VECTOR Posted July 7, 2021 Posted July 7, 2021 Look at this "beauty".... the modification was surely made by a gifted luthier. The price may surprise you. Absolut no affiliation. Hamer MIRAGE I Japan https://reverb.com/item/41779569-hamer-mirage-i-japan?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=41779569
tweed Posted July 7, 2021 Posted July 7, 2021 What ?????? They left out a switch.....or two. Nice flame top shot to HELL !!!
DaveH Posted July 7, 2021 Posted July 7, 2021 As bad as a Strat's control layout annoys me, this one would flat piss me off. And what's with the plugged holes in the side.
hamerhead Posted July 7, 2021 Posted July 7, 2021 I can't even think of enough ways to smack this guy.....
Steve Haynie Posted July 7, 2021 Posted July 7, 2021 Perhaps a working musician needed a synth guitar with all those knobs and switches. What else are you going to do? At one time Hamers were cheaper guitars you could afford to modify compared to those costly Les Pauls and Fender Custom Shop creations. There were some Roland-ready Strats made in the 1990s that have the synth pickup built into the pickguard.
ARM OF HAMER Posted July 7, 2021 Posted July 7, 2021 Now THAT IS a crying shame........................what the hell?
ptm1diver Posted July 7, 2021 Posted July 7, 2021 The add says the seller is Park Guitars in Samara, Russia. Looks like the guy wanted a cheep guitar to play in a Greatful Dead cover band.
DaveH Posted July 7, 2021 Posted July 7, 2021 7 hours ago, Steve Haynie said: Perhaps a working musician needed a synth guitar with all those knobs and switches. What else are you going to do? At one time Hamers were cheaper guitars you could afford to modify compared to those costly Les Pauls and Fender Custom Shop creations. There were some Roland-ready Strats made in the 1990s that have the synth pickup built into the pickguard. Now don't you go defending this guy, Steve! 😂
kizanski Posted July 7, 2021 Posted July 7, 2021 When the original isn't shitty enough, I give you... 34 minutes ago, ptm1diver said: ...Greatful Dead cover band.
ptm1diver Posted July 8, 2021 Posted July 8, 2021 On 7/7/2021 at 3:36 PM, kizanski said: When the original isn't shitty enough, I give you... I give you… Cheap Trick.
kizanski Posted July 9, 2021 Posted July 9, 2021 2 hours ago, burningyen said: Time to add a control plate. ...and a pickguard, because, might as well.
mirrorimij Posted July 9, 2021 Posted July 9, 2021 The worst Mirage that ever left the factory was that god damn left handed oversized abomination. It didn’t even sound like a good idea on paper and i wanted to band saw it into pieces on several occasions in the process just to save face.
Marvelicious Posted July 9, 2021 Posted July 9, 2021 1 hour ago, mirrorimij said: The worst Mirage that ever left the factory was that god damn left handed oversized abomination. It didn’t even sound like a good idea on paper and i wanted to band saw it into pieces on several occasions in the process just to save face. I like my Mirage (natural maple) and I have thought more than once about buying a Mirage 1 (not the one in this thread...). That said, I can't imagine it would be good if it were enlarged. Just seems like that asymmetrical body style would just start looking lopsided. And left handed would just make it worse.
Travis Posted July 9, 2021 Posted July 9, 2021 1 hour ago, mirrorimij said: The worst Mirage that ever left the factory was that god damn left handed oversized abomination. It didn’t even sound like a good idea on paper and i wanted to band saw it into pieces on several occasions in the process just to save face. Is there any photographic proof of its existence? I’ve never seen it…
Travis Posted July 9, 2021 Posted July 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, Marvelicious said: I like my Mirage (natural maple) Pics!!! Pics!!!
mirrorimij Posted July 10, 2021 Posted July 10, 2021 4 hours ago, Travis said: Is there any photographic proof of its existence? I’ve never seen it… Doubtful. It was made in New Hartford long after the original series. I seem to remember it being the butt of a few jokes on the HFC but that has to go back more than 15 years. 1 inch oversized around the entire perimeter of the body. I have the G code if anyone has a Fanuc controlled router, a huge slab of koa and little to no sense.
burningyen Posted July 10, 2021 Posted July 10, 2021 I dunno, a Mirage with a Newport outline might be kinda cool.
mirrorimij Posted July 10, 2021 Posted July 10, 2021 7 hours ago, burningyen said: I dunno, a Mirage with a Newport outline might be kinda cool. It was around the time the Newport was getting traction in the market so that may have been part of the thought process. It was not cool. I had to do a lot of work on the horns of the Newport to get them to look “right”. The oversize Mirage was pretty much offset 1” all around. If a 335 has Mickey Mouse ears this thing had cauliflower ears.
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