zorrow Posted June 30, 2020 Posted June 30, 2020 I got a very clean copy of the Guitar Player mag which contains a picture of a guitar that seems to be my camouflage Vector. The painting schema is exactly the same (they call it “combat finish”), but the pickups are different. Nonetheless, it does look like the same guitar... or so I want to believe. 😉 Thanks to those who helped me to find the magazine!
topekatj Posted July 2, 2020 Posted July 2, 2020 Nice barre chord by the gal in the camo pants. I’ll wager she had a fun day at NAMM ‘81. What pickups are in the guitar at this point in time?
tommy p Posted July 2, 2020 Posted July 2, 2020 Gorch, I was the one who scanned the magazine pics for you before you evidently acquired a copy. Man, I hate to rain on your parade but other than similar (not exact) paint on the upper wing, that doesn't look like the same guitar at all. Yours is still really cool though.
zorrow Posted July 2, 2020 Author Posted July 2, 2020 3 hours ago, tommy p said: Gorch, I was the one who scanned the magazine pics for you before you evidently acquired a copy. Man, I hate to rain on your parade but other than similar (not exact) paint on the upper wing, that doesn't look like the same guitar at all. Yours is still really cool though. It isn’t the same guitar. It has a sister. Jol wrote this on the Hamer FB page:
tommy p Posted July 2, 2020 Posted July 2, 2020 1 hour ago, zorrow said: It isn’t the same guitar. It has a sister. Jol wrote this on the Hamer FB page: Sorry to see it confirmed, but that is a very cool story straight from Jol! I wonder if you could find the other one and own them both. Now THAT would be something!
zorrow Posted July 2, 2020 Author Posted July 2, 2020 34 minutes ago, tommy p said: Sorry to see it confirmed, but that is a very cool story straight from Jol! I wonder if you could find the other one and own them both. Now THAT would be something! Jol says that he believes the lady in the picture bought it. Her name is there. It shouldn’t be too hard to locate her, though she’s probably a gramma now —we are 39 years after that picture. It might still be interesting knowing where that guitar ended up. It’s still a cool story the sister of my guitar is on the mag, right?
cynic Posted July 2, 2020 Posted July 2, 2020 I disagree that it's not the same guitar. Jol states they were hand masked and varied in pattern. If you look at the five bits of yellow, they appear to be identical in shape and placement. I believe the brown has faded considerably and it's the same guitar.
zorrow Posted July 2, 2020 Author Posted July 2, 2020 3 minutes ago, cynic said: I disagree that it's not the same guitar. Jol states they were hand masked and varied in pattern. If you look at the five bits of yellow, they appear to be identical in shape and placement. I believe the brown has faded considerably and it's the same guitar. Maybe it is. The picture is dark, but the pattern did look the same to my eyes.
cynic Posted July 2, 2020 Posted July 2, 2020 4 minutes ago, zorrow said: Maybe it is. The picture is dark, but the pattern did look the same to my eyes. I doubt I'd pursue it further as I'm feeling pretty convinced already, but I wonder if it might be worthwhile to reach out to Guitar Player to see if getting a copy of the original photo might be an option.
zorrow Posted July 2, 2020 Author Posted July 2, 2020 4 minutes ago, cynic said: I doubt I'd pursue it further as I'm feeling pretty convinced already, but I wonder if it might be worthwhile to reach out to Guitar Player to see if getting a copy of the original photo might be an option. I think you’re right. The camo pattern is exactly the same. I added more light to the old picture and put them side to side. Judge for yourself:
RobB Posted July 4, 2020 Posted July 4, 2020 16 minutes ago, bubs_42 said: Needs black pickups. 🤓 And a 5-way blade switch.
Travis Posted July 4, 2020 Posted July 4, 2020 34 minutes ago, RobB said: And a 5-way blade switch. Don’t let @diablo175 hear you say that...
cmatthes Posted July 4, 2020 Posted July 4, 2020 1 hour ago, RobB said: And a 5-way blade switch. HUSH!!!
diablo175 Posted July 4, 2020 Posted July 4, 2020 5 hours ago, Travis said: Don’t let @diablo175 hear you say that... Too late.
killerteddybear Posted July 4, 2020 Posted July 4, 2020 11 hours ago, bubs_42 said: Needs black pickups again. 🤓 FIFY
bubs_42 Posted July 4, 2020 Posted July 4, 2020 1 hour ago, killerteddybear said: FIFY So many of my post need fixing, but that was not one of them. LOL
killerteddybear Posted July 4, 2020 Posted July 4, 2020 2 hours ago, bubs_42 said: So many of my post need fixing, but that was not one of them. LOL I must be blind. The neck pup in the 1981 photo looked black. Maybe they were blue or gold?
zorrow Posted July 5, 2020 Author Posted July 5, 2020 3 hours ago, FGJ said: looking at the closer. Photo, it looks the same. If we had a picture of the other guitar, we would have the definitive answer. Is anyone around the owner of 1 3415 ? Does anyone here know Dianne Palosz, who is the lady in the picture?
RobB Posted July 5, 2020 Posted July 5, 2020 39 minutes ago, zorrow said: Does anyone here know Dianne Palosz, who is the lady in the picture? OK, now it's getting weird.
kizanski Posted July 5, 2020 Posted July 5, 2020 On 7/2/2020 at 11:24 AM, zorrow said: It isn’t the same guitar. It has a sister. Jol wrote this on the Hamer FB page: Nice of him to respond and all, but doesn't he know which one(s) went to NAMM and if 13414 was one (or the one)? Seems to me that would be something noted in the serial number log book. Maybe it's time to get @serial Steve on the case.
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