veatch Posted April 18, 2010 Posted April 18, 2010 Very nice. That should sell fast. Most of the EMG equipped Calis were Alder, but with Hamer, anything is possible... Either way, very cool.
cmatthes Posted April 18, 2010 Posted April 18, 2010 My '89 Cali (Blue Marble O'Connor job) was mahogany - that one came stock w/EMGs.
Nathan of Brainfertilizer Fame Posted April 18, 2010 Posted April 18, 2010 I thought Boomerangs meant ebony fretboard, not rosewood....?Downsized contoured body with scalloped offset double cutaways, bolt-on maple neck (25.5 inch scale length) with angled peghead, 27 frets on a dot-inlay rosewood fingerboard. Fitted with one humbucker and one single coil pickup and Floyd Rose trem.. vsThe Elite version has upgraded pickups (OBL, EMG or Seymour Duncan), ebony fingerboard, boomerang inlays and optional figured maple body. Sometimes ebony can be light enough to look like dark rosewood, too...
morningstar Posted April 18, 2010 Author Posted April 18, 2010 Yep - You are right. The board is EBONY and the fret shadow is even less than I thought. I really never got around to playing the guitar. Thankeemorningstar
Jason01 Posted April 18, 2010 Posted April 18, 2010 I know its not for sale but can you tell a little more about that frankencali? That looks really cool. Is that graphic a hologram?
Feynman Posted April 18, 2010 Posted April 18, 2010 This is still here?! I assumed it would be gone by 8:10 pm yesterday.
proxmax Posted April 18, 2010 Posted April 18, 2010 damn, why do calis always accelerate my heartbeat?very nice.
morningstar Posted April 20, 2010 Author Posted April 20, 2010 I know its not for sale but can you tell a little more about that frankencali? That looks really cool. Is that graphic a hologram?Stu T Davis was an HFC member from very nearly the beginning. I think he was already here when I joined in 1998. Stu was one of the best players I ever saw of old style Metallica/Anthrax/Megadeth and such; but would not play in public. Tragically, Stu beat cancer a couple times but was killed when his Focus Wagon was rear ended by a bus when Stu stopped for traffic on his first day to go back to work after recovery. Stu was a hard core tinkerer. He built the Frankencali from parts, Cali Body, Chapparal neck (broken and repaired 3 times!), and various on-board circuit boards. Lots of pickups have been on and off the Frankencali. Stu added the third knob with the Marshall top. I don't know what it does, but the underlying process is exceptionally heavy sounding. It's perfect for old style thrash. Stu was big on EMG sweepable mid range controls. Ideas?The HR Giger (sp?) stuff on the top is a decal under a clear coat. Stu made the decal and mounted it up. Lee Garver at GMW Guitars clear coated it. GMW also arranged for the Alien Head Inlays. Stu left it to me, and I will keep and defend it. If I croak I will make sure some other old-timer at HFC becomes the Keeper of the Frankencali.morningstar
LadyScary Posted April 20, 2010 Posted April 20, 2010 you don't ship to Canada and i have no friends or it might have been sold LOL end of rant....
morningstar Posted April 20, 2010 Author Posted April 20, 2010 Every form of refuge has its price.-m-
morningstar Posted April 22, 2010 Author Posted April 22, 2010 Can you take a close up pick of the trem???Sure. is there anything in particular you want to see super duper close?email me at hamernut at yahoo dot com and I will send you the full size 12 Megapixel pics of whatever you want shot. morningstar
chap Posted April 22, 2010 Posted April 22, 2010 Another one ... should this not have sold within 15 minutes of posting? Are Hamers dropping in price or something? Or economy still down?
LadyScary Posted April 23, 2010 Posted April 23, 2010 i would have bought it to bad it doesn't ship to canada
proxmax Posted April 23, 2010 Posted April 23, 2010 i would have bought it to bad it doesn't ship to canada ....or to germany.
diablo175 Posted April 23, 2010 Posted April 23, 2010 I hate to see that beauty go to E(vil) Bay. I'll see if I can somehow scrape up some cash. I'll pm you soon.
kurtsstuff Posted April 23, 2010 Posted April 23, 2010 The guitar is here at a below market price because this is the HFC. I am getting my money out of it, which is enough for me. Nevertheless, I have some debts I need to kill, and this guitar will eventually go to evilbay at a higher price. I hate selling to strangers, but will if I must And now..TAADAAA, the requested Tremolo Close Ups, these are cropped 12 megapixel pics... The red appearance has something to do with the camera, and other than down in the hex heads (which always look ruddy), there is no reddish appearance to the eye. And there you have it. Thank you! Looks like the trem arm bushing was changed as the stock Schaller trem is a screw "cap" type and not a screw "in" type....It's not a big deal but I was thinking that may have been the case and these pictures confirm it....or at least...I've never seen a Schaller trem with a screw in trem arm but...I haven't seen bigfoot either and doesn't mean he doesn't exsist...lol!
morningstar Posted April 24, 2010 Author Posted April 24, 2010 I learn something every time I check in here! It is the only Hamer Schaller Floyd I ever saw with a thread in trem arm. I suppose anybody could change the base nut if they wanted.morningstar
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