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BruDeV
Posted 2005-04-27 12:13 AM (#153337)
Subject: Interesting Hamer


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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33042&item=7...
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Standingovation
Posted 2005-04-27 1:57 AM (#153338 - in reply to #153337)
Subject: Re: Interesting Hamer



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What exactly are you counting ???
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Bailey
Posted 2005-04-27 2:09 AM (#153339 - in reply to #153337)
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Another cause of 12 string program withdrawel GAS misery.
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noah
Posted 2005-04-27 5:33 AM (#153340 - in reply to #153337)
Subject: Re: Interesting Hamer



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Notice that the seller is a Hamer expert:

"Due to the recent issues with Gibson and their dealer network, Hamer custom orders are backlogged a year ..."
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cruster
Posted 2005-04-27 5:59 AM (#153341 - in reply to #153337)
Subject: Re: Interesting Hamer


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Actually, I believe that Greg Gianakis, whom the guitar was custom built for, is a regular poster on the HFC. I don't know if that's his eBay account or not. Either way, beautiful guitar...but 12-strings aren't me, either. :)
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alpep
Posted 2005-04-27 6:13 AM (#153342 - in reply to #153337)
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greg sold it to joe and joe is selling it. Joe only owned it a week. I guess he did not like it. this is the second hamer 12 I saw him sell. This guitar is a duotone and spectacular but I really prefer the newport 12
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cruster
Posted 2005-04-27 11:09 AM (#153343 - in reply to #153337)
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Hey, Al, what's your take on the three-hole vs. f-hole? I know the piezo was upgraded with the f-hole, is the sound better in some way? Different? How would you characterize it? I wish we had a Hamer deal here (locally). =(
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BruDeV
Posted 2005-04-27 9:28 PM (#153344 - in reply to #153337)
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- Standingovation

guitars!
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alpep
Posted 2005-04-28 6:33 AM (#153345 - in reply to #153337)
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cruster
I have played both 3 hole flat top and f hole arched top. both sound good. I don't think one is better than the other really. Although the company PR is that the f hole arched top is better.
there are many that think the 3 hole is superior. Personally it does nothing for me aesthetically.
my personal viper is very much like a duotone. the official model distinction is the al pepiak viplectortone that is viper-collectors-duotone
I just don't understand why so many players do not use the viper or duotone. they are great guitars.
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Beal
Posted 2005-04-28 9:18 AM (#153346 - in reply to #153337)
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I'm with you on that one Al. They are great and I like the three holes, it came first.
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cliff
Posted 2005-04-28 10:02 AM (#153347 - in reply to #153337)
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Excuse my "ignernce", but I'm having a bit of a problem grasping the concept of "3-hole" (with the exception of a girl I met in Wildwood in '79, - but that's a COMPLETELY different story . . ).
Could somebody possibly post a pic of a 3-hole Hamer example?
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alpep
Posted 2005-04-28 10:04 AM (#153348 - in reply to #153337)
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cliff
click on the link in the first post
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cliff
Posted 2005-04-28 10:08 AM (#153349 - in reply to #153337)
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. . blocked from accessing eBay . . .
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Standingovation
Posted 2005-04-28 11:19 AM (#153350 - in reply to #153337)
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Mary from Wildwood says "Hi".
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cliff
Posted 2005-04-28 11:24 AM (#153351 - in reply to #153337)
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Was THAT her name???

I only knew her as "Brunswick"
. . . like the bowling ball . . .
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TRboy
Posted 2005-04-28 11:28 AM (#153352 - in reply to #153337)
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Here ya go cliffy......



(JML)
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alpep
Posted 2005-04-28 11:28 AM (#153353 - in reply to #153337)
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cliff
Posted 2005-04-28 11:33 AM (#153354 - in reply to #153337)
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Ahhhh . . .


Thank You, Gentlemen.
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moody, p.i.
Posted 2005-04-28 11:45 AM (#153355 - in reply to #153337)
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Doesn't look like a bowling ball.....
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cliff
Posted 2005-04-28 11:51 AM (#153356 - in reply to #153337)
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. . . you've obviously never met Mary.
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Standingovation
Posted 2005-04-28 1:53 PM (#153357 - in reply to #153337)
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Looks like one of those things you measure spagetti servings with. The guitar ... not Mary. Dave

I guess if someone said "screw your hamer", you actually could!
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Beal
Posted 2005-04-28 2:05 PM (#153358 - in reply to #153337)
Subject: Re: Interesting Hamer



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Well you knew her then.....


Hamer in Chicago did the 3 hole design, somebody in Bloomfield thought that an EFF hole would be better, you know the rest of that tune....
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cliff
Posted 2005-04-28 2:40 PM (#153359 - in reply to #153337)
Subject: Re: Interesting Hamer


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Nice guitar!

but I'd've arranged the the knobs in a bit of an "arc" to mimic the holes . . .

(then again, what the f&^k do I know . . .)
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cruster
Posted 2005-04-28 8:53 PM (#153360 - in reply to #153337)
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That would be more aesthetically pleasing, clifster, but I think Hamer puts all of their controls in that same configuration (excepting the Improv). At least, all the three knob Hamers I've seen have them like that.
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