DarrenD Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 This is the first "good" non-octave bass I've ever purchased. Sad that it is stripped down and such, but it is a pretty nice condition otherwise. The Kahler bridge is insane and awesome - I assume modified a long time ago. This bass plays so damn smooth. It survived shipping through -60 degree weather in WI without any damage. Serial is 821703, which I guess makes it a 1988. The B string has a Schaller tuner - was it converted from a 4 string? The guy I bought it from said it used to belong to Weezer bassist Matt Sharp, but he had no way to confirm it. Cheers,
mrjamiam Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 Happy NHD! Cool bass. Is that some sort of drop-D (well, drop-A) device on the B-string?
zorrow Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 You need a big Hamer logo on that one, but that's a cool instrument anyway. Congrats!
Steve Haynie Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 The Hipshot D-Tuner would have come with a Schaller tuner as part of the unit. If that Chaparral was converted to a five string you would notice the string spacing would be very close. The nut width for a four string Chaparral is 1 5/8".
serial Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 That's original. Same tuners as the Hamer Impact prototypes I bought from Kip Winger.
Andrew Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 Serial's right - that's the normal tuner arrangement for early 5-strings (pre-89), both Cruise and Chap.Looks like quite a lot of modification - cutaway scallops etc.. The best thing about a Blitz over a Chaparral is that you can use a forward saddle Kahler, which looks far more natural than the reverse saddle type you have to use on anything Fender bassy.
MCChris Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 Yeah, if that were a converted 4 string, the string pull on the lower four strings wouldn't be straight.Shame that the logo is gone, but totally cool otherwise!
Tres Aardvarks Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 That is awesome!!! For years I wanted a bass with whammy (back when everyone was saying I'd blow out speaker cones using it). Have a blast with it!
zorrow Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 Shame that the logo is gone, but totally cool otherwise!Can't this be solved? It shouldn't be very complicated refinishing the top of the headstock in black and put a logo on it. Or even better, getting a Hamer decal in black and putting it on there.
DarrenD Posted January 9, 2014 Author Posted January 9, 2014 Thanks for the info. I never noticed the modified cutaway scallops.I plan on putting a black Hamer decal on it down the road.
murkat Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 Shame that the logo is gone, but totally cool otherwise! Can't this be solved? It shouldn't be very complicated refinishing the top of the headstock in black and put a logo on it. Or even better, getting a Hamer decal in black and putting it on there. why yes, yes it can. I do have some logos that be just the bee's knees for it edit to add: no black thou yet...
zorrow Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 Shame that the logo is gone, but totally cool otherwise!Can't this be solved? It shouldn't be very complicated refinishing the top of the headstock in black and put a logo on it. Or even better, getting a Hamer decal in black and putting it on there. why yes, yes it can. I do have some logos that be just the bee's knees for it edit to add: no black thou yet... Either black or white, it all depends on the owner's tastes. However, no Hamer logo is offfending to the HFC tastes.
HSB0531 Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 Definately a candidate for a refin' and Stadium Logo.
HAMERMAN Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 With the ebony board and black hardware that would look sick yellow. Your opinion may vary. :-)
DarrenD Posted January 11, 2014 Author Posted January 11, 2014 I agree - a refinish and stadium logo in the future. Thanks for the recommendations. I'll probably just do the logo for the time being - in black. It will probably take me years to actually go forth with the full refinish Btw, It's the first bass I've had with active EMG pickups in - really digging it.
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