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There is a big chance that prices won't be seen descending for the reason of general wood shortage and rare wood legals alone. New guitars won't be available with top notch woods anymore. Hamer in that regard are top of the pops for the all mahogany builds. With the Standards in the lead that have one piece mahogany bodies that could have furniture built from. Generally, build quality is better than many of the promiment brands too. The next generation guitar players and collectors would notice at some point.
That was a member’s from here that was for sale two weeks ago - did somebody buy it and flip it for almost double what Matt was asking or did Matt sell it on Reverb?
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I thought I had seen that one before. It was sold on Reverb by Mahar's Vintage Guitars Hamer USA Standard 12 String Explorer 1 of a Kind 2007 Sunburst
Yup. While I've heard a little bit of grumbling for the admittedly elevated price I'm asking for a few Cali's currently on the block, truth is, I paid very close to the same (overpaid?) to get them initially and I'm just trying to get my investment back plus a very modest amount for a few upgrades.
Hasn't seemed to curtail buyers dramatically- just sold one of my '89 LE's after only a few days on Reverb.
Hasn't seemed to curtail buyers dramatically- just sold one of my '89 LE's after only a few days on Reverb.
Jakeboy
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Love the one in your avatar @diablo175! Just sayin….Yup. While I've heard a little bit of grumbling for the admittedly elevated price I'm asking for a few Cali's currently on the block, truth is, I paid very close to the same (overpaid?) to get them initially and I'm just trying to get my investment back plus a very modest amount for a few upgrades.
Hasn't seemed to curtail buyers dramatically- just sold one of my '89 LE's after only a few days on Reverb.
TMGCUSTOM
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This is the same guy that told me the killer '97 Studio Custom I was trying to sell at a guitar show, was a nice guitar, but Hamers were second tier Gibsons that he had a hard time selling for more than $5 or 6 hundred dollars, so he'd pass...
vicjoy1945
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Prices have definitely crept upwards on pretty much all USA models over the past several years. I have most everything I need (or course not necessarily desire) at this point. There's still a handful of USA Hamer's I'd like to drive and will always keep an eye out.
Agreed. For the few I've let go and muse about wistfully I have to remind myself that those are the ones that weren't getting play time...
Y'know, of all the guitars I've bought over the years, don't know what led me to Hamer. Could be a Chicago thing for me 'cause they started here, who knows. Even after my first purchase I thought to myself, "Why am I buying a guitar from a company that's long gone", and honestly, I've only heard of them maybe 4-5 years ago. Some were fairly priced, and some were like "Aaah !! What ? Phht, Are you kiddin' me !!! Now, I'm up to 6 in the herd and lookin' for that "special one".