Eli Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 No affiliation: https://reverb.com/item/39001252-hamer-firebird-1986-alpine-white Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamerCustomEr Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Is it just me, or do Firebirds remind anybody else here of Gumby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBraz Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 I just love Hamer FB’s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 28 minutes ago, DBraz said: I just love Hamer FB’s Yeah, but do you $4,600 love it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 I do not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 19 minutes ago, cmatthes said: I do not. ...$4,600 love it or am reminded of Gumby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Prof Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 15 hours ago, HamerCustomEr said: Is it just me, or do Firebirds remind anybody else here of Gumby? Some FBs have a lot of empty real estate behind the bridge which accentuate the curves, so I see how you might get that impression. Truth be told, Kurt Hendrick fashioned the most Gumbyesque body shape I've seen to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarGuy65 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 43 minutes ago, Biz Prof said: Some FBs have a lot of empty real estate behind the bridge which accentuate the curves, so I see how you might get that impression. Truth be told, Kurt Hendrick fashioned the most Gumbyesque body shape I've seen to date. A band I used to play with in the 80's had one of those Hendrick's in bubble gum pink. Hard to forget those! Hideous guitar IMO but they are very collectible today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diablo175 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 2 hours ago, DBraz said: I just love Hamer FB’s 2 hours ago, kizanski said: Yeah, but do you $4,600 love it? Love the body shape and love this particular style with the Strat-style angled jack and that 6 in line head stock but the likelihood of one ever getting $4,600 outta me is less than zilch. Especially since they're short scale and this one has no boomers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew816 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Boomer-less Firebird, it's kind of a crime against humanity. $4600, wow, Boomerless-Bitch-Slap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuelc12qw Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 I am pretty sure this is the same Hamer Firebird that was sold out of Washington state last year. Thunder road guitars was the place. The guitar is sweet but pretty beat, no boomers and the back plate is wrong. Meh The HSS is cool though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBraz Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 20 hours ago, kizanski said: Yeah, but do you $4,600 love it? No!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 11 minutes ago, Ed Rechts said: If he'd used the Gibson Moderne headstock, he would have hit the Gumby Guitar Grand Slam. ...and that's not what you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killerteddybear Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 13 minutes ago, Ed Rechts said: If he'd used the Gibson Moderne headstock, he would have hit the Gumby Guitar Grand Slam. ...and had a lawsuit on his hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 19 hours ago, Biz Prof said: Silly-ass looking guitars, but at least they don't look like a fucking potato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velorush Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 23 minutes ago, Ed Rechts said: None more Gumby Where was that for a band name back when I was in college? Perfection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Ed Rechts said: Imagine the ignominy of being sued by BOTH Gibson AND Gumby. One does not recover from that kind of tort-exposure tag-teaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 3 hours ago, Ed Rechts said: If he'd used the Gibson Moderne headstock, he would have hit the Gumby Guitar Grand Slam. To paraphrase Nigel Tufnel: "It's like, how much more Gumby could this be? and the answer is none. None more Gumby." At least the Moderne had an interesting design solution for creating a straighter string pull than the traditional Les Paul headstock... Kudos for that...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Prof Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 33 minutes ago, cmatthes said: Thank God that Lindert was awarded a patent for that headstock design. So many players were clamoring for that profile that builders near and far would have been copying it had it not been for intellectual property protections. Not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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