Looking for Vintage Ss

[Bennyboy-UK]

And very nice it is too!

[Bennyboy-UK]

I’ve been around these guitars for a  little while but I’ve not heard of a Terry McInturff era before - is that an actual thing - or just that he was at Hamer when this guitar was made?

 

Did Terry McInturff make this actual guitar for example?

 

[groovetuber]

I’m not exactly sure when he left Hamer, it was sometime in the mid 90s, my buddy is gonna try and reach out to him. He said Terry saw it at his booth at a guitar show and said he most likely made it. At this point I can’t say for sure. 

[cynic]

5 hours ago, Bennyboy-UK said:

I’ve not heard of a Terry McInturff era before - is that an actual thing

You know, as opposed to that era when they had a bunch of hacks making the guitars.

[ARM OF HAMER]

7 hours ago, groovetuber said:

Very rare opportunity here for a 1996, Terry McInturff era Vintage S. This thing is mint from a collector.

                                                                Wow! That is really beautiful!......................regardless whether Terry made it or not.

 

[Kalessin]

4 hours ago, ARM OF HAMER said:

                                                                Wow! That is really beautiful!......................regardless whether Terry made it or not.

 

That's almost identical to the one I showed near the top of the thread.

When I had it down at the local guitar store for a tweak the techs were calling other staff in to check out the birdseye neck and full flame maple body. 

And the sound is magic, especially with the onboard preamp and EQ (on the switch near the pickups). 

 

[Bennyboy-UK]

7 hours ago, ARM OF HAMER said:

                                                                Wow! That is really beautiful!......................regardless whether Terry made it or not.

 

I agree, it’s not a selling point to me who made it at Hamer - the quality of the output is always way up there - Pizza Friday oddballs excepted.

Funnily enough all the Vintage Ss I’ve played and seen over the years have been first class on every way.

Very occasionally you see one which looks a bit ordinary regarding figuring, but that’s the exception and obviously in isolation even those one look pretty cool.

[Biz Prof]

18 hours ago, Bennyboy-UK said:

I’ve not heard of a Terry McInturff era before

Seriously, that sounds like something that would have been invented on TGP.  As in, "Joe Knaggs era PRS."

[Bennyboy-UK]

26 minutes ago, Biz Prof said:

Seriously, that sounds like something that would have been invented on TGP.  As in, "Joe Knaggs era PRS."

This is the HFC son, none of that Reverb.com TGP chat on here thank you very much…

[veatch]

20 years from now, let's see if the phrase "Veatch-era HFC" is used. 

Actually, that would be pretty sad.  

[groovetuber]

Just relaying what I’ve been told. Terry McInturff is a well respected builder and I was told this guitar was made at the time he was there. Not a big deal. The quality of the guitar is what matters no matter who built it, I agree. 

[veatch]

Terry makes great guitars, and is good people. 

Hamer had a lot of great craftsmen. The consistent quality of the instruments they made are a clear sign of that. 

[Biz Prof]

2 hours ago, groovetuber said:

Just relaying what I’ve been told. Terry McInturff is a well respected builder and I was told this guitar was made at the time he was there. Not a big deal. The quality of the guitar is what matters no matter who built it, I agree. 

Yep. Terry's local to me. Both a great builder and a genuinely nice guy. During the time he worked at Hamer, the company was at its largest in terms of scale and production numbers. He definitely had a hand in designing and building guitars (IIRC, he did primarily C.O.s and few builds for artists/endorsers), but then a LOT of employees were involved in building production Hamers at that time. And they were certainly damn good at it!

[JGale]

On 4/14/2022 at 1:18 PM, groovetuber said:

This picture looks like if you took a cleaver and sliced off that armrest, there'd be chocolate layer cake and frosting under.

In other words .. YUM!

On 4/14/2022 at 1:18 PM, groovetuber said:

 

 

[Dave Scepter]

Hamer Vintage S 1996 Solid Flame Maple - Mint Condition https://reverb.com/item/54411793-hamer-vintage-s-1996-solid-flame-maple-mint-condition?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=54411793

[Bennyboy-UK]

Still looking - drop me a line when you can chaps.

 

Cheers,

Ben

 

edit: I’m actually trying to spend someone else’s money, and I’d like to get it done before they forget about it

[Bennyboy-UK]

Still looking…