speakerjones
my hat is all
Those aren't Hamers.
Hamer is back??? !!!
- Thread starter Jbird
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gtrjunior
Wannabe
Now THAT is f'in hot!
VoidTerraFirma
Live to wine
Let us have our illusions, please.
hmy:
Help!I'maRock!
Mediocringly Derivative
Jbird
Kick Henry Jackassowski
What does that mean to us laymen? What is US Music? Yet another corporation owned by Mitt Romney or some such?Same holding company that owns US Music. Well there's two peas in a pod.
Help!I'maRock!
Mediocringly Derivative
The company that owns Ampeg and killed Parker Guitars.
Bob411
thrumming with potential
The thing is, though, that you can find a used MIK one of those for 3 bills...just sayin'
I remember way back when they Hamer MIK line came out, how all the Hamer fanboys were saying what crap they were...funny how things change over time
Most of the MIK Hamers I've bought were $150 or less. Had to cough up $200 for this.
Brian Krashpad
T1N2bM0
$600, MII. Not bad.
Nom. I got my Special back while they were still in production, used. $450 USD iirc.
Hunky Dory
Slightly-less-n00by than a few posts ago
This took 29 posts to happen?STOP!
Hamer time!
Maybe they're as good as the old Hamers, maybe not. I'll be looking for reviews, and guitars in stores.
Brian Krashpad
T1N2bM0
What you meant to say is that maybe they're as good as the MIK Hamer imports.
Because no way a factory-made import could compare to "old Hamers," which were made in a small shop in the US.
Hubert Stumblin
I ain't even mad.
Well, to be fair, Parker Guitars needed killing. JK
JC777
g00b
And Genz Benz
Jbird
Kick Henry Jackassowski
So, I was at Sweetwater today and they had 2 of the new Hamers on the wall in their store. One of the black Archtops (24.75" scale) and one of the red Archtops w/tremolo unit (25 1/2" scale).
I tried out the black one, and right away I noticed it was very light weight, and that made it sound pretty decent unplugged. I was trying out the Boss Katana 100 1x12" combo, and it sounded pretty decent thru that amp, though some of the other guitars I tried thru the amp maybe sounded a bit more pleasing to my ear. Nothing bad by any means, but just not quite as good, if you follow me.
Fretwork on the guitar was very good, fit and finish were very good as well, action was pretty low and no fret-outs on bending anywhere on the neck. Remember these are almost a 16" radius, so you can lower the string a bit farther and not fret out on a bend.
The bad: The guitar would not stay in tune. It probably needed an intonation setup, but every time I tuned the guitar up and hit a couple of chords, bent some notes, etc. it was horribly out of tune. I didn't hear any pinging whilst tuning it, so not sure if it was the nut or not.
I would say that one could probably find a very nice one if you played a bunch of them (kinda like a Gibson) but I'm not sure I'd want to buy one sight unseen without playing it first to determine if it was indeed a 'good one'.
The Yamaha Revstars, on the other hand, based on the 3 I played there today and the one I played last year at Sweetwater's Gearfest, I'd buy one of those sight unseen. All 4 were excellent guitars.
I tried out the black one, and right away I noticed it was very light weight, and that made it sound pretty decent unplugged. I was trying out the Boss Katana 100 1x12" combo, and it sounded pretty decent thru that amp, though some of the other guitars I tried thru the amp maybe sounded a bit more pleasing to my ear. Nothing bad by any means, but just not quite as good, if you follow me.
Fretwork on the guitar was very good, fit and finish were very good as well, action was pretty low and no fret-outs on bending anywhere on the neck. Remember these are almost a 16" radius, so you can lower the string a bit farther and not fret out on a bend.
The bad: The guitar would not stay in tune. It probably needed an intonation setup, but every time I tuned the guitar up and hit a couple of chords, bent some notes, etc. it was horribly out of tune. I didn't hear any pinging whilst tuning it, so not sure if it was the nut or not.
I would say that one could probably find a very nice one if you played a bunch of them (kinda like a Gibson) but I'm not sure I'd want to buy one sight unseen without playing it first to determine if it was indeed a 'good one'.
The Yamaha Revstars, on the other hand, based on the 3 I played there today and the one I played last year at Sweetwater's Gearfest, I'd buy one of those sight unseen. All 4 were excellent guitars.
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