PSA: 1982 USA Vector - FB Marketplace - Coventry, CT - $1000 (likely a scam?)

[jer_vic]

No affiliation:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1577914462964018/

[Dave Scepter]

Curious as to what makes you think it's a scam?

[HamerCustomEr]

No logo on the headstock.  The pickup selector switch looks, to me, like it is from a Gibson.  I am not an expert, but I haven't seen a circular plastic ring around the selector switch on a Vector before.

[jer_vic]

1 hour ago, Dave Scepter said:

Curious as to what makes you think it's a scam?

Price, basically.

[Dave Scepter]

9 hours ago, jer_vic said:

Price, basically.

Probably priced accordingly due to being refinished, removed Hamer logo, not original bridge... and assuming no serial number... still cool though 

[cmatthes]

Doesn’t look like a scam to me.  Profile seems legit.  
 

Refin, almost all original parts have been changed, replacement case, but not a terrible deal.

[Cboss]

It is really cool.. are there any local hfc'ers that would go take a look at it for me?

[Dave Scepter]

57 minutes ago, Cboss said:

It is really cool.. are there any local hfc'ers that would go take a look at it for me?

I love the older Vectors... you should look for one👍

[jer_vic]

3 hours ago, cmatthes said:

Doesn’t look like a scam to me.  Profile seems legit.  
 

Refin, almost all original parts have been changed, replacement case, but not a terrible deal.

I'm happy to be wrong about it being a scam.  🙂  Hopefully a local member can grab it.

[Cboss]

1 hour ago, Dave Scepter said:

I love the older Vectors... you should look for one👍

I like this one, I got a feeling about it right away, I wish it was local and I could just go meet the guy.. hopefully there's one of us in Connecticut that could check it out

[Cboss]

What is this bridge, I'm unfamiliar?

This wood screw doesn't look stock, unless it's some proprietary D tuna🤔

[Biz Prof]

3 hours ago, cmatthes said:

Doesn’t look like a scam to me.  Profile seems legit.  
 

Refin, almost all original parts have been changed, replacement case, but not a terrible deal.

This^^^^

The price reflects the degree of molestation, methinks. This would be a good "gateway drug" vintage Hamer for someone. 

Now, if it had been my refin/rehab project, I think I'd have gone the extra mile and reshaped the headstock. But, it looks like a legit player's guitar in its current state.

[Stike]

1 hour ago, Cboss said:

What is this bridge, I'm unfamiliar?

This wood screw doesn't look stock, unless it's some proprietary D tuna🤔

Schaller.

https://www.amazon.com/Schaller-3D-6-Roller-Bridge-Saddles/dp/B00BJQYOZQ

[Dave Scepter]

2 hours ago, Biz Prof said:

Now, if it had been my refin/rehab project, I think I'd have gone the extra mile and reshaped the headstock. 

Here fixed!.. honestly, I don't get all the paddle headstock hate 😒 

[kizanski]

6 minutes ago, Dave Scepter said:

honestly, I don't get all the paddle headstock hate 😒 

Vees should have pointy headstocks.

That's not me.  That's Science.

[Dave Scepter]

1 minute ago, kizanski said:

Vees should have pointy headstocks.

That's not me.  That's Science.

STOOPID Science 

[Biz Prof]

1 hour ago, Dave Scepter said:

STOOPID Science 

So, it's the science that's stoopid and not you?  😉

 

[Biz Prof]

I'll admit that the traditional headstock is at least tolerable on the Vector, even thought the sharper V shape is a much more natural fit...but I just cannot bear to look at a blocky 3+3 on a Blitz. It's telling that both Paul Hamer and Frank Untermeyer hated it on those models and regretted capitulating to Jol on the matter (even though it was only for a couple of years). 

[Stike]

2 hours ago, kizanski said:

Vees should have pointy headstocks.

That's not me.  That's Science.

The paddle head on a Vector looks just as shitty as it does on a Blitz. More science.

[singlehum]

Then there's this Blitz variant...

[Dave Scepter]

1 hour ago, Stike said:

The paddle head on a Vector looks just as shitty as it does on a Blitz. More science.

Nice to know what your true feelings are about your customers guitar👍

[Stike]

1 hour ago, Dave Scepter said:

Nice to know what your true feelings are about your customers guitar👍

I like the color. 😄

[HSB0531]

9 hours ago, Cboss said:

What is this bridge, I'm unfamiliar?

This wood screw doesn't look stock, unless it's some proprietary D tuna🤔

That looks like a Schaller guitar bridge.  My Standard Bass came with the 4-string version in chrome, They added the Hamer logo in later versions of it. 

No, the screw is not part of the bridge, although it is a stock flat head slotted woodscrew with black oxide finish.

[HSB0531]

4 hours ago, Stike said:

The paddle head on a Vector looks just as shitty as it does on a Blitz. More science.

Yeah but a paddle head Vector with a stadium logo would almost be not just as shitty....well no, maybe still shitty.

[Dave Scepter]

1 hour ago, Stike said:

I like the color. 😄

It's the coolest Blitz out there regardless of the headstock 👍