Hamiltone!

[The Shark]

I knew Jim through my buddy Chris Lukasik.  They both lived in Vero Beach for years.  I owned one of his "Have Mercy" guitars as well as a "Stevie Ray Vaughan" model.  They all got away in the early nineties (I had to raise my kids!).  So, this one popped up and I thought I should grab it.  

[topekatj]

7 minutes ago, The Shark said:

I knew Jim through my buddy Chris Lukasik.  They both lived in Vero Beach for years.  I owned one of his "Have Mercy" guitars as well as a "Stevie Ray Vaughan" model.  They all got away in the early nineties (I had to raise my kids!).  So, this one popped up and I thought I should grab it.  

Whoa, beauty! Is it weighty? Looks brand new!

[tweed]

Wow... is it a neck-thru ?

[RobB]

Beauty! Great lines on that one. Didn't Mark Erlewine make similar models for SRV and ZZTop, or were those Hamiltones, too?

[Biz Prof]

Just now, RobB said:

Beauty! Great lines on that one. Didn't Mark Erlewine make similar models for SRV and ZZTop, or were those Hamiltones, too?

Erlewine had his own thing going that looked a bit similar, but BFG commissioned custom orders from both builders. 

[Rich_S]

My sister lives in Vero Beach.

[The Shark]

On 6/24/2021 at 12:28 PM, topekatj said:

Whoa, beauty! Is it weighty? Looks brand new!

I don't know.  The other Hamiltone's I owned were about nine pounds because of all the maple.  I know Jim didn't have anything to do with this guitar, but it's spec'd out exactly.  

[The Shark]

On 6/24/2021 at 4:41 PM, RobB said:

Beauty! Great lines on that one. Didn't Mark Erlewine make similar models for SRV and ZZTop, or were those Hamiltones, too?

Yup.  I had an Erlewine Automatic "Have Mercy" that I sold to Peter Fung all those years ago.  I think I sold him a Hamiltone too.  Stupid stupid. 

[The Shark]

On 6/24/2021 at 11:03 PM, Rich_S said:

My sister lives in Vero Beach.

Does she build killer guitars?