Did y'all see the Standard Bass on Reverb?

[soli'd]

I figured this must have been discussed here, but I recently made the migration to the new platform and may have missed it.
4-digit 0634? Tell me the story on this one.
Hamer Standard Explorer Bass 1982 USA https://reverb.com/item/103323646?u...re&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=103323646

 

[Steve Haynie]

It would be nice to have that.

 

[velorush]

The Guitar Collector coming in with Guitar-Center level photography!

I'm guessing it's black rather than the olive hue presented in the pictures?

Amazing bass! Appears to be in fantastic shape for its age.

 

[ChugD]

He has quite a few vintage Hamer Bass' in his shop right now. Someone must have unloaded their collection. Word of caution on this seller. I once bought a neck through Robin Medley from him with bad pictures. Live and learn. Described as an original "case queen". Well, I got it and it was an obvious refinish and it was in unplayable condition. I might have kept it if it was a refin price. I wanted to return it and it got hostile. Denied up and down that this was a refinish and he was very nasty with me. Got Reverb involved and it was eventually resolved. Picture is the back of the headstock. I mean 'comon! It may be ok if you happen to get a good instrument from him, just ask for good pics and hope nothing is wrong. Also, read the bad google and yelp reviews and you will see what I am talking about.

 

[hamerhead]

His pictures aren't fuzzy - the bass is!:

 

[topekatj]

His pictures aren't fuzzy - the bass is!:

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[velorush]

^^ Beat me to it! ^^

 

[scottcald]

His pictures aren't fuzzy - the bass is!:

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Maybe he originally worked at Guitar Center's Used department.

 

[scottcald]

He has quite a few vintage Hamer Bass' in his shop right now. Someone must have unloaded their collection. Word of caution on this seller. I once bought a neck through Robin Medley from him with bad pictures. Live and learn. Described as an original "case queen". Well, I got it and it was an obvious refinish and it was in unplayable condition. I might have kept it if it was a refin price. I wanted to return it and it got hostile. Denied up and down that this was a refinish and he was very nasty with me. Got Reverb involved and it was eventually resolved. Picture is the back of the headstock. I mean 'comon! It may be ok if you happen to get a good instrument from him, just ask for good pics and hope nothing is wrong. Also, read the bad google and yelp reviews and you will see what I am talking about.

Oof, that's obvious to Stevie Wonder!

 

[soli'd]

I'm guessing it's black rather than the olive hue presented in the pictures?

There's a blitz shown in @diablo175 's recent post that looks to be the same color. Was battleship grey a thing back then?

 

[velorush]

There's a blitz shown in @diablo175 's recent post that looks to be the same color. Was battleship grey a thing back then?

There was a very dark green color I saw on a Phantom A7 in a pawn shop back in the mid-90's that looked a lot like that blitz, but, looking at the bass photos, I think it's black with some bad digital color rendering.

 

[cmatthes]

There's a blitz shown in @diablo175 's recent post that looks to be the same color. Was battleship grey a thing back then?
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Yes. Gunmetal Gray Metallic or something like that (I’ll check). When the clearcoat aged/yellowed, it made the finish look like a metallic Olive Green. I had a Phantom in that color and recall seeing a couple of Prototypes in that finish with black hardware.