Out of these which one.......

[pureoldsound]

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What Hamer? I love the single cut Faded, basically a Special striped even further. Nothing beats a nice piece of simple mahogany but if it is a nicer Hamer you'd be crazy not to grab it.

Well I don't think of it as a special Hamer it is one of the non-USA made ones....I've never tried one, but it gets very praised.....So it must be good. I did try the faded series. I can say that it was OK. I ended up getting a Standard instead.

This is the Hamer:

http://www.hamerguitars.com/?fa=detail&mid=401&sid=185

Rickenbacker:

http://www.rickenbacker.com/us/650d.htm

[pureoldsound]

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Found some clips for the Rickenbacker:

http://www.brunnet.net/cgi-bin/rick...iscus/discus.pl

http://www.brunnet.net/cgi-bin/rick...iscus/discus.pl

[Norman_T]

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Well I have gone for a Hamer!!! All this talk of Hamers are any of you going to post any of your pics on my thread??

https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?t=3877

[Wattage]

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Well if dollars are near the same I would prefer an American made guitar. I don't have anything against imports but the Ric or the Gibsons would certainly top the list, never seen that Ric kind of cool looking. The DC Faded didn't make me crazy that I played the body was a bit thinner than I like but again the SC Faded's that I have played were fine, I like the yellow, from a distance it looks like a brighter TV Special with some humbuckers thrown in.

[pureoldsound]

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Well if dollars are near the same I would prefer an American made guitar. I don't have anything against imports but the Ric or the Gibsons would certainly top the list, never seen that Ric kind of cool looking. The DC Faded didn't make me crazy that I played the body was a bit thinner than I like but again the SC Faded's that I have played were fine, I like the yellow, from a distance it looks like a brighter TV Special with some humbuckers thrown in.

I am with you on this bout the USA made gear. Nothing against imports, I loved my RG470 (thought to be a great guitar an a rival for any more expensive guitars within its range). But soince last year I sold most of my gear and started getting USA made gear. Again nothing against imported gear. That is one of the reasons I thought about the Ric and the Faded series............

[take2]

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Wow that Rickenbacker is a beauty - I'd love to hear it...... Has anyone played or heard those, anyone own one.

[pureoldsound]

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Wow that Rickenbacker is a beauty - I'd love to hear it...... Has anyone played or heard those, anyone own one.

yep, It looks like a great guitar. Now if I coulsd try it

[Zerberus]

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Pretty much the rule is:

non USA > any faded series, epiphone etc.
....

Not true: The fadeds are manufactured in Memphis, Tennesee. The main difference is that Gibson "cuts" af few production steps out of the process, that accounts for the often spotty consistency as well.

[fusion101]

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the 650d is the best american guitar for the price and beats the **** out of every gibson, neck thru maple walnet body its just great, the pickups kick ass and if u dont like them u can change them.