PSA - 1988 Californian

[Bennyboy-UK]

Lots of bollocks quoted in the listing - where to start…

https://reverb.com/uk/item/58289472-hamer-californian-elite-custom-order-1988-red
 

 

 

[VECTOR]

5 hours ago, Bennyboy-UK said:

Lots of bollocks quoted in the listing - where to start…

https://reverb.com/uk/item/58289472-hamer-californian-elite-custom-order-1988-red
 

 

 

Yeah, many questions to answer. Can someone confirm the "story" behind?

[Feynman]

Red - Check, Gold - Check.    What else is there to know?

[tweed]

I thought the CUSTOM had boomerang inlays and ebony fretboard. Besides the gold hardware, that looks more like a Californian Standard. 

As far as the Paul Hamer thing, who knows, people come up with all kinds of sales pitches.  

[diablo175]

2 hours ago, tweed said:

I thought the CUSTOM had boomerang inlays and ebony fretboard. Besides the gold hardware, that looks more like a Californian Standard. 

As far as the Paul Hamer thing, who knows, people come up with all kinds of sales pitches.  

It would have been a custom ordered Cali Standard then. If I'm not mistaken,  Customs usually were set neck, ebony boards & boomers.

[kurtsstuff]

I've had a couple maple body's w/rosewood fretboards and dots..Remember!..Hamer would build damn near anything you wanted.

[cmatthes]

There was an upgrade to a figured maple body available for most guitars and basses in that era.

[diablo175]

8 hours ago, cmatthes said:

There was an upgrade to a figured maple body available for most guitars and basses in that era.

So, it was a Cali Standard with figured maple up grade... or a Custom with rosewood and dots downgrade?

[cmatthes]

Standard with the $500 figured body upgrade. 😉

[LexxLecter]

On 7/25/2022 at 3:07 AM, cmatthes said:

Standard with the $500 figured body upgrade. 😉

Think so.

 

i got a green maple 1PU same standard. Or 1pu is a custom order already? Btw one of the very first Calis ever produced 

[cmatthes]

One pickup would have been an upcharge (delete neck pickup).