My G.A.S. - Hamer Special Korina Jr. *NEW PICS* & Review
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Evan Skopp
SDUGF Founder
Re: My G.A.S. - Hamer Special Korina Jr. *NEW PICS* & Review
It doesn't have the amount of intonation adjustability as the Wilkinson wrap-around, which has a moveable G-B string saddle. This is just one-piece. You can adjust it back and forth relative to the posts using two set screws.
Note from the pictures that the bridge is a little farther away from the post on the bass strings side. I was a bit skeptical at first. Jol talked me into the Pigtail / TonePros combo. And it's perfectly intonated.
It doesn't have the amount of intonation adjustability as the Wilkinson wrap-around, which has a moveable G-B string saddle. This is just one-piece. You can adjust it back and forth relative to the posts using two set screws.
Note from the pictures that the bridge is a little farther away from the post on the bass strings side. I was a bit skeptical at first. Jol talked me into the Pigtail / TonePros combo. And it's perfectly intonated.
Stringmachine
New member
Re: My G.A.S. - Hamer Special Korina Jr. *NEW PICS* & Review
Nice guitar, Evan. Looks so cool with only one pickup.
Nice guitar, Evan. Looks so cool with only one pickup.
BTMN
LifeIsGoodologist
Re: My G.A.S. - Hamer Special Korina Jr. *NEW PICS* & Review
I expected to read nothing less than I did in your great review. I am posting a link to you review and photos on www.hamerfanclub.com messageboard if you dont mind.
I expected to read nothing less than I did in your great review. I am posting a link to you review and photos on www.hamerfanclub.com messageboard if you dont mind.
BadJaxx
New member
Re: My G.A.S. - Hamer Special Korina Jr. *NEW PICS* & Review
very nice Hamer, Evan...
i recently bought a 93 Hamer Special P90 with Antiquity P-90s...awesome tone and awesome guitar for it's simplicity...
it was set up for slide with 11s and high action...can't believe i could play it like that....put 10s on it and started to lower the action by dropping the bridge ALL the way down so i could then slowly raise it until there was no buzz....found to my astonishment that there was NO buzz with it all the way down....it's perfect just like that...
BTMN sent me to the Hamer Fan Club Forum right after i got my Hamer...
and, yes, BTMN....i AM following you around the internet.... :smoker:
very nice Hamer, Evan...
i recently bought a 93 Hamer Special P90 with Antiquity P-90s...awesome tone and awesome guitar for it's simplicity...
it was set up for slide with 11s and high action...can't believe i could play it like that....put 10s on it and started to lower the action by dropping the bridge ALL the way down so i could then slowly raise it until there was no buzz....found to my astonishment that there was NO buzz with it all the way down....it's perfect just like that...
BTMN sent me to the Hamer Fan Club Forum right after i got my Hamer...
and, yes, BTMN....i AM following you around the internet.... :smoker:
Evan Skopp
SDUGF Founder
Re: My G.A.S. - Hamer Special Korina Jr. *NEW PICS* & Review
Thanks for the kind words, guys. I'm really happy with this guitar. The next true test will be when I use her at a club gig this weekend in Chicago.
Thanks for the kind words, guys. I'm really happy with this guitar. The next true test will be when I use her at a club gig this weekend in Chicago.
Hoss
Joyfulnoiseologist
Re: My G.A.S. - Hamer Special Korina Jr. *NEW PICS* & Review
NICE....SOOOOO NICE!!!!
i'll echo Curly's remarks...this forum has introduced me to many things and Hamer is one of them...i'm gonna get a Hamer Special really soon...one of the early 90's versions...can't wait!!!
NICE....SOOOOO NICE!!!!
i'll echo Curly's remarks...this forum has introduced me to many things and Hamer is one of them...i'm gonna get a Hamer Special really soon...one of the early 90's versions...can't wait!!!
Evan Skopp
SDUGF Founder
Re: My G.A.S. - Hamer Special Korina Jr. *NEW PICS* & Review
My home living room amp is a silverface Princeton Reverb. My office amp is an early '50s tweed Valco. My current gigging amp is a Mesa Boogie 50 Caliber, though that amp may be replaced soon.
At the show this weekend, it'll go through a Sundown head and into a Bag End cabinet.Luke Duke said:
My home living room amp is a silverface Princeton Reverb. My office amp is an early '50s tweed Valco. My current gigging amp is a Mesa Boogie 50 Caliber, though that amp may be replaced soon.
Thank Luke. If anyone's in the Chicago area, the gig is a Martyrs' this Sunday night the 26th (no cover).Luke Duke said:
Evan Skopp
SDUGF Founder
Re: My G.A.S. - Hamer Special Korina Jr. *NEW PICS* & Review
Here's a picture from the Martyr's gig last Sunday night.
