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Hi David, Sorry man, had to sell the LP to help pay for the Standard madness! Great guitar, but I just wasn't giving it the attention it deserved. Went to a great guy in Wales who is using it in his band supporting Status Quo this summer. I feel I only need one more guitar now- a US Cali !!! Cheers Dave

Thanks Guys! Thanks marcnorth- that would make perfect sense as they feel EXACTLY the same guitar. Same neck and feel….. So they're a 99 and a 2000- that's even better as my Sunbursts are consecutive years……a pattern forming here! I'll post the stuff about the blue one on another thread, see if I can get more info. Cheers Dave

Hi Guys Thanks for the kid words- I'm really happy with them…. Well, the Blue one was an Ebay purchase, but I think there was more incorrect with the ebay description, than there was correct! I'm trying to stay polite here…..so I'll start a new thread and see if anyone on the board here can help. Seller listed it as 07- but serial starts with 05……..said he imported it into the UK from US himself, if so then there's one exactly the same in a music shop in the south of England that I had been watching- stuff like that! I think the blue is 05, burst is 99………. Cheers Dave

Ok, first off, apologies for not being around much- I do keep checking in, but work had been real busy, so not a bad thing really! Recent purchase No1 from Midnight Moses- many thanks to Euan for being a patient man ( again, work getting in the way), and his great hospitality- not to mention a play with his other Hamers! So top bloke all round really! Cheers Euan……. ( oh, and a mention to 'ghamerinfrance' for listing the PSA) Here she is- 99 Standard with Bare Knuckle Mules….. Top, top guitar- sounds great- mellow p/up's for me, but I'm loving it…..the mellow end of my Standards. Now, I'll start another post about this one- I think the Ebay ad was a load of rubbish- but the guitar ain't……..this is the wilder side of my Standards!!! Yes, yes- that's EMG's- the first guitar I've had with EMG's - loving that too…….although my bank balance is not so happy.. Generally just loving the Starndards………at last, I get to post in the Standard Appreciation post…... Life is good………. Cheers Dave

Jesus, The day I bought my first Gibson in 3 years, and this happens!! I was gonna sell my Studio Custom.........maybe not! Just don't want to now- doesn't feel right.... Time to plug in a Hamer and play some blues............ Sad times..... Dave

Hey Steven, How you doin? Just a quickie- what pickups you got in that Hamer now- noticed the neck one is now double creme- was zebra before, wasn't it? Maybe got a wee Jackson 'thing' goin on there..... Oh, I've joined the import club too.....bought a Korean Standard to go along with the US Sunbursts....pics soon.... Good bit of history about the Hamer...always nice to know a bit of a guitars past... Cheers Dave

Yeh- just shows how much he was trying to cash-in on Gary Moore's sad departure......I instantly 'latch' onto any sunburst/ studio etc with a floyd- but the fact he asked for sooooooo much money for it when it first listed, kinda mad me a bit angry- I just thought it would serve him right he couldn't sell it ! Well, he's not managed so far.......even after he' dropped the price by about 60% anyway... Sorry, just me rant about ripping off fans...... Cheers, Dave

There is this one- but it seems a little pricey....no affiliation or connection http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-HAMER-SPECIAL-USA-HAND-MADE-ORIGINAL-FLOYD-ROSE-83-85-LIKE-GARY-MOORE-MODEL-/290705824717?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item43af6adbcd#ht_512wt_922 Has dots instead of crowns though...... Cheers, Dave

Hi there, Got my 91 Sunburst Custom Floyd fitted with Bareknuckle Steve Stevens in the bridge and a Seymour JB in the neck (?) - has the most amazing out of phase sound I've ever had- probably due to the output of the JB in the neck being quite high...allows me to get the most crazy pinch harmonics- but is tamed by the tone control if needed...I love having it so much, I fitted a push-push tone control to pop it in and out when needed...... Cheers Dave

Hey Austin, Try Bareknuckles...... my 91 Sunburst has a Steve Stevens- it's very controllable and sounds great (about 13K)- but they do a great selection of fantastic pick-ups. Check out the website for better hot- PAF comparisons http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/main/ My PRS has Bareknuckle Nailbombs....brilliant.... Funny you talking about a Distortion in the neck position- my 92 Sunburst has a Super Distortion in the neck and a Dimarzio Tone Zone in the bridge- I love the sounds from that guitar... I'm the same- all my guitars have different pick-ups in them....no point in them sounding the same, I say.. Cheers Dave

Recent ones include: Foo Fighters "Waisting Light" Jaded Heart " IV" Eclipse " Are You Ready to Rock" TNT "My Religion" TNT "All The Way to The Sun" Danger Danger "Cockroach"......Ted Poley version ROCKS! 21 Guns "Salute" ( replacing my old tape) For some reason I never listened to the TNT or Danger Danger albums when they were released- but I love these bands! Cheers, Dave

