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Clean sounds from a 1979 Hamer Sunburst


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Hello and good day from Germany!

I figure 78/79 Hamer Sunbursts became increasingly rare on the market. Well I own my 1979 Sunburst since 1980... that's 43 years now and the older it gets with me the fine clean dynamics do inspire me more and more. :)

If you share the sentiment you can listen to a sound example of my guitar here:

 

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*Very* nice!

Nice layering at the intro. Mix is great! 

Obviously great playing as well. : )

Are the drums a loop/track, or did you play those as well?  Very nice dynamics on the drums. 

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18 minutes ago, Steve Haynie said:

That sounds great.  What are you using for an amp?

This guitar sounds good with almost any amp :D ... in this case I used a Hughes&Kettner Tubemeister 36 via DI out into the mixing desk. Right now I do not have a single unit image of it at hand, so think of the left amp here of my stereo setup for other situations (i.e. live):

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8 minutes ago, veatch said:

*Very* nice!

Nice layering at the intro. Mix is great! 

Obviously great playing as well. : )

Are the drums a loop/track, or did you play those as well?  Very nice dynamics on the drums. 

You have fine ears! :) I played the drums by hand via a vintage Roland JV-90 Midi-Keyboard (which has extremely sensitive keys) and used the Kontakt-Sampler "Studio Drummer" sound library for that.

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Amazing track! I really like the composition. Varied enough to stay interesting, but not so complicated that it approaches becoming noise. Exceptionally musical. 

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Thanks for sharing! 💥

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Mike, it was your earlier video of this guitar that first got me interested in Hamers. After a bit of searching I managed to find a 1979 sunburst of my own. It is as you say "something very special ". I frequently return to YouTube to watch your brilliant playing. 

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Thoroughly enjoyed it!  Thanks for sharing.  Looking forward to more in the future.

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I liked it! Awesome clean tones are always a joy!

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19 hours ago, Ian B said:

Mike, it was your earlier video of this guitar that first got me interested in Hamers. After a bit of searching I managed to find a 1979 sunburst of my own. It is as you say "something very special ". I frequently return to YouTube to watch your brilliant playing. 

HA! Welcome to the club! ;) :) Congrats for your find! Do you have an image of your Hamer Sunburst? Meanwhile you should have gone through what I was experiencing very often... when I have vistors in the rehearsal room or in my studio, especially younger ones and show them my Hamer, they say typically "is this some cheap japanese LP copy HAHA?" :D But when I plug it in, or they take it in their own hands the jaws are dropping followed by a loud "WTF?". :D

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43 minutes ago, Mike Burn said:

HA! Welcome to the club! ;) :) Congrats for your find! Do you have an image of your Hamer Sunburst? Meanwhile you should have gone through what I was experiencing very often... when I have vistors in the rehearsal room or in my studio, especially younger ones and show them my Hamer, they say typically "is this some cheap japanese LP copy HAHA?" :D But when I plug it in, or they take it in their own hands the jaws are dropping followed by a loud "WTF?". :D

Serial no. 91134. Thanks again for opening my eyes to what these can do! 

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13 hours ago, GuitarGuy65 said:

1979 Hamer Sunburst Body.jpegLove it, great and very tasteful playing!  I too have a '79 Sunburst and love it... 😁

That's a beauty! 

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On 3/18/2023 at 1:46 PM, GuitarGuy65 said:

1979 Hamer Sunburst Body.jpegLove it, great and very tasteful playing!  I too have a '79 Sunburst and love it... 😁

Shit.  That’s perfect. 

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Have enjoyed your video clips for years - always tasteful, fluid playing, great tone and superb technique. I'm glad you're on the HFC forum and keep the clips coming!

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On 3/18/2023 at 10:46 AM, GuitarGuy65 said:

1979 Hamer Sunburst Body.jpegLove it, great and very tasteful playing!  I too have a '79 Sunburst and love it... 😁

I want to buy this one

let me know if you ever decide

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Jeez how did I miss this? Has a bit of a Satriani vibe, doesn't it? So well done. Holy hell that was great!

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Really enjoyed that. Love the tasty vibrato. Kudos!

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