crunchee Posted March 14 Posted March 14 (edited) No affiliation. Does anybody here remember if these share any Hamer manufacturing or engineering DNA? VXT Hybrid '08 – Dave's Guitar Shop Edited March 14 by crunchee Quote
HSB0531 Posted March 14 Posted March 14 42 minutes ago, crunchee said: No affiliation. Does anybody here remember if these share any Hamer manufacturing or engineering DNA? VXT Hybrid '08 – Dave's Guitar Shop I'm also curious to know if Hamer built that model for Ovation. Quote
bruce919 Posted March 14 Posted March 14 I talked with Alpep about these several years back. I think the same CNC was used but it was all put together on the Ovation side of the factory. I know Jol had some input on the design. The neck looks to be one piece as well, so it breaks with the Hamer three piece neck assembly. 3 Quote
HSB0531 Posted March 14 Posted March 14 2 minutes ago, bruce919 said: I talked with Alpep about these several years back. I think the same CNC was used but it was all put together on the Ovation side of the factory. I know Jol had some input on the design. The neck looks to be one piece as well, so it breaks with the Hamer three piece neck assembly. Looking at that rear carve/sculpting and wood quality, I have to agree with you. I would think the wood came from the Hamer stockpile. Quote
HamerCustomEr Posted March 14 Posted March 14 (edited) Sure, the body looks fine, but I admire anybody who can get past this headstock: I I doubt it is an accident that the main photo did not show the headstock. Maybe you could just trim off the stupid, red part. Edited March 14 by HamerCustomEr Quote
stobro Posted March 14 Posted March 14 9 minutes ago, HamerCustomEr said: Sure, the body looks fine, but I admire anybody who can get past this headstock: I I doubt it is an accident that the main photo did not show the headstock. Maybe you could just trim off the stupid, red part. I believe the "red" part is just the natural finish of the mahogany neck. 3 Quote
HamerCustomEr Posted March 14 Posted March 14 Here is a closeup of the headstock on a similar dark-finished model: 2 Quote
crunchee Posted March 14 Author Posted March 14 The VXT is now listed at DGS as having been SOLD. Quote
HamerCustomEr Posted March 14 Posted March 14 1 hour ago, crunchee said: The VXT is now listed at DGS as having been SOLD. That's just as well. Anybody hanging around here should be lusting after a Duotone anyway. Long live the 3-holer! 1 Quote
topekatj Posted March 15 Posted March 15 The Ovation doesn’t look TOO bad, kind of like cross between a Talladaga and a Kammerer (whatever happened to @Nathan of Brainfertilizer Fame?) Hey @crunchee, what was Dave’s asking? There are a few black ones and a red one on Reverb but they don’t look as nice as the natural one Dave’s had. . 1 Quote
Nathan of Brainfertilizer Fame Posted March 17 Posted March 17 On 3/15/2025 at 1:35 AM, topekatj said: The Ovation doesn’t look TOO bad, kind of like cross between a Talladaga and a Kammerer (whatever happened to @Nathan of Brainfertilizer Fame?) Hey @crunchee, what was Dave’s asking? There are a few black ones and a red one on Reverb but they don’t look as nice as the natural one Dave’s had. . I passed over into just being a punchline. 1 3 Quote
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