crusty philtrum
Vintageologist
Re: Anyone got a Hamer like Martin Barre's?
I have a 2004 Hamer USA Studio Custom, which is an carved top. I believe this basic shape has had several different names over the years, and as people are saying here, they were flat-tops way back then. I always thought they looked like great guitars, and they certainly are. They are built like Les Pauls, or rather the way LP's should be, but aren't. I think in the USA they cost the same as a LP.
Before i got this guitar, i had what you guys call an 'import' version of the same model, and i was painfully disappointed. I got rid of it pretty quickly....it looked like it's more expensive USA-made brother, but that was as far as any similarities went.
I always read here that s/h Hamers are great value there in the USA, and i don't doubt it. (here they are scarce new or s/h, and it was a huge decision for me to break away from the 'G' brand, as i knew if i wasn't happy with the Hamer, i stood to lose a lot of $$$$ on the s/h market). I expect it may be a similar thing in the UK. But the few people i've spoken to here who have experienced Hamers over the last 3 decades speak very highly of them.
Anyway, here's a rough pic of mine.....(pickups are SD hybrids, C/59 bridge, Jazz/59 neck, both A5). Sounds awesome.
I have a 2004 Hamer USA Studio Custom, which is an carved top. I believe this basic shape has had several different names over the years, and as people are saying here, they were flat-tops way back then. I always thought they looked like great guitars, and they certainly are. They are built like Les Pauls, or rather the way LP's should be, but aren't. I think in the USA they cost the same as a LP.
Before i got this guitar, i had what you guys call an 'import' version of the same model, and i was painfully disappointed. I got rid of it pretty quickly....it looked like it's more expensive USA-made brother, but that was as far as any similarities went.
I always read here that s/h Hamers are great value there in the USA, and i don't doubt it. (here they are scarce new or s/h, and it was a huge decision for me to break away from the 'G' brand, as i knew if i wasn't happy with the Hamer, i stood to lose a lot of $$$$ on the s/h market). I expect it may be a similar thing in the UK. But the few people i've spoken to here who have experienced Hamers over the last 3 decades speak very highly of them.
Anyway, here's a rough pic of mine.....(pickups are SD hybrids, C/59 bridge, Jazz/59 neck, both A5). Sounds awesome.
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I like the red one the best.
