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Does this count? Its korean. I had it plek'd, new pots,russian militart PIO cap,speed knobs(I dont like those angled knobs) PRS Mccarty neck PU, Gibson 57 classic bridge PU, new graphtek nut, new grovers, Locking tonepro's bridge and tailpiece(added the other day after I took the Pic. It was nice before but now I think its as good as anything I've played. Guitar was $200 with NICE original case from buddy who needed money. He paid around $600. I traded a keeley katana and some tubes for the PU's. I had the grovers since the 80's. Spent another $75 on pots,switch,caps ans $200 for the plek. I know it wasn't an investment but I wanted it to play. I'd like to find a nice US version one day.

Gorgeous guitars!! I wonder why people associate this style with prs? hamer has doing it much before it seems. I have 91 prs and until recently I didnt even know hamer built these guitars. I'd love to get a real one. I picked up a korean sunburst arch top a few months ago. Its a fabulous guitar. I went to a local store and looked at the new imported hamers . They are not nearly as nice as the korean ones. The indonesian ones have flaws everywhere,bad fret jobs and paint speckles in the binding. My korean sunbursts workmanship is on par with my prs. I wish I could come across a Hamer USA model like that with dual humbuckers and the non stop fixed bridge tailpiece. I pretty much gutted my Korean Sunburst archtop and put in tonepros hardware and tuners, cts pots,switchcraft switch,paper in oil caps, bone nut, dressed the frets and I've tried many PU's in it. I thought I was going to stick with Manlius fat diane's but settled on a PRS McCarty Neck and Gibson 57 classic bridge PU. This guitar sings like nothing else I have owned and I have played 1000's of gigs on my 91 prs and really bonded with it. The Hamer was just going to be a backup while the PRS was refretted but its the other way around now! I have a lot of money into it and couldnt get that out of it becasue its korean but other than that its as good as anything I've tried. As much as I like it I wish I could find an american version.