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July 20th, 2012, 04:39 PM
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Tele-Meister
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Texas
Age: 52
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NGD! I was just lookin' around....
I went to my favorite pawn shop/music store today. I have been wondering about trading my Squier Standard Telecaster that I've had for a couple of years. I recently got a MIM Standard and I prefer it to the Squier. Anyway, I took the tele with me and found a Hamer slammer series, which is Korean made from the 90's from what I can find. I made the deal and walked out with the Hamer. It is cherry sunburst with chrome humbuckers and schaller tuners.
It has a good neck and sounds very chunky and full. I've really been wanting a humbucker guitar, since I've got the single coil sound covered with my tele and strat. Steve |
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August 26th, 2012, 06:21 PM
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Tele-Meister
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Texas
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Just to update a little. I got the chance to open up the control panel and see what's up with the Hamer. The switches are not actually connected to anything at the moment, but the good news is that upon further inspection, the pickups are Seymour Duncans. Jazz in the neck position and 59 in the bridge. I now know why it sounded so good at the store. I love my Telecaster, but I can't put this Hamer down!
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August 27th, 2012, 06:18 PM
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Friend of Leo's
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: North Carolina
Age: 49
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Congrats on a fine guitar. It looks like a keeper
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August 27th, 2012, 08:17 PM
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Tele-Meister
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Kansas City
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Are you sure it's a Slammer? My Slammer bass says Slammer by Hamer on the headstock. Yours just says Hamer.
I've been in bands with 2 separate people who've used that model, they are nice guitars. |
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August 31st, 2012, 10:14 PM
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Tele-Meister
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Texas
Age: 52
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Apparently there are Hamer Slammer Series (which is what I have) and there are Slammer by Hamer-which are made in indonesia. I love this guitar. It is really great for classic humbucker type sounds.
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August 31st, 2012, 11:31 PM
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Doctor of Teleocity
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That's a good looking guitar. I always loved the double cutaway and three in a row knobs. Looks new. Congratulations!
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September 3rd, 2012, 12:58 AM
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Tele-Holic
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Morgantown, WV.
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Those first couple years of the Slammers were pretty close build-wise to USA Hamers, the only real problem is the pots and switch. They're decent, but they do wear out.
Sounds like yours has all the upgrades out of the way, now just play it. |
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