devrock Posted December 11, 2020 Posted December 11, 2020 I love these. I think they have more of an "edge" to them, making them look more \M/ metal \M/ to me. I'd love one of them.
cmatthes Posted December 11, 2020 Posted December 11, 2020 5 hours ago, kizanski said: Yes, that's true. I can't tell you how that has haunted me over the years. Think of the monster player you’d be if you had those extra frets and that mini-crown! THINK ABOUT IT!
JustKid Posted December 11, 2020 Posted December 11, 2020 Damn...Binding, ebony, trapezoids , arch top and, 27 frets with that ugly foreskin-of-a-fretmarker all the way on 27th!!! If this guitar was in States, I'd grab it in a heartbeat I guess. But yahoo...
cmatthes Posted December 11, 2020 Posted December 11, 2020 1 hour ago, JustKid said: Damn...Binding, ebony, trapezoids , arch top and, 27 frets with that ugly foreskin-of-a-fretmarker all the way on 27th!!! If this guitar was in States, I'd grab it in a heartbeat I guess. But yahoo... It's a Yahoo JP Auction with a few days left - that isn't just a "Buy It Now" price.
currypowder Posted December 11, 2020 Author Posted December 11, 2020 7 hours ago, JustKid said: Damn...Binding, ebony, trapezoids , arch top and, 27 frets with that ugly foreskin-of-a-fretmarker all the way on 27th!!! If this guitar was in States, I'd grab it in a heartbeat I guess. But yahoo... 5 hours ago, cmatthes said: It's a Yahoo JP Auction with a few days left - that isn't just a "Buy It Now" price. It is a Yahoo Japan auction, but there is a buy it now price. @JuskKid, I've bought many guitars directly from Japan listings like this using a proxy. I'm happy to help get this to the states.
Nathan of Brainfertilizer Fame Posted December 11, 2020 Posted December 11, 2020 10 hours ago, cmatthes said: Think of the monster player you’d be if you had those extra frets and that mini-crown! THINK ABOUT IT! I'm convinced that not having a Jeff Watson Signature Model Hamer USA guitar is what kept me from a lucrative career as a famous guitarist. Now it's too late for me. But not for you!
topekatj Posted December 11, 2020 Posted December 11, 2020 From a few years' back I recall there being another Hamer customer order for the artist "Jack Frost" (name on headstock) that was derivative of the Mirage and Watson design/shape.... I want to say that I remember it having a trem AND being neck through body construction, with a somewhat thinner body thickness, but I could be wrong. Damned if I can find it (or anything else) using the forum search function.
topekatj Posted December 11, 2020 Posted December 11, 2020 3 minutes ago, Ed Rechts said: Let me guess. It was purple. I believe it was! Or at least dark blue -- I don't think it pertained to the ganja strain, though. 😄 I hope someone has a photo, I know the description seems implausible but my memory is pretty good.
Travis Posted December 12, 2020 Posted December 12, 2020 6 hours ago, topekatj said: From a few years' back I recall there being another Hamer customer order for the artist "Jack Frost" (name on headstock) that was derivative of the Mirage and Watson design/shape.... I want to say that I remember it having a trem AND being neck through body construction, with a somewhat thinner body thickness, but I could be wrong. Damned if I can find it (or anything else) using the forum search function. 50 minutes ago, cmatthes said: IT'S IN THE BOOK! Love them both... 🤤🤤🤤
topekatj Posted December 12, 2020 Posted December 12, 2020 52 minutes ago, Travis said: Love them both... 🤤🤤🤤 Ho-lee crap! My memory didn’t fail me! Where’d you get the photo of the purple one? Mark Younger Smith? here’s a white version with black binding! ETA: I guess it’s actually the silver one in the book.
Travis Posted December 12, 2020 Posted December 12, 2020 41 minutes ago, topekatj said: Ho-lee crap! My memory didn’t fail me! Where’d you get the photo of the purple one? Mark Younger Smith? here’s a white version with black binding! ETA: I guess it’s actually the silver one in the book. The purple one I found on google images. The white one is a different one than the silver in the book. The white one had a single coil in the neck position and apparently he gave that to his tech because he used the sustainer equipped guitars more often.
topekatj Posted December 12, 2020 Posted December 12, 2020 11 minutes ago, HamStd said: Here you go. Three together. AWESOME! Any photos of the Trixter guitar?
topekatj Posted December 12, 2020 Posted December 12, 2020 15 minutes ago, Travis said: The purple one I found on google images. The white one is a different one than the silver in the book. The white one had a single coil in the neck position and apparently he gave that to his tech because he used the sustainer equipped guitars more often. I DO NOT remember the MYS Hamer ad. I THINK I remember a Watson ad with a doubleneck V.
HamerCustomEr Posted December 13, 2020 Posted December 13, 2020 On 12/10/2020 at 1:58 PM, cmatthes said: Yeah, but you couldn't play all those notes up to the 27th fret!! Can't you just use a slide? Hello, 36th fret!
Travis Posted December 13, 2020 Posted December 13, 2020 35 minutes ago, HamerCustomEr said: Can't you just use a slide? Hello, 36th fret! Washburn made it work...
cmatthes Posted December 13, 2020 Posted December 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, Travis said: Washburn made it work... Hamer did it first!
Travis Posted December 13, 2020 Posted December 13, 2020 9 minutes ago, cmatthes said: Hamer did it first! I don’t remember seeing many Virts with an angled single coil... I think I’ve only seen one other with a sustain block. If I remember correctly it was red and also had an angled single coil. I think the rest I’ve seen pics of (never in real life) had a straight single coil sized pickup with a Floyd.
cmatthes Posted December 13, 2020 Posted December 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Travis said: I don’t remember seeing many Virts with an angled single coil... I think I’ve only seen one other with a sustain block. If I remember correctly it was red and also had an angled single coil. I think the rest I’ve seen pics of (never in real life) had a straight single coil sized pickup with a Floyd. The Virtuoso! was actually not designed to have a Floyd, believe it or not. The first ones all had Sustainblocks - Paul Hamer still has his original Korina Sustainblock one, and Brian Ball has the Ferrari Red one. They ended up overriding the original plan and mounting Floyd and a few Kahlers in the run.
HamStd Posted December 13, 2020 Posted December 13, 2020 On 12/11/2020 at 6:13 PM, topekatj said: AWESOME! Any photos of the Trixter guitar? Here you go. Strap loks courtesy of Home Depot's nuts and bolts department! Enjoy Peter
topekatj Posted December 13, 2020 Posted December 13, 2020 2 hours ago, HamStd said: Here you go. Strap loks courtesy of Home Depot's nuts and bolts department! Enjoy Peter Very hard to believe Jol allowed that one to happen on his watch.
Ua D Posted December 14, 2020 Posted December 14, 2020 I feel like I can see an evolution of the MYS model to the talledega to all of Jol’s current offerings.
scottcald Posted December 14, 2020 Posted December 14, 2020 These all look cool. That's it! I need a guitar now with frets beyond the bridge!
currypowder Posted December 15, 2020 Author Posted December 15, 2020 Back to the original purpose of the PSA. The Watson didn't sell in the first go around. The seller relisted and dropped the price by about $300, he must have been anxious to sell. Most times I see guitars for sale in the Japanese auctions stay the same price for months, or drop by $20 ever couple of weeks. https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/p818871248 It's coming back to the US. Not me, but a member here. I'll let him chime in if he chooses.
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