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[Cboss]

Soo beautiful, I love it pickups sound great! Light, comfy, plays like a dream..Hamer made the best guitars ❤

[Travis]

Looks great. Congrats!!!

[Hbom]

Congratulations! Great looking guitar. Glad you were able to get it.

[LucSulla]

Glad you picked it up! I was SOOO close to buying that one. In fact, the PayPal option glitched when I clicked to finish the transaction the night before I posted it here. That's how close it was. When going back through the payment gateway again, I asked myself, "Do you really want this to play, or is this just getting it to have it?"  I slept on it and decided maybe I should I take that glitch as a sign, but I LOVED the top on that one. That wide flame and f-hole makes it look like a Stradivarius. 

At any rate, the fact that his selling history on eBay was non-guitar items and that it wasn't listed on Reverb made me feel like this might be a pretty sweet guitar at a very reasonable price. I was hoping someone here would snag it. 

[Steve Haynie]

Who needs a serial number when you have that top?

[Cboss]

10 hours ago, LucSulla said:

Glad you picked it up! I was SOOO close to buying that one. In fact, the PayPal option glitched when I clicked to finish the transaction the night before I posted it here. That's how close it was. When going back through the payment gateway again, I asked myself, "Do you really want this to play, or is this just getting it to have it?"  I slept on it and decided maybe I should I take that glitch as a sign, but I LOVED the top on that one. That wide flame and f-hole makes it look like a Stradivarius. 

At any rate, the fact that his selling history on eBay was non-guitar items and that it wasn't listed on Reverb made me feel like this might be a pretty sweet guitar at a very reasonable price. I was hoping someone here would snag it. 

Thank you so much for posting it! Things work out the way they're supposed to if we pay attention to those little voices.. I've passed by some things that in the past I would have been all about, actually just did it this morning on a car that I thought I wanted forever but now realize it just doesn't fit and is maybe a questionable motivation..

I had been looking for one of these in the back of my mind and I hadn't thought that one with this great of a top or with this great set of pickups would show up, but here it is.. facilitated by you, the hfc

The seller is a nice guy and we did a private transaction, so the services didn't vampire off either side, I think he needed to raise some funds and maybe regretted selling the guitar, but he also told me it didn't get much play.. it will get lots of play here :)

[Cboss]

10 hours ago, Steve Haynie said:

Who needs a serial number when you have that top?

The top is fantastic! It does look like a Stradivarius :-) it has a serial number

[BTMN]

What a top on that one!!! Enjoy it loudly!! 😎👍🏁

[HSB0531]

2 minutes ago, BTMN said:

What a top on that one!!! Enjoy it loudly!! 😎👍🏁

It's a very unusual figured top, and I like it too.

[Cboss]

It is really beautiful.. I'll post some pictures once I get it cleaned up, I've got a gorgeous faber Bridge ready to go on it

[hamerhead]

How'd I miss this?? That top is fantastic! Great grab!

[Cboss]

This guitar though, like a couple of other mid-90s hamers that I have, has this partial lacquer separation along the side of the fretboard that you're looking at when you're playing, it's really bothersome.. has anyone found a good solution for this? Short of refinishing?

I've been thinking of trying to heat up some clear lacquer and inject it into those areas with a syringe but haven't attempted it yet

Edited May 2, 2024 by Cboss

[Steve Haynie]

The way others have fixed the Hameritis along the fretboard is to use a razor blade to pull back the edge and drop thin super glue in there.  Tape might be your friend. 

[Cboss]

Thank you, that's not a bad idea.. irritating to have to deal with it in the first place though, they obviously knew how to make guitars by then

 

[hamerhead]

Wait 'til you see some of the 'pizza day' guitars.....

[Cboss]

42 minutes ago, hamerhead said:

Wait 'til you see some of the 'pizza day' guitars.....

Could you post an example? I've actually never understood what that means, unless it's that really horrible burst you see on some of the Imports

[hamerhead]

I could tell you, but then I'd.....

[Dave Scepter]

5 hours ago, Steve Haynie said:

The way others have fixed the Hameritis along the fretboard is to use a razor blade to pull back the edge and drop thin super glue in there.  Tape might be your friend. 

 

4 hours ago, Cboss said:

Thank you, that's not a bad idea.. irritating to have to deal with it in the first place though, they obviously knew how to make guitars by then

 

I use these with CA Glue to control the amount of flow with precision 

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Edited May 3, 2024 by Dave Scepter

[velorush]

21 hours ago, Cboss said:

Could you post an example? I've actually never understood what that means, unless it's that really horrible burst you see on some of the Imports

Here's a photo I swiped from an old post of the hand print on the infamous Pizza Day Standard:

An otherwise beautiful guitar:

[velorush]

There is also an old post from @dboy66 (c. 2008) referencing a "Pizza Day Special," but the Photobucket links are broken.

[Cboss]

I'll take that standard, at a greatly reduced rate due to the objectionable finish

[JGale]

28 minutes ago, velorush said:

Here's a photo I swiped from an old post of the hand print on the infamous Pizza Day Standard:

An otherwise beautiful guitar

Was, and still is. I took that picture, among others. 

[JGale]

[JGale]

Anyone know where the Pizza Day Standard©️ is now?

[Cboss]

1 hour ago, JGale said:

Those are really great pictures!

Okay, how about $350 and unlimited breadsticks? 🤣