PSA: 1994 Triple P90 archtop

[P Franco]

No affiliation. 

Is this real?

https://reverb.com/item/37369959-hamer-custom-built-archtop-p90-1994-59-burst?utm_source=rev-ios-app&utm_medium=ios-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=37369959

 

[ebradfordrich]

I think that red Hamer V on the GC site also came out of Bill Kaman’s collection.  

[ArnieZ]

Nothing unique about the headstock...just sayin. No interest on my part

arniez

[ARM OF HAMER]

                            I like the guitar, at least certain aspects of it. IMHO The guitar just in itself the top, body, and so forth are fine, the top color and figure is really nice, but that pickup selector "SWITCH", NOPE! The Hamer "LOGO" NOPE!, three pickups wouldn't be my choice, and a "SUSTAIN" block would be a better choice, This  is all  IMHO, others may [Will] see it differently of course. If that was Bill Kaman Jr. guitar good for him, it does not make it worth 5K+  any more than if it was owned  by me and I was selling it to one of you. If I was in the market to buy a vintage Hamer and had 5 thousand plus to drop that guitar wouldn't be in the running.

[1 bottlerocket]

When did Hamer use a blade pickup switch?

[cmatthes]

Bill Kaman, Jr (Not Bill Kaman) ordered A BUNCH of tricked out Hamer customs in 1994.  Not sure what the story was, apart from the fact that he could request anything and have it built.  I owned an 8 String Standard bass that he had done up, and I can think of close to a dozen others that were done for him in that time bracket.

I've seen another Hamer with that odd logo, also from '94-'95, so it is quite possible a BKJr order as well.  Oddly enough, he sold most of them within a year or two of completion, so that adds a different wrinkle.

[The Shark]

How much for one?

[Biz Prof]

18 minutes ago, cmatthes said:

Oddly enough, he sold most of them within a year or two of completion, so that adds a different wrinkle.

Considering Junior was a scion of wealth, his behavior sounds pretty normal to me for a guy running daddy's company (thinking stereotypically). 😉