece. It was later renamed the Studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grooveman1961 Posted March 6, 2020 Author Share Posted March 6, 2020 Where is that spruce topped special now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtrdaddy Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 19 minutes ago, grooveman1961 said: Where is that spruce topped special now? @kizanski I think you may have to kill @bubs_42 to get to the front of the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshoowah Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 11 hours ago, gtrdaddy said: @kizanski I think you may have to kill @bubs_42 to get to the front of the line. And about a dozen more of us lining up behind him!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubs_42 Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 14 hours ago, gtrdaddy said: @kizanski I think you may have to kill @bubs_42 to get to the front of the line. I imploded when that came up FS. It was the worst timing ever and I had to just sit it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 43 minutes ago, bubs_42 said: I imploded when that came up FS. It was the worst timing ever and I had to just sit it out. Well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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