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Re: LIVE NOW - Guest Luthier Series Feature's Hamer's Jol Dantzig
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Re: LIVE NOW - Guest Luthier Series Feature's Hamer's Jol Dantzig
Originally posted by Devnor View PostJol,
Here's a reason to build the Cali again
Now what about those Boomers!
I cannot tell you how clever I though they were. I also cannot count how many people told me they got rid of their boomerang guitars because they couldn't figure out where they were on the fretboard when they played them.
I though it was simple... you play the fret that the inlay crosses. I lost that battle every stinkin' time. Ok, maybe someday I'll make ones that don't cross the fret, but that just RUINS it for me.
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Re: LIVE NOW - Guest Luthier Series Feature's Hamer's Jol Dantzig
Originally posted by ParameterMan View PostI'm afraid I don't have any thought-provoking questions for you; I just wanted to say I've been reading your excellent blog and have gained a lot of respect for you. I really appreciate your outlook in life and the results it garners. It's nice to know there's someone out there who's still doing things the right way. I also love it when you post pics of weather and animals and other things that make me want to move up there immediately and apply for a job with you.
Actually, I do have a question:
There's something about the guitars you guys make that transforms them into something greater than the sum of their parts, something with "soul", a "real guitar". Is this something you consciously do, and what would you say contributes the most to this result?
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Re: LIVE NOW - Guest Luthier Series Feature's Hamer's Jol Dantzig
Originally posted by grumpyThis was on the first page and I think it also fell through the cracks. I think it might have been asked loosely through the other posts but here it is.
How does it feel to have a part in molding the sound of Rock and Roll?
What were some of your favorite custom guitars you made for someone famous?
What is your personal favorite tonewoods for your guitar... If you had unlimited access to money/material and had a perfect clone of yourself to build it (so you don't have to spend time doing it yourself)? What fret size, fret number, pickups etc... to sum it up what's your perfect dream guitar that you would build for yourself.
I liked the Andy Summers projects a lot. The Phantom A5 and A7, the harp guitar:
The Jimmy Scott and Pete Farndon era Pretenders guitars were satisfying too. Ilove working with Keb' Mo' who is a genuine and brilliant artist.
I got goose-bumps hearing Elliot Easton play the solo to "My Best Friend's Girl" in a stadium, and Sammy Hagar put a red Scarab on his album cover.
I watched Sting play his Cruisebass on stage in dozens of venues.
Lately, I've worked with Jon Herington who is an amazing guitarist who plays with Steely Dan. To hear Jon play those Dan tunes on one of our guitars is a thrill.
Nope, the thrill ain't gone yet.
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Re: LIVE NOW - Guest Luthier Series Feature's Hamer's Jol Dantzig
Thanks for answering my question.
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Re: LIVE NOW - Guest Luthier Series Feature's Hamer's Jol Dantzig
If you're still checking... did you see my question?
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Re: LIVE NOW - Guest Luthier Series Feature's Hamer's Jol Dantzig
Jol,
Here's a reason to build the Cali again
Now what about those Boomers!
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Re: LIVE NOW - Guest Luthier Series Feature's Hamer's Jol Dantzig
Anytime I get to talk to a person who's known for building amps, I'm always interested to see which guitars and pickups they use with them.
So my question to you, being known as a guitar builder, is what amps are in your collection, and which amps are you particularly fond of?
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Re: LIVE NOW - Guest Luthier Series Feature's Hamer's Jol Dantzig
Originally posted by Steve Haynie View PostHello, Jol.
I have been elected to ask this question. Is there any chance of ever seeing an official Hamer checkerboard strap again? The originals have gotten extremely expensive if you can find them for sale.
Here's the first one on my 1960 sunburst before I gave it to Rick Nielsen in 1974.
We're not in the accessory business, so I'm not the person to ask about these. I'm sure that somebody can make them.
