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Location: Utica, NY | Originally posted by schroeder:
Never seen a USA one with no pup covers and the solid inlays instead of the Hamer trademark Vs. Only ever seen those on imports. Was it custom ordered? There have been many US Hamer models with exposed coils. I have owned two Special FM models from '93 and '96 which came stock with Duncan '59 and JB exposed coil pick-ups. Older Sunbursts always had exposed coil DiMarzio's (I believe). And there are many Studios and Artists with similar setups. In fact, there's a pretty 90's Studio Custom for trade at the HFC with most likely stock exposed coils and crowns.
http://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=40708
And, FWIW, the small USA inlay is clearly visible on the headstock in the pics.Hamer stopped doing crowns a while ago and I believe only did them for special orders, which this guitar was. Dots or Victory's were the norm. Do notice that it also has the highly desirable not often seen additional first fret crown inlay as well.
Let's also not forget that this one off is also a chambered version which is not the way they come off the rack.
As far as the Anderson pickups are concerned, Tom Anderson is master builder and those pieces are indeed hand wound. But, they are really not that different in price than a new set of Duncan's. |
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