Here's a picture from the Martyr's gig last Sunday night.
Luke Duke
PRSlustologist
Re: My G.A.S. - Hamer Special Korina Jr. *NEW PICS* & Review
This should be on the front page of the site.
VP Evan Skopp rocking out a Martyr's in Chicago this weekend. He was playing his Match made in Heaven guitar, a Hamer Special Korina Jr fitted with an Antiquity P90.
:headbang:
Luke
Evan Skopp said:
This should be on the front page of the site.
VP Evan Skopp rocking out a Martyr's in Chicago this weekend. He was playing his Match made in Heaven guitar, a Hamer Special Korina Jr fitted with an Antiquity P90.
:headbang:
Luke
Evan Skopp
SDUGF Founder
Re: My G.A.S. - Hamer Special Korina Jr. *NEW PICS* & Review
She handled great. It was an interesting gig. Filled with working pros (many with music degrees from Harvard) with great gear. But I felt totally confident with the Hamer. I was playing through an EL-34 loaded Sundown head into a 1x12 Bag End cabinet.
The clean tone was a little bright for me, but I warmed it up nicely with a new prototype "SFX-03" stomp box that I was beta testing. Something about that guitar makes me want to play Tele-style stuff. It's super bright and spanky. I still may want to go back in and put a thousand extra turns on the pickup. I'm not sure yet.
I have some local gigs this month and I'll play her through my Mesa Boogie (unless I can get my hands on a Celtic amp beforehand...).
Bottom line, it's a great guitar. I might not have had the most music abilities or best chops at that gig, but my rig was up there with the pros.
She handled great. It was an interesting gig. Filled with working pros (many with music degrees from Harvard) with great gear. But I felt totally confident with the Hamer. I was playing through an EL-34 loaded Sundown head into a 1x12 Bag End cabinet.
The clean tone was a little bright for me, but I warmed it up nicely with a new prototype "SFX-03" stomp box that I was beta testing. Something about that guitar makes me want to play Tele-style stuff. It's super bright and spanky. I still may want to go back in and put a thousand extra turns on the pickup. I'm not sure yet.
I have some local gigs this month and I'll play her through my Mesa Boogie (unless I can get my hands on a Celtic amp beforehand...).
Bottom line, it's a great guitar. I might not have had the most music abilities or best chops at that gig, but my rig was up there with the pros.
tone4days
Heel Whacker
Re: My G.A.S. - Hamer Special Korina Jr. *NEW PICS* & Review
great report, evan ... i bet it was a blast .... something about showing up with an unconventional rig that tends to open up the ears of those in attendance ... i think when we see a strat guy with a fender style amp or an LP guy with a marshall .. or a pointy guitar guy with a massive rack we tend to have sonic stereotypes that we measure by .. when a guy shows up with a simple, yet elegant rig, it just focuses the attention on the 'organic', tasteful, 'right in the pocket' musical chops like yours are ... just enough flash for the audience to know that the guy is a player, but not so much as to ruin the balance on stage ...
i bet it'll sing through the boogie
any impressions on sfx-03 you care to share? any timetable yet?
cheers
t4d
great report, evan ... i bet it was a blast .... something about showing up with an unconventional rig that tends to open up the ears of those in attendance ... i think when we see a strat guy with a fender style amp or an LP guy with a marshall .. or a pointy guitar guy with a massive rack we tend to have sonic stereotypes that we measure by .. when a guy shows up with a simple, yet elegant rig, it just focuses the attention on the 'organic', tasteful, 'right in the pocket' musical chops like yours are ... just enough flash for the audience to know that the guy is a player, but not so much as to ruin the balance on stage ...
i bet it'll sing through the boogie
any impressions on sfx-03 you care to share? any timetable yet?
cheers
t4d
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Luke Duke
PRSlustologist
Re: My G.A.S. - Hamer Special Korina Jr. *NEW PICS* & Review
Tell us pretty please!
Luke
+1tone4days said:great report, evan ... i bet it was a blast .... something about showing up with an unconventional rig that tends to open up the ears of those in attendance ... i think when we see a strat guy with a fender style amp or an LP guy with a marshall .. or a pointy guitar guy with a massive rack we tend to have sonic stereotypes that we measure by .. when a guy shows up with a simple, yet elegant rig, it just focuses the attention on the 'organic', tasteful, 'right in the pocket' musical chops like yours are ... just enough flash for the audience to know that the guy is a player, but not so much as to ruin the balance on stage ...
i bet it'll sing through the boogie
tone4days said:
Tell us pretty please!
Luke
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