SOLD : Hamer USA Artist Studio 1995 Semi hollow .Stop Tail. Duncan Seth Lovers

prudd · November 2023

SOLD

1995 Hamer USA Artist Studio Semi Hollow Double Cut in 59 Burst colour

Hamer made amazing guitars, to my mind they are far better built than similar USA brands but they have never really got the following they truly deserve. A beautiful archtop featuring a carved flamed solid maple top, One piece figured Honduran Mahogany body and Hamer's very stable 3 piece mahogany neck, East Indian Rosewood fretboard, factory Seymour Duncan Seth Lover pickups, and Schaller tuners. Very resonant and a comfortable weight of 8Lbs

Used but certainly not abused, the comfortable chunky neck plays like a dream, the action is really low, too low for some players I'd guess, no buzzing and choking.

Comes with original Hamer hard case.

Electrics all spot on. Frets all good. Adjustable wrap over stop tail piece.

There is some flaking of the varnish on part of the lower edge of where the Rosewood meets the Mahogany, doesn't affect playability and to be honest I'd forgotten about it until taking the pics, it is out of sight when playing. Looks worse in pictures to be honest.

one small ding that is down to the wood on bottom edge and a few very minor marks and dents.

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here is a stock hamer pic and info:

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It is a top quality guitar that will only go up in value IMHO and I will not be upset or bothered if it does not sell, I'm just trying to be a bit sensible about the growing amount of guitars I have and the little time I get to enjoy them.

£1160 delivered UK mainland

Will be very well packed and will use Parcel Force 24 Hour option.

Roland · November 2023

What do the three knobs do?

TTony · November 2023

That'd make half of a nice pair!

(I'm not in the market, but wow anyway)

fretfinder · November 2023

Roland said:

What do the three knobs do?

In descending order, bridge vol, neck vol, master tone.

prudd · November 2023

TTony said:

That'd make half of a nice pair!

(I'm not in the market, but wow anyway)

Yes it would indeed Tony, I know I am going to regret letting this go sometime down the line, just like I regretted the other two some years ago

prudd · November 2023

fretfinder said:

Roland said:

What do the three knobs do?

In descending order, bridge vol, neck vol, master tone.

Thanks @fretfinder. You beat me to it

beed84 · November 2023

prudd said:

TTony said:

That'd make half of a nice pair!

(I'm not in the market, but wow anyway)

Yes it would indeed Tony, I know I am going to regret letting this go sometime down the line, just like I regretted the other two some years ago

FWIW I regret selling my Studio. In hindsight I should've changed the pickups and kept it.

Personally I'd love this but I'm a bit short on the asking price sadly. I imagine the Seth Lovers are less hot than the SD 59 / JB combo too.

Bennyboy-UK · November 2023

prudd said:

fretfinder said:

Roland said:

What do the three knobs do?

In descending order, bridge vol, neck vol, master tone.

Thanks @fretfinder. You beat me to it

Are you absolutely sure?

I’m going to go and check my (one or two) now.

I was convinced it was neck pickup volume then bridge pickup volume and then the master tone…

… but you said it with such conviction I’m now doubting myself and these things are my specialist subject.

Dominic · November 2023

I had the first Hamer Sunburst into this country in 1978
They are a stunning guitar .......and easily surpassed the contemporary Gibsons .....probably the first 'boutique' brand in the hands of JOEL DANTZIG .
It all went wrong in the 2000s but the guitars of the 70S 80s and 90s were superb.....they all play with an incredibly low action

Bennyboy-UK · November 2023

Yeah mine are as above. Not that it matters if yours is different of course.

its an awesome guitar made by craftsmen who care about what they do, with hardware and materials carefully selected to be as good as they can be as standard.

Under £1,200 for an Artist? That’s a bloody superb bargain!

prudd · November 2023

Bennyboy-UK said:

prudd said:

fretfinder said:

Roland said:

What do the three knobs do?

In descending order, bridge vol, neck vol, master tone.

Thanks @fretfinder. You beat me to it

Are you absolutely sure?

I’m going to go and check my (one or two) now.

I was convinced it was neck pickup volume then bridge pickup volume and then the master tone…

… but you said it with such conviction I’m now doubting myself and these things are my specialist subject.

Your right sir, it is neck then bridge and then tone, I could have sworn it was the other way round, been playing my Grissom a lot lately and got confused....happens a lot lately

prudd · November 2023

Some more pics of the top.

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riffpowers · November 2023

What a guitar !!

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