Another Vector… OMG

[bambino68]

https://www.gottahaverockandroll.com/Chester_Bennington_Owned___Extensively_Stage_Playe-LOT40429.aspx

[a.bandini]

None more black, disregarding the nut.  

 

[Tortious]

2 more Hamers in that auction. Ambitious pricing.

KK Downing 2003 Vector: https://www.gottahaverockandroll.com/Judas_Priest_K_K__Downing_2003_Tour_Used_Hamer_Cus-LOT40730.aspx

 

Brad Whitford Korina Standard : https://www.gottahaverockandroll.com/Hamer_Korina_Explorer_Guitar_Owned___Played_by_Bra-LOT40778.aspx  (hasn't this one been sold a few times?)

 

[The Shark]

Not one of those guitars will sell.  Not one.

[ARM OF HAMER]

                                                

17 hours ago, The Shark said:

Not one of those guitars will sell.  Not one.

                                                                                                            50K? for the VECTOR.......................NOPE!................. and 20K just because Brad played it? that makes it worth more......................WHY?

[kizanski]

4 minutes ago, ARM OF HAMER said:

...20K just because Brad played it? that makes it worth more......................WHY?

IMO it makes it worth less.  I hate Aerosmith. 

[RobB]

26 minutes ago, kizanski said:

I hate Aerosmith. 

Hate is NOT a family value, Kiz. 

[mirrorimij]

Why did I think the Whitford Korina Standard had been stolen?

Anybody?

Question for Mike or Dave???    Didn’t Frank U loan the band another Korina Standard right after the move to CT because Brad’s was stolen or did those brain cells go up in smoke?

[cmatthes]

Those are some funny prices!

 

 

[tommy p]

20 hours ago, The Shark said:

Not one of those guitars will sell.  Not one.

Not to me, anyway!  Celebrity-owned/played means exactly zippo to me.

[a.bandini]

"It is fur lined." 

No doubt this refers to the case for the Whitford Explorer (a nice guitar, but not at that price) but as written, the meaning is ambiguous.  

[HamerCustomEr]

14 minutes ago, tommy p said:

Not to me, anyway!  Celebrity-owned/played means exactly zippo to me.

I don't understand why people want to pay extra for instruments that have been out on the road with anybody, famous or not.  And anytime I read "player-grade" instrument, I think, "another person too lazy to put the guitar in a case"

I'll take the closet classic every time, thank you.

[kizanski]

Just now, HamerCustomEr said:

I don't understand why people want to pay extra for instruments that have been out on the road with anybody, famous or not.

I can see the added interest in a celebrity owned piece of gear, but it depends on the gear and the celebrity, and to me Whitford doesn't apply.  

[HamerCustomEr]

24 minutes ago, kizanski said:

I can see the added interest in a celebrity owned piece of gear, but it depends on the gear and the celebrity, and to me Whitford doesn't apply.  

I remember being interested in Walter Becker's purple Hamers that were part of his Julien's auctions, but only because I figured that he probably never played them at all.  Man, those prices were insane!

https://www.juliensauctions.com/auctions/2019/Walter_Becker/Walter_Becker_Flipping_Book/421/

[The Shark]

4 hours ago, tommy p said:

Not to me, anyway!  Celebrity-owned/played means exactly zippo to me.

It's like autographs on guitars.  Nobody is writing on one of my guitars.  I don't care if it's Gary Moore from beyond the grave!

[scottcald]

Yeah, to me, it's not like suddenly that celebrity's guitar is going to make me play like them or give me access to their cars or money, so I don't care about who owned it either.   But, marketers rule the world now, so there you go.  

[soli'd]

I bought a couple pedal boards from a guy in Nashville named Sean Paden, he did a lot of big-tour roadie/tech work, wonder if it's the same guy that owned/worked on this Vector.

[tommy p]

16 hours ago, kizanski said:

I can see the added interest in a celebrity owned piece of gear, but it depends on the gear and the celebrity, and to me Whitford doesn't apply.  

Whitford applies a shitload more than Chester Bennington!

 

 

16 hours ago, HamerCustomEr said:

I remember being interested in Walter Becker's purple Hamers that were part of his Julien's auctions, but only because I figured that he probably never played them at all.  Man, those prices were insane!

https://www.juliensauctions.com/auctions/2019/Walter_Becker/Walter_Becker_Flipping_Book/421/

I liked those too, but it had nothing to do with them every belonging to Becker.

[kizanski]

4 minutes ago, tommy p said:

Whitford applies a shitload more than Chester Bennington!

No argument there.

[bambino68]

17 hours ago, HamerCustomEr said:

I remember being interested in Walter Becker's purple Hamers that were part of his Julien's auctions, but only because I figured that he probably never played them at all.  Man, those prices were insane!

https://www.juliensauctions.com/auctions/2019/Walter_Becker/Walter_Becker_Flipping_Book/421/

I purchased two of the three. I'm still looking for the Vector

[HamerCustomEr]

 

4 hours ago, bambino68 said:

I purchased two of the three. I'm still looking for the Vector

You lucky so-and-so!  If you don't mind me asking, what did you end up paying for the Standard after all the auction fees and shipping?  It is a beautiful instrument!

[The Shark]

On 12/6/2021 at 7:16 PM, HamerCustomEr said:

I remember being interested in Walter Becker's purple Hamers that were part of his Julien's auctions, but only because I figured that he probably never played them at all.  Man, those prices were insane!

https://www.juliensauctions.com/auctions/2019/Walter_Becker/Walter_Becker_Flipping_Book/421/

Nobody was happier than I, when Walter's Ian Anderson Standard sold for 22K.  Mine's better...

[0054]

On 12/6/2021 at 6:42 PM, HamerCustomEr said:

I don't understand why people want to pay extra for instruments that have been out on the road with anybody, famous or not.  And anytime I read "player-grade" instrument, I think, "another person too lazy to put the guitar in a case"

I'll take the closet classic every time, thank you.

I always think player guitars have been played and are good at the very least. Closet queens not so sure. I bought all my old jrs as player grade and only one was not up to par. Ymmv.