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Re: LIVE NOW - Guest Luthier Series Feature's Hamer's Jol Dantzig
Thank you so much for answering Jol and thank you for taking the time from your busy schedule to answer to all of our questions.
I only had the chance to skim through the posts before posting myself but I simply cannot wait until I have the chance to read them all (that is however after a good night's sleep!)
Thank you again Jol and thank you again all of you guys from Seymour Duncan!
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Re: LIVE NOW - Guest Luthier Series Feature's Hamer's Jol Dantzig
Thanks Evan & Jol .....THIS WAS/IS AWESOME!
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Re: LIVE NOW - Guest Luthier Series Feature's Hamer's Jol Dantzig
Originally posted by Got_tone? View PostI fell through the cracks also
+1 to what ImmortalSix said.
Jol, thanks for taking time out of your day to answer our questions.
What kind of advice would you give to someone who wants to get into in the world of lutherie (repair work,custom guitars, etc.)?
Do you think they are better off going to some school, learning from a pro (who is willing to teach), or are you better off learning on your own?
Start by going to school, then working for someone else. It's commonly thought to take about 10,000 hours for a person to become expert in ANY field. This assumes that you have some guidance. If you try to learn it on your own it may take longer.
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Re: LIVE NOW - Guest Luthier Series Feature's Hamer's Jol Dantzig
Originally posted by KeeperOS View PostI do realize I'm late but work took the best of me so if it's not possible to answer I'll understand.
Ok, Jol, first of all let me start by saying that I'm a Rock/Metal and a Strat guy but when I think about a guitar I simply will own someday that is the Explorer and when I think about the name on the headstock it never says Gibson or any such. It say Hamer (Standard naturally, Custom preferably, that guitar is pure class!)
My question is also about the Californian (BloodRose and I have a tendency to think alike).
I know that SuperStrats today are a dime a dozen but one of my two favorite guitars is a Washburn MG-100, a guitar with STRIKING resemblances to Hamers of the day in general (I was later told that many ex-hamer employees had joined the Washburn Chicago Custom Shop when the MGs were designed so that makes sense). That said I would be extremely interested to know whether there would be any plans for a USA version of the Californian (and preferably one without EMGs) since I have an aching suspicion (that comes pretty darn close to certainty) that one such guitar would be the ultimate guitar for a guitarist such as I (ah, forget it, no, what I meant was it would be MY ultimate guitar!)
Thanks again and I'll understand if you won't be able to answer.
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Re: LIVE NOW - Guest Luthier Series Feature's Hamer's Jol Dantzig
I fell through the cracks also
Originally posted by Got_tone? View Post+1 to what ImmortalSix said.
Jol, thanks for taking time out of your day to answer our questions.
What kind of advice would you give to someone who wants to get into in the world of lutherie (repair work,custom guitars, etc.)?
Do you think they are better off going to some school, learning from a pro (who is willing to teach), or are you better off learning on your own?
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Re: LIVE NOW - Guest Luthier Series Feature's Hamer's Jol Dantzig
Originally posted by Luís View PostIs there anything you would like to build commercially but think/know nobody would buy?
What do you do then? Build it for yourself and be done with it?
I like this question! I don't think that I really have a real aversion to making what I want for any kind of commercial reasons. Most of what I think about is geared (pun intended) towards musicians like myself. If it satisfies a need for a musician, that's usually good enough for me. I mean, after all, who is gonna play a 12 string bass?
There have been things that I just scratch my head as to why people didn't just go nuts over. Things like the DuoTone in 1991. I figured it was a slam dunk to make a guitar that could go between a true acoustic sound and a great electric sound just by flipping a switch. I guess people didn't believe it actually worked.
Then there's the sustainiac guitar. It allowed you to hold a note as long as you wanted, and even get the octave harmonic by flipping a switch. "Sustain" seems to be on everybody's wish list, but when we gave them endless sustain it was a non issue. Go figure.
There have been far more of these sort of things than not being able to go to market with an idea.
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