Hey Bisonkills, Mmm- familiar stories that......but I could never have dreamed of a Hamer when I was starting out- I settled for a Tokai with a Kahler! I fell in love with a Hamer Sunburst in Sound Control in Glasgow back in 92- went back 2 weeks late with the cash-but it was gone. Had at least a dozen Les Pauls but finally bought my first Hamer about 2and a half years ago.....sold all my LP's and bought Hamers! Vic- I know what you mean- all of my Hamers have floyds too- think I'd find it hard going back to a hardtail - even my PRS CU24's got a floyd in it!!!! Cheers Dave

Hey Vic, Yeh, noticed that one- it's not a flat top, so it's not based on a USA Special- as it's arched it'll be a Korean version of the Studio - the one with the dots. You thinking of going for it- at £199 BIN it's tempting! Cheers, Dave

Always loved The Sweet- remember my father having an old reel-to-reel tape machine with 'Blockbuster' and I played it to death !! Here's a rare one- Teenage Rampage- BUT they're actually playing live in the tv studio!! They were tight! Cheers Dave

+1 on the cover of "Word Up" by Scottish band Gun OH- yeh......heavy !!! Love VH's covers- "Pretty Woman" etc- all great..... OR Just because it's Gary Moore and he was a god- Friday on my Mind http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJl2crJ5ULU OR Rough Cutt- Piece of My Heart...Paul Shortino has a brilliant voice. I could go on all night... Cheers, Dave

Hey Steven, Dave here again.....I've got pots from my USA Sunburst if you want them....I put 'push-push' pots in the blond one to get coil taps etc- don't think I'll ever sell that one so I'll never put it back to 'stock' either- yours if you need them........ Let me know Cheers, Dave :angry:

Hi Kev, OMG- that US Hamer rocks....and it has a floyd !!!! Mmmmm, maybe I need to go down that route instead of buying another floyded Sunburst... Anyway- love the Hamers!! Well done the UK Hamer players........ Cheers, Dave

Hi Steven, Eh- yeh- you got that right! Years ago I used to bring new guitars home in the old guitar case, just so she'd think it was the old one! "Why have you got 5 guitars- you can only play one at a time"......they'll never understand! Been through the Ibanez, Charvel phase- had the 'Nothing but Gibson Les Paul' phase for about 10 years ( had around 13 in total- not at once)....the bought my 1st Hamer on Ebay 2 years ago........ Needless to say, the 4 Gibbo's went on Ebay, and the Hamers kept coming...... only glitch was a PRS desire- which I've now got out my system- my last purchase was a Studio again! One PRS will stay ( I customised it with a floyd) the other has been on Ebay over the last few weeks- no serious takers though..... I haven't posted a pic of my new guitars on the forum....so maybe I'll post a current collection pic later on today or tomorrow....keep a look out.... Cheers, Dave

Hey Diocletian, Hi Steven- welcome from a fellow Scotsman.....where abouts are you man?... I'm up in Aberdeenshire!!! Always good to here from someone in the uk- nevermind Scotland. Nice guitar.... i've got a bit of a passion for Sunbursts and Studio's- got 3 at the moment- had 5 at one point....just sold my 92 Sunburst in red (went to Italy) and sold my 07 Studio custom a few months back. Welcome again- oh, and I guarantee you will end up with a USA Hamer before long !!!!!!! Cheers, Dave

Yeh- I agree with that! I did change the Marshall SS amp for a Marshall 9000 valve power amp for about a month- definately did the trick! Another little story........ A guy I know was playing a Schecter through a Line 6- 2x12 combo- sounded fantastic- if you imagined how a rock tone should be- he had it! The other guitarist had a Boss pre-amp (i think) into a valve power amp and into a 4 x 10. Sounded good too..... The gig that night, the Boss / Valve Power amp sounded really good- a bit processed, but clear and 'rounded'- the Line 6 sounded like a Mosquito in a beer bottle- just didn't cut through the rest of the band- and he spent all night fiddling with it because he was pissed that the other guy got the plaudits even though he wasn't the lead guitarist. The moral of this story is.....think 'tube'...........

Oh yeh- tubes all the way... Gigged for a long time using an ADA MP1 into a Marshall solid state power amp- sounded ace but I was never 100% happy live. Then one day the other guitarist walked in with a Marshall SL-X head- plugged it into his 4x10- took my LP and blew the shit out of everyone. I vowed that day it was tubes from then...... 2 x 12ax7's in a pre-amp just doesn't cut it live! Tube power amp needed !!!! Had a Jcm2000, a Marshall Anniversary head- now it's my Mesa Boogie Mark III- never a sold state amp again...... Cheers, Dave

Probably Dave Meniketti, Steve Clark (Def Lep), Gary Moore, John Sykes, Scott Gorham........I'm an eighties teenager!!!